April 7, 2003

The USF men's tennis team prepped for the WCC Championships with a 5-2 decision over UC Santa Cruz Monday at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. The Dons begin championship play Friday in San Diego.

USF won the doubles point with Lien/Fuller and Arneson/Pires De Almeida each winning their set.

The Dons got singles wins from Pablo Pires De Almeida (7-5, 6-3), Axel Elvik (6-4, 6-2), Romain Van Rillas (6-4, 6-4) and Christian Dyvik (6-3, 6-1) to improve to 16-6 on the year.

College Tennis at Olympic Club, San Francisco

Doubles

Lien/Fuller (USF) d. Bruner/Bartels (SC) 8-3

Casey/Parmelly (SC) d. Lippert/Elvik (USF) 8-6

Arneson/Pires De Almeida (USF) d. Templeton/Hasagawa (SC) 8-3

Singles

Pablo Pires De Almeida (USF) d. Brian Casey (SC) 7-5, 6-3

Axel Elvik (USF) d. Shane Templeton (SC) 6-4, 6-2

Matt Bruner (SC) d. Sean Dizon (USF) 6-3, 7-5

Ben Bartels (SC) d. Jon Lippert (USF) 6-4, 7-5

Ramoin Van Rillas (USF) Bryce Parmelly (SC) 6-4, 6-4

Christian Dyvik (USF) d. Justin Coupe (SC) 6-3, 6-1

USF 16-6