April 1, 2005

Stockton, Calif. - Coming back home after eight straight road contests, the Tigers took advantage of their home confines to capture a 5-2 win over the University of Portland on Friday, April 1. It also marked the 100th win of head coach Guido Baumann's coaching career at Pacific. He is now 100-76 in his eight years as the Men's head tennis coach.

With the win the Tigers jumped back over the .500 mark for the season, improving to 8-7 overall in 2005.

After taking the doubles point, capturing both the No. 2 and 3 doubles matches, the Tigers used strong play in the singles to win the match. Junior Arnar Sigurdsson (Kopavogur, Iceland) continued his dominance at No. 1 singles, cruising to a 6-2, 6-3, win over Matt Loucks. Sophomores Vladimir Zdrovkova (Pancevo, Serbia and Montenegro) and Alan Kelly (Dublin, Ireland) kept pace with Sigurdsson, cruing to victories at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, respectively, while taking thier doubles matches as well.

The Tigers will next be in action on Sunday, April 3 as they travel to Fresno, Calif. to take on the Fresno State Bulldogs. Match time is scheduled for 1:00 pm.

PACIFIC 5, PORTLAND 2
Stockton, Calif.
Friday, April 1, 2005

DOUBLES 1. Loucks/Redpath (UP) def. Vestli/Otte (PAC)- 8-4 2. Sigurdsson/Zdravkovic (PAC) def. Borvanov/Kennel (UP)- 8-4 3. Kelly/Wyatt (PAC) def. Jager/Roach- 8-3

SINGLES 1. Arnar Sigurdsson (PAC) def. Matt Loucks (UP)- 6-2, 6-3 2. Jorgen Vestli (PAC) def. Roman Borvanov (UP)- 6-1, 7-5 3. James Redpath (UP) def. Niclas Otte (PAC)- 6-4, 7-6(5) 4. Vladimir Zdravkovic (PAC) def. Alex Strom (UP)- 6-2, 6-1 5. Alan Kelly (PAC) def. Colby Jager (UP)- 6-4, 6-4 6. Scott Kennel (UP) def. Austin Kakar (PAC)- 6-2, 6-1