Dons fall to Hawaii Pacific
March 9, 2009
(Honolulu, Hawaii) - The USF men's tennis traveled to Hawaii last weekend to play a pair of matches. The Dons dropped the opening contest to Hawaii-Pacific 5-4, before the second match against Hawaii was called due to rain.
Against HPU, USF took an early advantage, taking the doubles point. At the No. 1 sport, Tommy Tu and Asaf Cohen earned an 8-2 victory, while Einar Hart and Rainer Nachbauer battled for a 9-8 (4) win at No. 2.
In singles play, HPU rallied back taking four spots but USF's Tu and Cohen grabbed singles victories at the No. 1 and 2 spots, respectively. Tu fought for a straight set 7-6 (6), 6-2 victory at the top spot, but Cohen fell behind early, but was victorious 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 at the second slot.
"It was a tough day of sloppy tennis against an opponent that fought hard all the way through," commented head coach Peter Bartlett. "We have to give the Hawaii Pacific team a lot of credit. At 1 and 2 doubles we played well when it counted and came through with victories. In singles it was the same with 1 and 2 coming out with good wins over good players. Unfortunately sloppy play from the rest of the line up made it impossible to get another point on the day. We lost the match using division 2 rules 5-4."
San Francisco takes the courts again Thursday as it hosts UAB at the Olympic Club at 1 p.m.
Doubles
1) Tommy Tu and Asaf Cohen def. Bode and Bader 8-2
2) Einar Hart and Rainer Nachbauer def. Hroch and Luedi 9-8(4)
3) Torin Ching and Mitch Del Rosario def by. Samuilen and Merkov Hawaii Pacific 8-2
Singles
1) Tommy Tu def. Bode 7-6 (6), 6-2
2) Asaf Cohen def. Bader 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
3) Michael Carreno def. Luedi 6-2, 6-2
4) Rainer Nachbauer def by. Samuilen 6-4, 6-2
5) Einar Hart def by.Petrov Hawaii Pacific 6-3, 6-3
6) Jacob Hartwig def by.Merkov Hawaii Pacific 6-4, 6-4
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