April 20, 2007

Stockton, Calif. - The Pacific men's tennis team defeated Sonoma State 7-0 on Friday, April 20. The victory improved the Tigers to 3-17 on the season, while Sonoma State moved to 7-9 overall.

The Tigers won all six singles matches on "Senior Day" at the Hal Nelson Tennis Courts. Included in those six wins were victories by all four Tiger seniors, Vladimir Zdravkovic (Pancevo, Serbia and Montenegro), Alan Kelly (Dublin, Ireland), Ahad Ebrahim (Hong Kong, China) and Robert Price (Calgary, Alberta) all picking up singles victories.

The Tigers will be back in action on Sunday, April 22 as Pacific travels to UC Davis to take on the Aggies in their final regular season match of the season at 1 p.m.

Results:

Pacific 7, Sonoma State 0

Hal Nelson Tennis Center

Stockton, Calif.

Doubles (Pacific wins the doubles point 2-1)

1. Starke / Zdravkovic (PAC) def. Muesse / Sperry (SSU), 8-3

2. Veskimagi / Kelly (PAC) def. Stollberg / Lomas (SSU), 8-1

3. Olson / Brandon Buskirk (SSU) def. Price / Pedro Toledo (PAC), 8-5

Singles

1. Moritz Starke (PAC) def. Andy Muesse (SSU), 6-2, 6-3

2. Vladimir Zdravkovic (PAC) def. Jeff Stollberg (SSU), 6-0, 6-2

3. Vegerd Veskimagi (PAC) def. Zel Perry (SSU), 6-1, 7-5

4. Alan Kelly (PAC) def. Connor Olson (SSU), 6-3, 6-1

5. Ahad Ebrahim (PAC) def. Quan Vu (SSU), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (8)

6. Robert Price (PAC) def. Derrick Dill (SSU), 6-1, 6-2