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Seniors Shine In 5-2 Victory
April 11, 2009
(San Francisco) - In its final home match of the season, the USF men's tennis team secured a 5-2 victory over UC Santa Cruz at the Cal Club in San Francisco. The match was the final home contest for three seniors - Mitch Del Rosario, Torin Ching and Tommy Tu - all who helped earn the victory for the Dons.
Del Rosario and Ching earned their first career victory at the top spot in doubles action as the senior duo defeated Jared Kamel and Marc Vartabedian 8-6. San Francisco earned the doubles point as Tu combined with Jacob Hartwig at No. 3, posting a strong 8-2 victory over Max Ortiz and Colin Mark-Griffin.
In singles action, Tu, who is currently ranked 103rd nationally, continued his strong spring with a dominating 6-0, 6-2 straight-set win over Max Liberty-Point at No. 1. Rainer Nachbauer, Einar Hart and Hartwig helped the Green and Gold's cause, earning their spots to put the Dons over the top. Nachbauer posted a 6-4, 7-5 victory at No. 2, while Hart downed Max Ortiz 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3. Hartwig wrapped out USF scoring thanks to a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 5.
The Dons will wrap up the regular season Wednesday as they travel to nationally-ranked Stanford. Following the match with the Cardinal, USF will head to the West Coast Conference Championships in San Diego to close out the spring.
Doubles 1) Mitch Del Rosario and Torin Ching vs. Jared Kamel and Marc Vartabedian USF win 8-6 2) Einar Hart and Rainer Nachbauer vs Ma Liberty-Point and Ilya Gendelman UCSC win 8-7 Tiebreak (7) 3) Tommy Tu and Jacob Hartwig vs. Max Ortiz and Colin Mark-Griffin USF win 8-2Singles 1) Tommy Tu vs Max Liberty-Point USF win 6-0, 6-2 2) Rainer Nachbauer vs Jared Kamel USF win 6-4, 7-5 3) Einar Hart vs Max Ortiz USF win 6-3, 6-3 4) Mitch Del Rosario vs Ilya Gendelman UCSC win 6-0, 6-3 5) Jacob Hartwig vs Colin Mark-Giffin USF win 6-4, 6-4 6) Mike Carreno vs Marc Vartabedian UCSC win 7-5, 6-4
