MILWAUKEE -- East Carolina notched its first-ever win in Conference USA Men's Tennis Tournament play and avoided elimination with a 4-1 win over DePaul on Thursday afternoon.

ECU, bumped to the ninth-place semifinals in the back draw by virtue of a loss to UAB on Tuesday, improves to 9-12 and will play Saint Louis for ninth place on Friday at 12:30 p.m. CT.

After splitting the first two doubles matches, ECU's Charl Meyer and Brad Sullivan claimed a win at No. 1 doubles to clinch the first point of the match.

Meyer won his singles match at flight two, beating Robert Kotroczo, 6-1, 6-3. Edward Cooper won at flight three, beating Will Wang, 6-1, 6-2.

At No. 5 singles, Felipe Fonseca defeated Michael Fessler, 6-2, 6-2 to claim the match victory.

Sam Davidson scored DePaul's point with a win over Paulo Baumer at the No. 3 spot, 6-4, 6-4.

DePaul is eliminated and finishes in a tie for 11th place with Marquette.

(10) EAST CAROLINA 4, (12) DePAUL 1

Doubles
1: Meyer/Sullivan (ECU) d. Kotroczo/Davidson (DEP) 9-7
2: Michael/Wang (DEP) d. Baumer/Rose (ECU) 8-2
3: Cooper/Fonseca (ECU) d. Fessler/Huffman (DEP) 8-4

Singles
1: Brad Sullivan (ECU) vs. Andy Michael (DEP) DNF
2: Kharl Meyer (ECU) d. Robert Kotroczo (DEP) 6-1, 6-3
3: Sam Davidson (DEP) d. Paulo Baumer (ECU) 6-4, 6-4
4: Edward Cooper (ECU) d. Will Wang (DEP) 6-1, 6-2
5: Felipe Fonseca (ECU) d. Michael Fessler (DEP) 6-2, 6-2
6: Nick Rose (ECU) vs. Eric Huffman (DEP) DNF