Dons Fall to #45 Arizona Wildcats in the Desert

(Tucson,AZ)
USF falls to #45 University of Arizona
Feb 15th, 2009

Tommy Tu and Asaf Cohen of the USF men's tennis team earned a doubles victory Saturday, but the Dons were unable to up-end the No. 40 Arizona Wildcats in Tucson, falling 7-0. With the loss, USF is still in search of its first victory of the season with a 0-6 record.

Cohen and Tu earned the lone USF victory of the day at the No. 1 Doubles spot, downing Ravid Hazi and Francois Vandermerwe 8-7 (7-5). Arizona earned the doubles point after taking 8-4 victories at No. 2 and 3.

In singles play, Einar Hart forced three sets, but was unable to capture the victory at No. 5. Hart fell to Jason Zafiros 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Tu and Mitch Del Rosario also each posted hard fought battles at the No. 1 and 6 spots, respectively, but were unable to capture a point for the Dons.

USF will hit the courts again Wednesday, Feb. 18, as they travel to Moraga to face WCC foe Saint Mary's. This season, San Francisco is 0-5 overall (WCC 0-1) against conference foes. The Dons have played every match this season on the road against a nationally ranked opponent except for the season opponer losing to University of Portland 4-3 in Seattle.

Doubles:
1) Asaf Cohen/Tommy Tu (USF) def. Ravid Hazi/Francois VanderMerwe (UA) 8-7 (7-5)
2) Andres Carrasco/Andres Arango (UA) def. Torin Ching/ Mitch Del Rosario (USF) 8-4
3) Jay Goldman/Ola Bakke (UA) def. Karill Karchmit/Rainer Nachbauer (USF) 8-4
Singles:
1) Jay Goldman (UA) def. Tommy Tu (USF) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
2) Andres Arango (UA) def. Asaf Cohen (USF) 6-4, 6-2*
3) Ravid Hazi (UA) def. Karill Karchmit (USF) 6-1, 6-1
4) Andres Carrasco (UA) def. Rainer Nachbauer (USF) 6-2, 6-2
5) Jason Zafiros (UA) def. Einar Hart (USF) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
6) Ola Bakke (UA) def. Mitch Del Rosario (USF) 6-4, 6-4
Order: 3, 4, 2, 1, 6, 5
* Clinched victory

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