March 24, 2009

Indian Wells, Calif. - The No. 58 Pacific men's tennis team suffered a 7-0 loss at the hands of No. 26 Washington on Tuesday, Mar. 24.

The loss snaps Pacific's five-match winning streak, dropping the Tigers to 7-5. Washington, meanwhile, moved to 11-5 following the victory.

After moving up to the No. 54 slot in the national rankings thanks to a five-match winning streak, the Tigers had to face formidable task of playing the No. 26 Washington Huskies, despite making the eight-hour drive from Stockton, Calif. to Indian Wells, Calif. in the afternoon on Monday, Mar. 23.

The Tigers claimed the No. 3 doubles match as freshman Karl-Erik Paaro (Tallinn, Estonia) and Christian Kuehne (Morbach, Germany) defeated Washington's Tobi Obenaus and Matt Stith, 8-5.

Unfortunately that was the only victory for Pacific.

Pacific hosts Montana on Thursday, Mar. 26 at 3 p.m. in the Tigers' Hal Nelson Tennis Courts.

Men's Tennis Results
No. 26 Washington 7, No. 54 Pacific 0
Indian Wells, Calif.
Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Doubles: (Washington wins doubles point, 2-1)
1) (44) Patrik Fischer / Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (UW) def. Renan Delsin / Moritz Starke (Pac), 8-5
2) (69) Derek Drabble / Martin Kildahl (UW) def. Artem Gramma / Ryan Kim (Pac), 8-5
3) Karl-Erik Paaro / Christian Kuehne (Pac) def. Tobi Obenaus / Matt Stith (UW), 8-5

Order of finish:
1, 2, 3

Singles:
1) (33) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (UW) def. Moritz Starke (Pac), 6-0, 7-5
2) (91) Patrik Fischer (UW) def. Artem Gramma (Pac), 6-3, 1-6, 1-0(8)
3) Martin Kildahl (UW) def. Renan Delsin (Pac), 6-3, 6-3
4) David Chu (UW) def. Vegerd Veskimagi (Pac), 6-4, 6-3
5) Ryo Sekiguchi (UW) def. Karl-Erik Paaro (Pac), 6-1, 6-1
6) Tobi Obenaus (UW) def. Christian Kuehne (Pac), 6-3, 6-0

Order of finish:
6, 3, 5, 4, 1, 2