GREENCASTLE, Indiana -- Williams and UC Santa Cruz met for an East vs. West final May 20 at the Division III Men's Tennis Championships on the DePauw campus, and the East emerged victorious. The Williams Ephs won, 4-1, over the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs to claim their second championship to go along with a 1999 crown.

The championship match saw the Banana Slugs come out strong to claim the doubles point behind wins from Derek Fitzpatrick and Nick Cunningham at No. 1 doubles and Danny Kim and Peter Gladkin at the No. 2 spot. With a one-point deficit, the Ephs entered the singles competition needing to gain ground.

The deciding match came at No. 4 singles, where Toby Reigeluth topped Gladkin, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3 in the tiebreaker).

"Our kids are just tough in singles play. We knew that Santa Cruz plays good doubles, but we also knew how tough we are in singles," Ephs coach dave Johnson said.

Williams defeated Washington (Maryland) and Redlands to earn the finals bid. UC Santa Cruz downed MIT and Gustavus Adolphus to earn its 10th championship appearance.

The singles championship saw UC Santa Cruz's Fitzpatrick play his way through a tough tournament field to face Gustavus Adolphus' Eric Butorac in the finals. Fitzpatrick dominated that match, 6-3, 6-2, to win the singles title.

The senior collected more hardware later in the day when he and Cunningham met Sloan Rush and Ed Rahn from Trinity (Texas) in the doubles final. The Trinity duo's power was countered by the UC Santa Cruz pair's finesse and mobility. The Banana Slugs took the match, 6-2, 6-3. Fitzpatrick's feat was only the sixth time in Division III men's tennis history that the singles champion also won the doubles title.

TEAM RESULTS

Quarterfinals

Gust. Adolphus 4, MIT 1; UC Santa Cruz 4, Emory 0; Williams 4, Washington (Md.) 2; Redlands 4, Kalamazoo 0.

Semifinals

UC Santa Cruz 4, Gust. Adolphus 3; Williams 4, Redlands 0.

Third place

Redlands 4, Gust. Adolphus 3

Doubles: No. 1 -- Suspended; No. 2 -- Steve Marshburn-Brian Murphy, Redlands, def. Mike Hom-Daryn Collins, Gust. Adolphus, 8-4; No. 3 -- Sergey Kordonskiy-Burt Gonzell, Redlands, def. Josh Heiden-Nick Crossley, Gust. Adolphus, 8-3.

Singles: No. 1 -- Eric Butorac, Gust. Adolphus, def. Marshburn, Redlands, 6-3, 6-3; No. 2 -- Crossley, Gust. Adolphus, def. Rob Condiotty, Redlands, 6-3, 6-4; No. 3 --Kordonskiy, Redlands, def. Whipple, Gust. Adolphus, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; No. 4 -- Marco Bravo, Redlands, def. Hom, Gust. Adolphus, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; No. 5 -- Murphy, Redlands, def. Heiden, Gust. Adolphus, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4; No. 6 -- Collins, Gust. Adolphus, def. Jesse Medvene-Collins, Redlands, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Championship

Williams 4, UC Santa Cruz 1

Doubles: No. 1 -- Derek Fitzpatrick-Nick Cunningham, UC Santa Cruz, def. Josh Lefkowitz-Toby Reigeluth, Williams, 8-2; No. 2 -- Danny Kim-Peter Gladkin, UC Santa Cruz, def. Andrew Murray-Daniel Murray, Williams, 8-3; No. 3 -- Suspended.

Singles: No. 1 -- Lefkowitz, Williams, def. Fitzpatrick, UC Santa Cruz, 7-5, 6-1; No. 2 -- Suspended; No. 3 -- A. Murray, Williams, def. Kim, UC Santa Cruz, 6-4, 6-4; No. 4 -- Reigeluth, Williams, def. Gladkin, UC Santa Cruz, 6-4, 7-6 (3); No. 5 -- Suspended; No. 6 -- D. Murray, Williams, def. Carlos Gonzalez, UC Santa Cruz, 6-3, 6-0.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Singles

First round: Brett Kaplan, Emory, def. Richard Lawrence, Trinity (Conn.), 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Jeronie Barnes, Denison, def. Tim Mullin, Whitman, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; David Ruttenberg, Tufts, def. Seth Morgan, Washington (Md.), 7-6 (0), 6-1; Nick Crossley, Gust. Adolphus, def. Nick Cunningham, UC Santa Cruz, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4); Derek Fitzpatrick, UC Santa Cruz, def. Jeff Augustyn, MIT, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Pete Schilla, Swarthmore, def. Bryan Heft, Wittenberg, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; Josh Lefkowitz, Williams, def. Johnny Watson, Coe, 6-1, 6-1; Zack Myers, Claremont-M-S, def. Jason Martin, Chris. Newport, 6-4, 6-2; Kyle Harding, Kalamazoo, def. David Frankel, Williams, 6-3, 6-2; Sloan Rush, Trinity (Tex.), def. Jason McCarthy, Emory, 6-3, 6-2; Chan Ly, Chapman, def. Alex McDonald, Bates, 6-2, 6-0; Eric Butorac, Gust. Adolphus, def. Conor Smith, Mary Washington, 6-3, 6-0; Colin Joyner, Bowdoin, def. Ben Crandell, Principia, 6-3, 6-2; Jose Lejarraga, Washington (Md.), def. Steve Marshburn, Redlands, 6-4, 7-5; Matt Rutherford, Capital, def. Danny Kim, UC Santa Cruz, 6-4, 6-3; Rosty Orach, Trinity (Conn.), def. Kayvon Fatahalian, Carnegie Mellon, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1).

Second round: Kaplan, Emory, def. Barnes, Denison, 6-3, 6-2; Crossley, Gust. Adolphus, def. Ruttenberg, Tufts, 6-4, 6-2; Fitzpatrick, UC Santa Cruz, def. Schilla, Swarthmore, 6-2, 6-0; Lefkowitz, Williams, def. Myers, C-M-S, 6-0, 6-1; Rush, Trinity (Tex.), def. Harding, Kalamazoo; Butorac, Gust. Adolphus, def. Ly, Chapman, 6-4, 7-5; Lejarraga, Washington (Md.), def. Joyner, Bowdoin, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Orach, Trinity (Conn.), def. Rutherford, Capital, 6-4, 6-3.

Quarterfinals: Kaplan, Emory, def. Crossley, Gust. Adolphus, 6-1, 6-3; Fitzpatrick, UC Santa Cruz, def. Lefkowitz, Williams, 6-4, 6-0; Butorac, Gust. Adolphus, def. Rush, Trinity (Tex.), 6-4, 6-2; Orach, Trinity (Conn.), def. Lejarraga, Washington (Md.), 2-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Semifinals: Fitzpatrick, UC Santa Cruz, def. Kaplan, Emory, 7-5, 6-2; Butorac, Gust. Adolphus, def. Orach, Trinity (Conn.), 6-1, 6-0.

Championship: Fitzpatrick, UC Santa Cruz, def. Butorac, Gust. Adolphus, 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles

First round: Eric Butorac-Kevin Whipple, Gust. Adolphus, def. Kevin Loden-Dan Uyar, Mary Washington, 6-4, 6-4; Marco Bravo-Rob Candiottiy, Redlands, def. Josh Lefkowitz-Toby Riegeluth, Williams, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Rosty Orach-Richard Lawrence, Trinity (Conn.), def. Matt Baird-Scott Fisk, DePauw, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Ed Rahn-Sloan Rush, Trinity (Tex.), def. Kayvon Fatahalian-Jonathan Hui, Carnegie Mellon, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Steve Marshburn-Brian Murphy, Redlands, def. Jeff Augustyn-Andrew Kolesnikov, MIT, 6-2, 6-2; Brett Kaplan-Michael Miller, Emory, def. Daryn Collins-Mike Hom, Gust. Adolphus, 7-5, 6-4; Kyle Harding-Jeff Keen, Kalamazoo, def. Jose Lejarraga-Seth Morgan, Washington (Md.), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Derek Fitzpatrick-Nick Cunningham, UC Santa Cruz, def. Colin Joyner-August Felker, Bowdoin, 6-0, 6-1.

Quarterfinals: Butorac-Whipple, Gust. Adolphus, def. Bravo-Candiotty, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Rahn-Rush, Trinity (Tex.), def. Orach-Lawrence, Trinity (Conn.), 6-4, 7-5; Marshburn-Murphy, Redlands, def. Kaplan-Miller, 7-6 (6), 6-3; Fitzpatrick-Cunningham, UC Santa Cruz, def. Harding-Keen, Kalamazoo, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Semifinals: Rahn-Rush, Trinity (Tex.), def. Butorac-Whipple, 6-4, 6-3; Fitzpatrick-Cunningham, UC Santa Cruz, def. Marshburn-Murphy, 6-1, 6-2.

Championship: Fitzpatrick-Cunningham, UC Santa Cruz, def. Rahn-Rush, Trinity (Tex.), 6-2, 6-3.