Tennessee senior Mark Parsons claimed the Milwaukee Classic title Saturday for his first tournament championship since his freshman year. Parsons, who was playing in his second consecutive Milwaukee Classic final and was the tournament's No. 1 seed, defeated the nation's No. 23 player and tournament's No. 3 seed Travis Parrott of Georgia 6-3, 7-5.

Tennessee's Mark Parsons captured the Milwaukee Classic singles title with a 63, 7-5 victory over Georgia's Travis Parrott.

"Mark (Parsons) gave a great effort to win this tournament," UT assistant coach Chris Mahony said, "He always gives us great results in both dual matches and tournaments. I think he has set a positive tone for our team this week by winning this tournament, which hopefully we can build on."

With six straight wins at this tournament, Parsons improved his record to 9-4 on the season and ran his career victory total to 106 wins as a Volunteer. That total leaves him just 10 wins shy of passing Paul Annacone for third on the Vols' all-time wins list.

"It was fun to come back and play at this tournament again," Parsons said, "Last year I lost in the final, so it was good to be able to come back and win it this year. This is just the beginning of a long year and I just hope I can build on this."

The Tennessee tennis team will be in action Sunday, Jan. 14 in their first dual match of the season against UT-Chattanooga at the Goodfriend Indoor Tennis Center on the UT campus starting at noon.

MILWAUKEE TENNIS CLASSIC RESULTS

SINGLES
MARK PARSONS
( Round 1) BYE
( Round 2) defeated Bob Wellstein (Ohio St.) 6-3, 6-1
( Round 3) defeated Ed Marcus (Minnesota) 6-0, 6-1
( Round of 16) defeated Royce Ramey (Texas Tech) 6-2, 7-5
(Quarterfinals) defeated (5)Michael Yani (Duke) 6-1, 6-2
(Semifinals) defeated Steve Pillon (Western Michigan) 6-3, 6-3
(Finals) defeated Travis Parrott (Georgia) 6-3, 7-5

WADE ORR
( Round 1) defeated Greg Lukasek (Minnesota) 6-0, 6-2
( Round 2) defeated Den Miles (Cal-Berkeley) 6-2, 7-5
( Round 3) lost to (7)Cody Hubbell (Texas A&M) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

DOUBLES
ORR & PARSONS
( Round 1) BYE
( Round 2) defeated Hankel / Heidenberger (Wis.-Green Bay) 6-0, 6-1
( Round of 16) defeated Pillon / Tomlinson (Western Michigan) 0-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
(Quarterfinals) defeated Davis / Newport (Texas A&M) DEFAULT
(Semifinals) lost to Defalco / Wellstein (Ohio St.) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2

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