San Francisco Dons Defeat St. Mary's 4-3

February 19th,2010
(San Francisco,CA)

The University of San Francisco Dons defeated the St. Mary's Gaels 4-3 today at the Timothy Korth Complex to even their record to 3-3(WCC 2-0). The Dons were able to get on the right track sweeping the doubles and winning at 1,2,and 5. Freshman Mark DeCastro was able to clinch the match winning in three sets. Next up for the Dons are the UC Davis Aggies in Davis,CA Saturday February 20th at 1p.m.

order of doubles
3,1,2

order of singles
3,2,1,5,4,6


USF 4, SMC 3
2/17/10
Doubles
1 - Tu/Cohen (USF) def. Tirelli/Hamdy 8-5
2 - Schumacher/Nachbuaer (USF) def. Leon/Dawson 8-6
3 - DeCastro/Hart (USF) def. Luck/Ellison 8-3
Singles
1 - Tu (USF) def Tirrelli (SMC) 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
2 - Cohen (USF) def. Zannoni (SMC) 0-6, 7-5, 6-2
3 - Hamdy (SMC) def. Bakke (USF) 7-6(6), 6-4
4 - Leon (SMC) def. Hart (USF) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
5 - DeCastro (USF) def. El Boozkoori (SMC) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
6 - Dawson (SMC) def. Schumacher (USF) 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(6)

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University of San Francisco Men's Tennis defeats #75 UOP

(San Francisco,CA) - The University of San Francisco men's tennis team earned a 4-2 victory over visiting Pacific Friday at the Cal Club. The match contained only singles action due to threatening weather in The City.

With the victory, the Dons improved to 2-3 for the season.

"Our guys new that Pacific was going to be a tough match," said head coach Peter Bartlett. "They knew that they were going to have to work hard. With the rain and abnormal conditions, our guys really did a good job working hard from the get go.We acted as a team and used the California Tennis Club's facility as our own today with lots of great support and energy. In the end, we played with discipline and confidence." Next match is a conference showdown against Saint Mary's on Wednesday the 17th at Saint Mary's 3pm.

USF took victories at the No. 1, 4, 5 and 6 spots to garner the match victory. Thai Tu posted a straight-set 6-4, 6-0 victory over, nationally-ranked, No. 108 Artem Gramma, 6-4, 6-0. Freshman Mark DeCastro earned at No. 4 victory for San Francisco with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Vigard Veskimaji, while Ola Bakke earned at 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 5 against Karl Paaro. Jacob Hartwig rounded out USF victories at No. 6, thanks to a 6-1, 6-2 win against Chase Oliphant.

San Francisco will return to the courts Wednesday as it faces Saint Mary's in Moraga at 3 p.m.

USF 4, Pacific 2
1 - Thai Tu (USF) def. #108 Artem Gramma (UOP) 6-4, 6-0
2 - Ivan Castro (UOP) def. Asaf Cohen (USF) 6-2, 6-0
3 - Fernando Ristow (UOP) def. Rainer Nachbauer (USF) 6-4, 6-4
4 - Mark DeCastro (USF) def. Vigard Veskimaji (UOP) 6-4, 6-3
5 - Ola Bakke (USF) def. Karl Paaro (UOP) 6-3, 6-1
6 - Jacob Hartwig (USF) def. Chase Oliphant (UOP) 6-1, 6-2

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Dons defeat WCC Opponent LMU 6-1

(Los Angeles,CA)

The University of San Francisco Men's tennis opened the 2010 spring season Saturday with a 6-1 victory over Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles. William Schumacher and Mark DeCastro earned their first career victories in the Dons' season opener.

USF jumped out to an early lead, earning the doubles point. Playing No. 2, Thai Tu and Asaf Cohen posted an 8-3 victory over Lopez and Sauer. At No. 1, De Castro and Jacob Hartwig downed Maggi and Malet 8-6. LMU earned the victory at No. 3 as Zaraca and Bazula earned an 8-6 win against USF's Schumacher and Ola Bakke.

In singles action, Tu, Bakke, Hart, DeCastro and Schumacher earned victories to give USF the win. Tu downed Sauer at No. 1 6-1, 6-2, while Bakke earned at victory at No. 3 over Malet, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0. Hart earned the victory at No. 4, defeating Bazula 7-6 and DeCastro secured a No. 5 win with a straight-set 6-3, 6-1 win against Maggi. Schumacher earned his victory at No. 6, downing Andreasian in straight sets 6-2, 6-2.

USF returns to action Sunday at UC Irvine.

Doubles
1 - Tu/Cohen (USF) def. Lopez/Sauer (LMU) 8-3
2 - DeCastro/Hart (USF) def. Maggi/Malet 8-6
3 - Zaraca/Bazula (LMU) def. Schumacher/Bakke (USF) 8-6
Singles
1 - Tu (USF) def. Sauer (LMU) - 6-1, 6-2
2 - Lopez (LMU) def. Cohen (USF) - 6-3, 7-6(3)
3 - Bakke (USF) def. Malet (LMU) - 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
4 - Hart (USF) def. Bazula (LMU) - 7-6 (3), 6-4
5 - DeCastro (USF) def. Maggi (LMU) - 6-3, 6-1
6 - Schumacher (USF) def. Andreasian (LMU) 6-2, 6-2

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Men's Tennis Has Strong Showing At Gael Invitational

Nov. 9, 2009

Dons advance five to the semifinals, one to the finals


(Moraga, Calif.) - USF men's tennis competed at the 2009 Gael Men's Invitational over the weekend in Moraga, advancing four to the singles semifinals, one to the finals and a doubles team to the semifinals of their respective brackets.

In the Red Singles flight, the Dons' Thai Tu advanced to the semifinals. In the opening round, Tu defeated Brian McPhee from Cal Poly 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 before downing Cal's Bijan Hejazi 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-2) in the round of 16. In the quarterfinals Tu faced off against Nevada's Quassin Derbel, the top seed in the bracket, and earned a straight-set 7-5, 6-4 victory. In the same bracket, Jacob Hartwig won his opening round contest against Chris Aria of UC Davis, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) before falling in the round of 16 to Bo Katsarov, the second seed, from California.

Einar Hart advanced to the Finals of the Red Consolation bracket after defeating teammate William Schumacher in the semifinals,. Hart defeated Cal Poly's Sebastian Bell in the first round 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-5) before earned a win over Michael Carreno of Saint Mary's 6-3, 5-1 Ret. Inj to advance to the semis. Schumacher earned a bye in the first round, before defeating Grant Fleming of Santa Clara 6-1, 5-7, 1-0(10-8) in the quarterfinals.

In the White Singles flight, San Francisco's Mark DeCastro advanced to the semifinals, before falling to Sherif Hamdy, the third seed, 6-4, 6-4. In the opening round, DeCastro defeated Nick Amaroli of UC Davis 6-4, 6-4, before downing the No. 2 seed, Alex Daruty of Nevada 6-1, 7-5. In the quarterfinals, DeCastro earned a 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-2) win over Cal Poly's Blake Wardman.

In doubles action, the USF duo of Rainer Nachbauer and William Schumacher advanced to the semifinals. In the round of 16, the Dons defeated Hejazi and Tommie Murphy of Cal 8-3, before downing Nevada's Kristian Kuharsky and Quassim Derbi, the third seeded duo 8-5. The Dons fell in the semifinals to Chris Konigsfdt and Pedro Zerbini, the No. 2 seed, 8-4.

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