Feb. 23, 2002
SAN DIEGO - Playing its second match in as many days, the 39th-ranked San Diego State men's tennis team defeated 75th-ranked UC Irvine 6-1 on Saturday at SDSU Courts. The match was SDSU's ninth straight against a ranked opponent.
SDSU (4-5) took an early lead with a sweep of the doubles point. The third-ranked Aztecs' pair of Oliver Maiberger and Ryan Redondo won at No. 1 doubles (9-8), and the SDSU team's of Felix Hardt and Valentino Pest and Travis Hasson and Gabe Coren at No. 2 (8-4) and No. 3 doubles (9-7), respectively.
The Aztecs only loss in the outing came at No. 3 singles, where UCI's Sean O'Connor defeated SDSU's Valentino Pest. Pest lost the first set 6-4, won the second 6-0 and retired, due to a nagging shoulder injury, with the score 2-1 in his favor in the third set.
Play at No. 5 singles provided excitment. The Aztecs' Travis Hasson defeated the Anteaters' Dontia Haynes, 6-3, 7-6, with Hasson winning the tiebreaker, 9-7.
The Aztecs will now get some rest, with the team next competing on March 3 with a home match against UC Santa Barbara.
Men's College Tennis
San Diego, Calif.
SDSU Courts
Feb. 23, 2002
No. 39 San Diego State 6
No. 75 UC Irvine 1
Doubles
1. Maiberger/Redondo (SDSU) def. Morton/Endrikat (UCI) 9-8
2. Hardt/Pest (SDSU) def. O'Connor/Biorkman (UCI) 8-4
3. Hasson/Coren (SDSU) def. Haynes/Wijemanne (UCI) 9-7
Singles
1. Oliver Maiberger (SDSU) def. Carl Lunsden (UCI) 6-3, 6-2
2. Felix Hardt (SDSU) def. Jonathan Endrikat (UCI) 7-6, 6-2
3. Sean O'Connor (UCI) def. Valentino Pest (SDSU) 6-4, 0-6, 1-2 ret.
4. Ryan Redondo (SDSU) def. Gregg Biorkman (UCI) 6-3, 6-3
5. Travis Hasson (SDSU) def. Dontia Haynes (UCI) 6-3, 7-6 (7)
6. Gabe Coren (SDSU) def. Brian Morton (UCI) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0