Los Angles, Calif. - Loyola Marymount won its 15th consecutive home match under head coach Nik DeVore, as the Lions began the 2003 season with a 5-2 victory over the NAIA's sixth ranked team, Azusa Pacific.
 
The Lions took five of the six individual matches, but dropped the doubles point 2-1.
LMU senior Leopold Graeubig battled back to beat Boris Bakalov 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Fellow seniors Anthony Evrard and Johannes Asuja also earned victories. Evrard downed Adam Davidson 6-3, 6-4, while Asuja easily handled Cougar freshman Thomas Jelsma (6-2, 6-1).
 
Lion freshman Michael Wojnarowicz continued his impressive rookie campaign with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 victory over Cole Billings, while Carlos Malet-Faura breezed to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Justin Green.

Evrard and freshman Robert Kennedy won LMU's lone doubles match, downing Azusa Pacific's Billings and Green.
 
Singles
Sam Fletcher (APU) d. Tigran Martirosyan (LMU), 6-4, 6-4
Leopold Graeubig (LMU) d. Boris Bakalov (APU), 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
Anthony Evrard (LMU) d. Adam Davidson (APU), 6-3, 6-4
Johannes Asuja (LMU) d. Thomas Jelsma (APU), 6-2, 6-1
Michael Wojnarowicz (LMU) d. Cole Billings (APU), 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
Carlos Malet-Faura (LMU) d. Justin Green (APU), 6-1, 6-2
 
Doubles
Fletcher/Davidson (APU) d. Graeubig/ Wojnarowicz (LMU), 9-8
Jelsma/Bakalov (APU) d. Martirosyan/ Asuja (LMU), 8-5
Evrard/Robert Kennedy (LMU) d. Billings/Green (APU), 8-2