March 7, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco men's tennis team defeated Sacramento State 5-2 in a non-conference dual Friday afternoon at the Olympic Club. The Dons improve to 7-3 in duals this season, while Sacramento State drops to 5-6 on the year.

USF won the doubles points with victories from No. 2 team Thong Tu and Rainer Nachbauer and No. 3 team Mitch Del Rosario and Torin Ching. Tu and Nachbauer disposed of Sacramento State's Sven-David Rueff and Artur Klimenka, 8-6, while Del Rosario and Ching topped Ronan Conlon and Holden Ching in a nail biter, 9-8.

In singles, No. 1 Tu went to three sets with Kiryl Harbatsiuk before finishing him off 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. The Hornets Stryhas and Klimenka won matches at No. 2 and No. 3 to tie the dual at 2-2.

Nachbauer, Falko Huettenberger and Del Rosario answered with three wins from No. 4 to No. 6 putting the dual away for USF. Nachbauer topped H. Ching 6-1 in set one and was up 2-0 prior to Ching retiring for the contest. Huettenberger followed at No. 5 and took care on Conlon 6-2, 6-0. Del Rosario capped the day with a three set battle against Rueff where both sets one and two went to duece with both competitors winning once. In the final set, Del Rosario put together a 10-5 victory.

San Francisco will next face Penn on March 13 at the Olympic Club. The dual will begin at 1 p.m. PT.

DOUBLES

No. 1 Anton Stryhas/Kiryl Harbatsiuk (SAC) def. Falko Huettenberger/Asaf Cohen (USF); 8-3

No. 2 Thong Tu/Rainer Nachbauer (USF) def. Sven-David Rueff/Artur Klimenka (SAC); 8-6

No. 3 Mitch Del Rosario/Torin Ching (USF) def. Ronan Conlon/Holden Ching (SAC); 9-8 (4)

SINGLES

No. 1 Thong Tu (USF) def. Kiryl Harbatsiuk (SAC); 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

No. 3 Artur Klimenka (SAC) def. Einar Hart (USF); 6-0, 6-3

No. 4 Rainer Nachbauer (USF) def. Holden Ching (SAC); 6-1, 2-0 (ret.)

No. 5 Falko Huettenberger (USF) def. Ronan Conlon (SAC); 6-2, 6-0

No. 6 Mitch Del Rosario (USF) def. Sven-David Rueff (SAC); 7-6 (4), 6-7(3), 10-5