March 26, 2003

The USF men's tennis team continued their fine season with a convincing 5-2 victory over Portland Wednesday at the Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center in Oregon. USF improves to 14-5 on the season.

USF started strong by winning all three doubles matches with Lien/Fuller defeating Borvanov/Borchard 8-6, Lippert/Elvik topping Malacek/Hernandez 8-2 and Arneson/Pires De Almeida (USF) slipping by Ty Garrison/Redpath 9-8.

Joachim Lien defeated Peter Malacek 6-0, 6-2 at number one, and Pablo Pires De Almeida continued his strong play topping Quinn Borchard (POR), 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2) at the two slot. Portland's Roman Borvanov shut-down Jorgen Arnesen, 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 3 singles position before Mason Fuller Clinched the match with a 7-6, 6-2 decision over Ram Hernandez. Portland's James Redpath defeated Axel Elvik, 6-3, 6-3 at the No. 5 spot. The Dons' Ramoin Van Rillas topped Peter Miskovic to finish the match.

Full Results Follow:

Portland 2; San Francisco 5 Doubles 1. Lien/Fuller (USF) def. Borvanov/Borchard (POR), 8-6 2. Lippert/Elvik (USF) def. Malacek/Hernandez (POR), 8-2 3. Arneson/Pires De Almeida (USF) def. Ty Garrison/Redpath (POR) , 9-8 (12-10)

Singles 1. Joachim Lien (USF) def. Peter Malacek (POR), 6-0, 6-2 2. Pablo Pires De Almeida (USF) def. Quinn Borchard (POR), 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2) 3. Roman Borvanov (POR) def. Jorgen Arneson (USF), 6-2, 6-2 4. Mason Fuller (USF) def. Ram Hernandez (POR), 7-6 (5), 6-2 5. James Redpath (POR) def. Axel Elvik (USF), 6-3, 6-3 6. Ramoin Van Rillas (USF) def. Peter Miskovic (POR), 5-7, 6-2 (10-6)