March 18, 2006

Malibu, Calif. - The Pacific men's tennis team fell to No. 2 Pepperdine by the score of 6-1 in Malibu, Calif. on Saturday, Mar. 18.

Freshman Tim Koniarski (Bad Abbach, Germany) scored the Tigers lone point, winning a 7-5, 6-4 decision over Pepperdine's Richard Johnson at the No. 3 singles position.

Freshman Moritz Starke (Bamberg, Germany) and junior Alan Kelly (Dublin, Ireland) took the No. 3 doubles position, while Starke tallied 13 points in a two-set loss to Pepperdine's Andre Begemann, which include a tiebreak.

The Tigers are next in action on Sunday, Mar. 19 as they take on Dartmouth in Huntington Beach, Calif.

DOUBLES

1. Begemann/Doerner (PEP) def. Vestli/Zdravkovic (PAC) 8-2

2. Lovark/Rico (PEP) def. Sigurdsson/Koniarski (PAC) 8-4

3. Starke/Kelly (PAC) def. Johnson/Altmann (PEP) 8-4

SINGLES

1. Scott Doerner (PEP) def. Arnar Sigurdsson (PAC) 6-2, 6-2

2. Pedro Rico (PEP) def. Jorgen Vestli (PAC) 6-3, 6-3

3. Tim Koniarski (PAC) def. Richard Johnson (PEP) 7-5, 6-4

4. Andre Begemann (PEP) def. Moritz Starke (PAC) 7-6 (3), 6-4

5. Alex Roby (PEP) def. Alan Kelly (PAC) 6-1, 6-4

6. Oliver Hyams (PEP) def. Austin Kakar (PAC) 6-3, 7-6 (4)