Dons Drop Season Opponer against WCC Opponent Portland 4-3

#67 Dons Drop Season Opponer against Portland 4-3

1/17/2009

The No. 67 USF men's tennis team opened the 2009 spring season this weekend, dropping two matches. Saturday, the Dons fell just short in a hard fought battle with West Coast Conference foe Portland 4-3. Against the Pilots, Portland earned an early advantage taking the doubles point. San Francisco earned its three points with victories at the No. 1, 3 and 6 singles positions. At No. 1, regionally ranked Tommy Tu fell behind early to Filip Zivkovic but rallied to the 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 victory. Asaf Cohen earned a point playing No. 3 thanks to a three-set 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 win over the Pilots' Geoff Hernandez. The Dons' final point game at No. 6, as Mitch Del Rosario posted a 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 decision over Nick Wales. In the match, five of the six singles matches were decided by three sets, with the exception of No. 5.



Portland 4, #67 San Francisco 3

Nordstrom Tennis Center (Seattle, Wash.)

Singles

1. Thong Tu (USF) def. Filip Zivkovic (POR) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6

2. Bryan Thorp (POR) def. Rainer Nachbauer (USF) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

3. Asaf Cohen (USF) def. Geoff Hernandez (POR) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1

4. Nikoloz Kurdadze (POR) def. Einar Hart (USF) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6

5. Evan Schleining (POR) def. Kirill Karchmit (USF) 6-3, 6-1

6. Mitch Del Rosario (USF) def. Nick Wales (POR) 6-2, 6-7, 6-1



Doubles

1. Schleining/Zivkovic (POR) def. Cohen/Karchmit (USF) 8-5

2. Tu/Nachbauer (USF) def. Joel Kincaid/Kurdadze (POR) 8-3

3. Hernandez/Wales (POR) def. Del Rosario/Torin Ching (USF) 8-5

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