USF falls to Saint Mary's, No. 46 California
March 22, 2009
(Pebble Beach, Calif) - The USF men's tennis team dropped a pair of matches this weekend in Pebble Beach, as the Dons hosted West Coast Conference foe Saint Mary's and No. 46 California. San Francisco fell 4-3 in a rain delayed match to the Gaels before falling 6-1 to the Bears Sunday.
Against the Gaels, the Dons (4-9) took three singles matches to earn their three points. Tommy Tu, the No. 122 singles player in the country, earned his seventh consecutive singles victory with a straight-set 6-1, 6-3 victory at No. 1. Rainer Nachbauer and Einar Hart each also posted victories in singles play at No. 3 and 4, respectively. The deciding factor against SMC came in doubles play, where the Gaels took the No. 2 and 3 spots to secure the 4-3 win over the Dons.
Sunday afternoon against the nationally-ranked Bears, USF gained its lone point at the No. 2 singles position, as Asaf Cohen earned a 7-5, 3-2 (ret., inj.) win.
The Dons will return to the courts March 28, as they travel to Eugene to face Oregon.
Saint Mary's 4, USF 3
#1 Singles #122 Thong Tu def.Achim Christner 6-1 6-3
#2 Singles Asaf Cohen def by. Lucas Tirelli 6-1 6-2
#3 Singles Rainer Nachbauer def. Maxime Olivan 7-5 7-5
#4 Singles Einar Hart def by. Gavin Leon 6-4 7-6
#5 Singles Michael Carreno def by. Andrea Zannoni 3-6 6-0 6-0
#6 Singles Mitch Del Rosario def by. Youssef El Boozkoori 7-6(7-4) 4-6 6-2
#1 Doubles Thong Tu /Asaf Cohen def. Lucas Tirelli/Maxime Olivan 8-5
#2 Doubles Michael Carreno/Mitch Del Rosario def by. Achim Christner/Sherif Hamdy 8-2
#3 Doubles Einar Hart/Rainer Nachbauer def by.Gavin Leon/Jerry Ellison SMC 9-8 (7-2)
order of finish 2,1,3
No. 46 Cal 6, USF 1
#1 Singles #122 Thong Tu def by.Pedro Zerbini 6-3, 6-1
#2 Singles Asaf Cohen def. Eoin Heavey 7-5, 3-2 Ret. (Inj.)
#3 Singles Rainer Nachbauer def by. Nick Andrews 6-0, 6-1
#4 Singles Einar Hart def by. Bozhidar Katsarov 6-0, 5-7, 1-0(6)
#5 Singles Jacob Hartwig def by. Jonathan Dahan 6-2, 6-0
#6 Singles Michael Carreno def by. Zach Gilbert 6-2, 6-2
#1 Doubles Thong Tu/Asaf Cohen def by. #9 Geoff Chizever/Pedro Zerbini 8-3
#2 Doubles Mitch Del Rosario/Torin Ching def by. Eoin Heavey/Bozhidar Katsarov 9-8(6)
#3 Doubles Einar Hart/Rainer Nachbauer def by. Nick Andrews/Thai Tu 8-5
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