Feb. 27, 2003

The USF men's tennis team improved to 5-5 on the season taking a convincing 6-1 decision over Santa Clara Thursday afternoon at the SCU Tennis Center, USF swept the doubles matches and won five of six singles contests.

TEAM RESULT San Francisco 6, Santa Clara 1

SINGLES 1. Jorgen Arnesen (USF) def. Francisco Zepponi (SC), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 10-5 2. Joachim Lien (USF) def. Erich Chen (SCU), 6-2, 6-1 3. Pablo Pires de Almeida (USF) def. Federico Mattioli (SCU), 6-4, 6-3 4. Taylor Bedilion (SCU) def. Sean Vizon (USF), 6-2, 6-3 5. Mason Fuller (USF) def. Ben Hidalgo (SCU), 6-3, 6-5 6. Axel Elvik (USF) def. Michael Bruggemann (SCU), 6-1, 5-7, 10-2

DOUBLES 1. Lien / Fuller (USF) def. Chen / Zepponi (SCU), 8-3 2. Bedilion / Mattioli (SCU) def. Jon Lippert / Elvik (USF), 8-5 3. Arnesen / Pires de Almeida (USF) def. Rick Ruso / Mruggemann (SCU), 8-5

Records: Santa Clara, 4-7 San Francisco 5-5