New York, NY (March 18, 2005) - The Baruch College men's tennis team began their spring schedule with a 6-3 defeat of Ramapo College in a non-conference men's tennis match played Friday afternoon at the U.S. National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens.

Baruch (1-0, 0-0 CUNYAC) took all three doubles matches and three of the six singles to win their spring opener against Ramapo (0-1).

Christian Wulff (Lunen, Germany) led the way for the Bearcats by defeating Gregg Kohr (Toms River, NJ) in # 3 singles, 6-0, 6-3. He teamed up with Maxim Moliver (Brooklyn, NY) to win their # 2 doubles match, 10-9 (10-8).

Ramapo's Ross Switkes (East Brunswick, NY) defeated Boris Krant (New York, NY) in # 1 singles, 6-3, 6-2.

Baruch will return to action this Tuesday, March 22, with a non-conference match against Manhattanville. First serve, which was previously scheduled for 3:30pm, has been moved to 4:00 p.m. at the U.S. National Tennis Center.

SINGLES (3-3 tie)
# 1: Ross Switkes (R) defeat Boris Krant (B), 6-3, 6-2).
# 2: Scott Seaman (R) defeated Philipp Halfmann (B), (forfeit).
# 3: Christian Wulff (B) defeated Gregg Kohr (R), 6-0, 6-3.
# 4 Maxim Moliver (B) defeated Paul Jones (R), 6-3, 6-1.
# 5: Joseph Marino (R) defeated Witton Ng (B), 7-6 (7-2), 7-5.
# 6: Timmy Leon (B) defeated Steve Bloom (R), 6-0, 4-6 (7-1)

DOUBLES (Baruch wins 3-0)
# 1: Krant & Halfmann (B) defeated Switkes & Bloom (R), 10-4.
# 2 Wulff & Moliver (B) defeated Seaman & Jones (R), 10-9 (10-8).
# 3 Ng & Leon (B) defeated Kohr & Andrew Godzwon (R), 10-6.

Baruch wins, 6-3.