Dons are Denied Down in Santa Clara

The Men's tennis team put up a great fight again this afternoon and came up short with a 6-1 loss to #67 Santa Clara with 4 of the 6 matches going 3 sets. Unfortunately as my former teammate once said to his opponent "Close doesn't count man" the Dons will have to regroup and finish strong similar to last year during Conference time. The Dons recognize they have another important match with WCC Opponent St.Mary's on Monday the 9th at the Olympic Club. The Dons will see Santa Clara one more time and as the saying goes that the third time is the charm. No doubt in my mind we will be back to face them and this time will matter the most. History sometimes repeats itself. Stay tuned.

No. 67 Santa Clara def. San Francisco 6-1
Doubles: (Order of finish 2, 1, 3)
1. SCU Jan Macek/Kevin McQuaid def. USF Matthew Berry/Thong Tu 8-6
2. SCU Steven Benvenuto/Blane Shields def. USF Torin Ching/Rainer Nachbauer 8-5
3. SCU Brian Brogan/Jay Wong def. USF Asaf Cohen/Falko Huettenberger 8-5


Singles: (Order of finish 2, 4, 5, 3, 1, 6)
1. USF Matthew Berry def. SCU Brian Brogan , 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
2. SCU Jan Macek def USF Falko Huettenberger 6-1, 6-4
3. SCU Jay Wong def. USF Thong Tu 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
4. SCU Blane Shields def. USF Asaf Cohen 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
5. SCU Tommy Hicks def. USF Rainer Nachbauer 6-2, 7-5
6. SCU Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong def. USF Mitch Del Rosario 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)