Feb. 10, 2002

(Stockton, CA) - San Francisco men's tennis enjoyed a successful weekend at the University of the Pacific Tournament and posted a 2-1 record over the weekend. After falling to the host Tigers 5-2 on Friday, USF bounced back, trouncing UC Santa Cruz 6-1 and Nevada Reno 6-1. With the wins, the Dons improve to 6-3 on the season and defeat the Banana Slugs for the first time in 12 years.

USF vs. Nevada-Reno Recap: San Francisco swept the doubles and won the top five singles spots to dispatch Nevada-Reno 6-1 at the University of Pacific Tournament on Sunday. The Wolf Pack's only point came at number six singles.

USF 6, Nevada-Reno 1 DOUBLES: 1. Lien/Elvik (USF) defeated Stoloft/Yelley (UNR) 8-5 2. Eakes/Lippert (USF) defeated Levschner/Wallace (UNR) 8-1 3. Dizon/Pires DeAlmeida (USF) defeated Bitzer/Anderson (UNR)

SINGLES: 1. Joachim Lien (USF) defeated Chad Stoloft (UNR) 6-2, 7-6 (5) 2. Jorgen Arnesen (USF) defeated Rudy Levschner (UNR) 6-7 (5) 6-4, 6-0 3. Pablo Pires DeAlmeida (USF) defeated Jason Yelley (UNR) 6-1, 2-1 (retired) 4. Mason Fuller (USF) defeated McClure Wallace (UNR) 6-2, 6-3 5. Christian Dyvik (USF) defeated Brett Bitzer (UNR) 6-0, 6-4 6. Ivan Anderson (UNR) defeated Sean Dizon (USF) 1-6, 7-5, 6-4

USF vs. UC Santa Cruz Recap: UC Santa Cruz defeated USF 2-1 in doubles action to take their only point of the match against the Dons. San Francisco bounced back to sweep through the Banana Slugs in singles competition, where the Dons only lost one set.

USF 6, UC Santa Cruz 1 DOUBLES: 1. Lien/Elvik (USF) defeated Cunningham/Gonzalez (UCSC) 8-5 2. Casey/Johnson (UCSC) defeated Fuller/Arnesen (USF) 9-8 (5) 3. Cohen/Parmelly (UCSC) defeated Lippert/Pires DeAlmeida (USF) 9-7

SINGLES: 1. Joachim Lien (USF) defeated Nick Cunningham (UCSC) 6-2, 6-2 2. Jorgen Arnesen (USF) defeated Brian Casey (UCSC) 7-6 (5) 6-7 (5), 10-6 3. Pablo Pires DeAlmeida (USF) defeated Carlos Gonzalez (UCSC) 6-3, 6-0 4. Axel Elvik (USF) defeated Kevin Casey (UCSC) 6-0, 6-3 5. Sean Dizon (USF) defeated Andrew Cohen (UCSC) 6-2, 6-1 6. Ryan Eakes (USF) defeated Bryce Parmelly (UCSC) 7-6 (5), 6-4

USF vs. Univ. of Pacific: USF captured the doubles point against the host Tigers, but did not have similar luck in singles. Pablo Pires DeAlmeida won the lone singles match at number three, 6-4, 6-4 for San Francisco.

UOP 5, USF 2 DOUBLES: 1. Lien/Arnesen (USF) defeated Jegens/Jeppson (UOP) 8-5 2. Fuller/Elvik (USF) defeated Hossain/Otte (UOP) 9-8 (4) 3. Haug/Keisbaumer (UOP) defeated Pires DeAlmeida/Dyvik (USF) 8-3

SINGLES: 1. Dietrich Haug (UOP) defeated Joachim Lien (USF) 6-4, 6-3 2. Junard Hossain (UOP) defeated Jorgen Arnesen (USF) 7-6 (6), 6-3 3. Pablo Pires DeAlmeida (USF) defeated Niclas Otte (UOP) 6-4, 6-4 4. Maxime Lacroix (UOP) defeated Mason Fuller (USF) 6-1, 6-2 5. Jonas Jegens (UOP) defeated Axel Elvik 6-3, 6-3 6. Geinot Kerchbaumer (UOP) defeated Christian Dyvik (USF) 6-0, 3-6, 6-0