March 16, 2008

PEBBLE BEACH, CALIF. - The San Francisco men's tennis team (8-5) was handed a 7-0 mauling by No. 36 California (7-6) Sunday afternoon at the Pebble Beach's Beach and Tennis Club.

USF was only able to win one match on the day, a 8-6 victory by Asaf Cohen and Falko Huettenberger at the doubles No. 1 position over Chizever and Pedro Zerbini.

Cal won all singles' matches in straight frames. Four Dons, Thong Tu, Cohen, Einar Hart and Huettenberger, took their opponents to tie break in set two of their matches but were unable to take it to set three.

USF competes versus UNLV tomorrow at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. The dual is set to begin at 1 p.m. PDT.

No. 36 California 7, USF 0

Doubles

1. Cohen/Huettenberger (USF) def. Chizever/Zerbini (CAL) 8-6

2. Heavey/Stewart (CAL) def. Nachbauer/Tu (USF) 8-1

3. Dahan/Katsarov (CAL) def. Ching/Del Rosario (USF) 8-6

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles

1. No. 96 Kallim Stewart (CAL) def. Thong Tu (USF) 6-0, 7-5

2. Eoin Heavey (CAL) def. Asaf Cohen (USF) 6-0, 7-6(3)

3. Pedro Zerbini (CAL) def. Rainer Nachbauer (USF) 6-0, 6-2

4. Jonathan Dahan (CAL) def. Einar Hart (USF) 6-1, 7-5

5. Bozhidar Katsarov (CAL) def. Falko Huettenberger (USF) 6-2, 7-6(6)

6. Ken Nakahara (CAL) def. Mitch Del Rosario (USF) 6-1, 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 6, 2, 4, 1, 5