April 17, 2001
This Week
The No. 58 San Diego State men's tennis team (13-9, 5-0 MWC) will play its final dual match of the regular season versus cross-town rival No. 53 USD, Wednesday, April 18 at 1:30 p.m. at the SDSU Tennis Courts. The Aztecs defeated USD, 7-0, in their last meeting, April 4, 2000.
Recapping Cal Poly and Santa Barbara
The Aztecs won their seventh straight match this past weekend by defeating Cal Poly, 5-2, on Saturday, and blanking Santa Barbara, 7-0, on Sunday. SDSU also won the doubles point in both matches to improve to eight in a row and sophomore Oliver Maiberger improved his winning streak to 17 at the No. 1 singles position.
MWC Champions
The Aztecs claimed the regular season Mountain West Conference title after defeating all five teams in the conference. SDSU's toughest MWC victory came against New Mexico, April 7. The Aztecs defeated the Lobos, 4-3, in nearly a seven-hour match with five of the six singles matches going to three sets. Senior Matt Bere won the deciding match at No. 6 singles in three tie-break sets against Andrew Irving, 7-6, 6-7, 7-6.
MWC Championships
The Aztecs head to Salt Lake City for the MWC Championships as the No. 1 seed, April 26-68. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA regionals. SDSU will play the winner of the match between the four and five seed, Friday, April 27 at 9:00 a.m.
Maiberger In The Rankings
San Diego State sophomore Oliver Maiberger moved up one spot to No. 21 in last week's ITA poll. Maiberger is 17-1 in dual matches this season and 13-0 at the No. 1 singles position. His victories include wins over two of the nation's top players. He defeated defending national champion Alex Kim of Stanford, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, Feb. 10. The win snapped a 17-match winning streak for Kim, who won the ITA National Indoor Championships, Feb, 1-4. Maiberger also recorded a win over No. 11 Alexander Hartman of Mississippi, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, at the ITA National Team Championships on Feb. 17.
As a freshman, Maiberger was undefeated in regular season play (20-0) and was 21-1 overall.
Sweeping The Doubles
The Aztecs have won the doubles point the last eight matches and have won 15-of-18 pro sets. Maiberger and senior Adam Webster have recently teamed up as the No. 1 doubles team and have won 10 of 12 matches. Their wins include a victory over the 23rd-ranked doubles team of Carlos Lozano and Gert Vilms from BYU, 8-4. Junior Travis Hasson has teamed with sophomore Valentino Pest in the last two matches at the No. 2 position and have posted two wins. Sophomore Michael Coehlo and freshman Khalid Naffa are 6-3 at the No. 3 position.