Sept. 22 ,1999

BALTIMORE - Baylor's Csongor Bibza and Mark Williams won their first round qualifying round matches, but fell in the second round at the ITA Clay Court National in Baltimore.

Bibza defeated Big 12 rival Ed Dus of Kansas, 8-4, and then dropped an 8-5 decision to Tiago Ruffoni of Auburn.

Williams beat Duke's Ted Rueger, 8-4, before losing to Robert Gustafson of Middle Tennessee State, 8-4.

Also in the first round, Alexander Hartman of Mississippi bettered BU's Johannes Michalsky, 8-2.

The main draw begins Thursday, and will see three Baylor singles players in action, as well as all three Baylor doubles teams.

Johann Jooste, Pawel Gajdzik, and David Hodge each earned advancement to the main draw based on their national rankings.

Jooste, ranked No. 11, faces LSUis Tom Hand. Gajdzik, No. 29 in the country, will meet Martin Selin of Ole Miss. Hodge, No. 53 nationally, squares off against Daniel Andersson of VCU.

All three Baylor doubles teams will also be in action. The No. 34-ranked team of Jooste and Bibza will take on Vladimir Pavicevic and Nenad Zivkovic of UNLV. Hodge and Williams, ranked No. 36, will face Andy Crews and Peter Handoyo of Tennessee. Gajzdik and Michalsky meets James Shortall and Kristopher Stahlberg of Ole Miss.