March 30, 2003

USF won the doubles points and was ahead in four of the six singles matches after the first set. But Pacific rallied to take a 5-2 decision over USF at the Olympic Club Sunday.

The Dons recorded the doubles point with win by the teams of Elvik/Lippert (8-4) over Otte/Black and Arneson/Pires De Almeida (8-2) over Duong/Kubler.

Joachim Lien won 6-4, 7-6 over Lennart Maack at number one and USF looked to be in good shape as Pablo Pires De Almeida, Jorgen Arneson and Romain Van Rillas all won the first set of their singles matches.

But Pacific got third set victories by Arnar Sigurdsson, Niclas Otte and Vincent Kubler to turn the match around.

The Dons dropped to 14-6, while Pacific improved to 13-5 on the season.

Pacific (5) at San Francisco (2)
at San Francisco, Calif. (The Olympic Club)


DOUBLES
1. Maack/Sigurdsson (Pacific) def. Fuller/Lien (USF) - 8-6
2. Elvik/Jon Lippert (USF) def. Tyler Black/Otte (Pacific) - 8-3
3. Arnesen/Pires de Almeida (USF) def. Duong/Kubler (Pacific) - 8-2


SINGLES
1. Joachim Lien (USF) def. Lennart Maack (Pacific) - 6-4, 7-6 (3)
2. Arnar Sigurdsson (Pacific) def. Pablo Pires de Almeida (USF) - 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
3. Michael Duong (Pacific) def. Mason Fuller (USF) - 6-1, 6-0
4. Niclas Otte (Pacific) def. Jorgen Arnesen (USF) - 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
5. Vincent Kubler (Pacific) def. Romain Van Rillas (USF) - 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
6. Maxime Lacroix (Pacific) def. Axel Elvik (USF) - 7-5, 7-6 (6)