April 17, 2011

Irvine, Calif. -

The Tigers came up short against nationally ranked No. 47 UC Irvine with a final score of 5-2 at their second to last match of the season.  This loss brings their season record to 10-10 and their conference record to 2-2.

In the doubles events, partners Artem Gramma and Tomasz Krzyszkowski defeated opponents Cheung and Matthews 8-6. The singles events proved to be a couple of the Tigers specialties today.  FernandoRistow defeated his opponent with a confident 6-3, 6-3; and Alex Golding fought through his match to earn a final score of 1-6, 7-5, 10-7 in the Tiger's favor.  Alex made a tremendous comeback after having a first set score of 1-6 to earn the next set with 7-5.  Alex then had to remain focused for the 10 point super tiebreaker in which he was able to manage the win with a final 10-7 score.  

The Tigers now prepare to face UC Davis on April 23rd in Davis, California for their last match of the spring season.

Match Results:

#47 UC Irvine 5, Pacific 2

Doubles

(1) #42 Kearney/Stege (UCI) def. Ivan Castro/ Fernando Ristow (PAC) 8-5

(2) Gould/Henderson (UCI) def. Lance Dugan/ Angus Thomson (PAC) 9-7

(3) Artem Gramma/ Tomasz Krzyszkowski (PAC) def. Cheung/Matthews (UCI) 8-6

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2*

Singles

(1) #40 Chris Kearney (UCI) def. Artem Gramma (UOP) 6-1, 6-3

(2) Sam Gould (UCI) def. Tomasz Krzyszkowski (UOP) 6-3, 6-1

(3) Fernando Ristow (UOP) def. Ryan Cheung (UCI) 6-3, 6-3

(4) Shan Sondhu (UCI) def. Ivan Castro (UOP) 6-2, 6-1

(5) Alex Golding (UOP) def. Steven Henderson (UCI) 1-6, 7-5, 10-7

(6) Stephen Stege (UCI) def. Lance Dugan (UOP) 6-1, 6-1

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

*Denotes doubles securing point

**Denotes match securing win