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April 4, 2005
USF Falls to St. Mary's in Conference Play 2-5
April 4, 2005
(San Francisco) - Host USF Men's tennis team (9-9, 2-3 WCC) fell 2-5 to West Coast Conference opponent St. Mary's (8-9, 1-4). The match was held on April 3 at the California Club in San Francisco.
In the number one position, USF freshman Philip Riise-Hansen extended his singles winning streak to 9 by defeating Martin Marechal 6-3, 7-6 (3). Riise-Hansen teamed with Pablo Pires de Almeida to defeat Gaels' Julien Tizot and Adam Fauvre 8-5.
Dons' Timo Kienle and Falko Huettenberger won their doubles match beating Andre Sion and J.J. Whitlinger 8-5.
USF returns to action 1 pm on April 9 in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
USF 2, St. Mary's 5
Men's West Coast Conference
Doubles 1.Pires de Almeida/Riise-Hansen (USF) def. Tizot/Fauvre (SMC), 8 - 5 2.Whitinger/Marechal (SMC) def. Bertolina/O'Shea (USF), 8-6 3.Kienle/Huettenberger (USF) def. Sion/Platonov (SMC), 8-5
Singles 1. Philip Riise Hansen (USF) def. Martin Marechal (SMC), 6-3, 7-6 (3) 2. Julien Tizot (SMC) def. Timo Kienle (USF), 6-3, 6-3 3. Andre Sion (SMC) def. Fernando Rodriguez (USF), 6-2, 6-4 4. Adam Fauvre (SMC) def. Falko Huettenberger (USF), 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) 5. Yury Platonov (SMC) def. Andrew Hogan (USF), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 6. J.J. Whitlinger (SMC) def. Greg Hom (USF), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
