HARRISONBURG, Va., April 7, 2010 - Sophomore Tommi Nissinen (Oulu, Finland/Kastellin Lukio) beat Charlie Caris 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3 to lead the Dukes to a 4-3 win over Georgetown at the Hillside Tennis Courts in Harrisonburg, Va. on Wednesday.

The Dukes avenged an earlier 3-2 loss to Georgetown to improve to 3-1 at home and 15-8 overall.  The Hoyas lost for the third time in their last five to drop to 7-11 overall.

JMU swept doubles play to open up a 1-0 lead.  Senior Mike Smith (Fairfax Station, Va./Robinson) and junior Matt King (Lorton, Va./Robinson) led the way with a 8-2 win over Andrew Bruhn and Bryan Miller at No. 1.  Junior Yaroslav Voznenko (Kherson, Ukraine/Kherson Technical School) teamed with sophomore Ville Maaranen (Joensuu, Finland/Joensuun Lukio) to seal the point with an 8-6 win at No. 2.  Freshmen Greg Vladimirsky (Coral Springs, Fla./Broward Virtual) and Stephen Hardy (Fairfax, Va./Robinson) completed the sweep with an 8-7(5) win over Caris and David Tillem.

Smith opened up a 2-0 lead for Madison, beating Tillem 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1.  King beat Tim Walsh 6-4, 7-5 at No. 6 to put the Dukes one point shy of the victory before Nissinen sealed things with the three-set triumph.

The Dukes play their final regular season match of the season on Friday when the travel to Washington, D.C. for a showdown with George Washington.

JMU 4, GTown 3

Doubles
No. 1 - Smith/King (JMU) def. Bruhn/Miller (GTown), 8-2
No. 2 - Voznenko/Maaranen (JMU) def. Lowell/Tan (GTown), 8-6
No. 3 - Vladimirsky/Hardy (JMU) def. Tillem/Caris (GTown), 8-7(5)

Singles
No. 1 - Smith (JMU) def. Tillem (GTown), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 - Tan (GTown) def. Vladimirsky (JMU), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4)
No. 3 - Nissinen (JMU) def. Caris (GTown), 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 - Lowell (GTown) def. Hardy (JMU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 - Bruhn (GTown) def. Voznenko (JMU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
No. 6 - King (JMU) def. Walsh (GTown), 6-4, 7-5

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