No. 34 Santa Clara Overpowers No. 49 Cal Poly, 6-1

SANTA CLARA, Calif.— The Cal Poly men's tennis team opened the match winning the first point, but the No. 34 Santa Clara Broncos swept all six of the singles matches to pull away from the Mustangs, 6-1, in a non-conference tennis match on Saturday in Santa Clara.

With the loss Cal Poly falls to 11-6 overall while Santa Clara improves to 11-6.

The Mustangs will return to the courts on Sunday, April 15, when the team will host Fresno State at 11 am.

Doubles play opened with the SCU No. 2 doubles team Kyle Dandan and Tom Pham defeating Brian McPhee and Joardan Bridge, 8-3.

But the 55^th-ranked team of Andre Dome and Matt Fawcett evened the doubles point with an 8-5 win on the first court over Ilya Osintsev and Johan Lamble.

Marco Comuzzo and Jurgen De Jager secured the doubles point for the Mustangs on the third court with an 8-4 win over Nicolas Vinel and Eugene Muchynski.

Singles play opened with the Mustangs holding a 1-0 lead when Kyohhei Kamono defeated Comuzzo on the sixth court, 6-1, 6-2.

Vinel took Bridge in straight-sets, 6-0 and 6-1, on the third court and Lamble did the same to Fawcett on the second, 6-1 and 6-2.

With SCU leading the match, 3-1, Dandan, ranked 111^th, upset Dome ranked 20^th, 6-4 and 6-4, to secure the win for Santa Clara. For Dome it was only his third loss in 15 dual matches this season.

With the match decided, Pham defeated McPhee in straight-sets while Osintsev defeated De Jager in three.

Tennis Match Results

Cal Poly vs Santa Clara

Apr 07, 2012 at Santa Clara, Calif.

(Degheri Tennis Center)

#34 Santa Clara 6, #49 Cal Poly 1

Singles competition

1. #111 Kyle Dandan (SC) def. #20 Andre Dome (CP) 6-4, 6-4

2. John Lamble (SC) def. Matt Fawcett (CP) 6-1, 6-2

3. Nicolas Vinel (SC) def. Jordan Bridge (CP) 6-0, 6-1

4. Tom Pham (SC) def. Brian McPhee (CP) 7-6, 6-4

5. Ilya Osintsev (SC) def. Jurgen De Jager (CP) 7-6, 6-7, 1-0

6. Kyohhei Kamono (SC) def. Marco Comuzzo (CP) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. #55 Andre Dome/Matt Fawcett (CP) def. Ilya Osintsev/John Lamble (SC) 8-5

2. Kyle Dandan/Tom Pham (SC) def. Brian McPhee/Jordan Bridge (CP) 8-3

3. Marco Comuzzo/Jurgen De Jager (CP) def. Nicolas Vinel/Eugene Muchynski (SC) 8-4

Match Notes:

Cal Poly 17-4; National ranking #49

Santa Clara 11-6; National ranking #34

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (6,3,2,1,4,5)