April 20, 2008

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Santa Clara men's tennis team dropped their round two consolation match to Loyola Marymount, 4-0, in day two of the WCC Championships.

The Broncos Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong and Jay Wong began the day with a win at the No. 1 doubles position over the Lions Sam Tadevosian and Jacek Twarowski, 8-5; however Santa Clara could not get the doubles point with losses at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots.

In singles the Broncos were swept in the lower half of their lineup, resulting in a 4-0 victory for LMU. The matches in the No. 1 through No. 3 positions did not finish because tournament rules state once a team reaches four points the match ends.

Santa Clara will face Gonzaga on April 20, in the third round.

Doubles
No. 1 SCU Jay Wong/Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong d. LMU JacekTwarowski/Sam Tadevosian 8-5
No. 2 LMU Johan Berhof/Ivan Lopez d. SCU Justin Wong/John Iwanski 8-4
No. 3 LMU Renzo Maggi/Nick Von Der Ahe d. SCU Charlie Burke/Senthil Chidambaram 8-6

Singles
No. 1 SCU Jay Wong d. LMU Jacek Twarowski 6-2, 5-7 DNF
No. 2 LMU Ivan Lopez vs. SCU Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong 4-6, 6-1 DNF
No. 3 LMU Sam Tadevosian vs. SCU Senthil Chidambaram 6-2, 5-7 DNF
No. 4 LMU Johan Berhof d. SCU Charlie Burke 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 LMU Stefan Nikolic d. SCU Justin Wong 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 LMU Aris Andreasian d. SCU John Iwanski 6-1, 6-3