The men's tennis team dispersed this weekend with some staying home while junior David Loewenthal and sophomore Derrick Spice tested their skills at the Baylor Intercollegiates in Waco, Texas. The pair competed in both "A" flight singles and doubles. In the "A" flight the duo faced some of the nation's best players and demonstrated their exceptional level of play.

Loewenthal is the 28th-ranked player in the nation and was seeded fourth in the draw. In the first round, he defeated David Corrie from University Texas-Arlington 6-3, 6-4. Loewenthal then wrangled himself up some Longhorns. He rolled past three players from the University of Texas in successive victories on his way to the semifinals. The first Texas player to be beaten by Loewenthal was Jimmy Haney 6-3, 7-6. The next victim was Drew Hoskins 6-4, 6-2 and he finished off his domination of the Texas team with a victory over Allistair Jenkin 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

After losing the first set of his first-round match 4-6, Spice battled back to win the second 6-4. The third set was very tight, but Spice managed to garner victory with a 7-6 decision over Texas' Joe Morris.

In the second round Spice faced Filip Koziell from Texas-PanAmerican. Spice had little trouble in disposing of him 6-4, 6-4 on his way to the round of 16. There he eliminated Colorado's Justin Hunter 7-5, 6-3. Spice fell in the quarterfinals to Benedik Dorsch from Baylor 6-3, 6-3. Dorsch then went on to beat Loewenthal in the semifinals 6-1, 6-1.

Back on the home front, this past weekend Wake Forest and Old Town Country Club played host to the Southeast Collegiate Invitational. Senior Mike Murray won the top singles flight by defeating junior teammate Trent Brendon in straight sets 6-2, 6-4.

On his way to victory, Murray faced some close calls in his quarterfinal and semifinal matches. After beating Appalachian State's Michael Kwiekien 7-6, 6-3, it took Murray three sets to down Saber Kadiri from Virginia Tech 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 and Clayton Almeida from Winthrop 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Brendon only dropped one set on his way to the all-Deacon final. In the first round he routed Santiago Falla from Charleston Southern 6-3, 6-3. He got a bit of help in the second round when opponent Francis Huot was forced to retire while down 2-0 in the third set. Brendon recorded the victory 6-4, 2-6, 2-0.

In the semifinal he had little trouble with Angelo Niculescu from South Carolina, whom he defeated in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. The teammates squared off in the finals and Murray defeated Brendon to win the title.

Freshman sensation Brent Ross easily won his first three singles matches. He defeated Rob Cassidy from South Carolina in the first round 6-3, 6-2. He then thrashed Michael Kurz from Virginia Tech 6-2, 6-1 and in the semifinals put away Eric Cohen of Appalachian State 6-3, 6-4. It took South Carolina's Ben Atkinson three sets to down Ross 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.

Junior Andrew Simpson captured his flights consolation title after losing a heartbreaking first round match to Arturo Aguirre from Charlotte 5-7, 7-6(3), 7-6(3). Simpson won his next three matches and overwhelmed West Virginia's Ian Bliss 6-2, 6-4 in the consolation final.

Other Demon Deacon entrants included David Bere who went 2-2 in the tournament as well as Brian Murphy and Mirko Ivanda both of who lost their first round matches and then pulled out of competition.