Hawai'i
Hawai'i Snaps Cal Poly's Five-Match Winning Streak with 6-1 Victory
3/24/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
HONOLULU — After claiming the doubles point in close fashion Monday afternoon, the Hawai'i men's tennis team went on to win a Big West Conference dual match at home over Cal Poly, 6-1 at the UH Tennis Complex.
Freshman Ben Donovan and senior Jurgen De Jager evened doubles play by topping Chas Okamoto and Chris Meyer 8-5, but the Rainbow Warriors, playing on their Senior Day, prevailed on the No. 2 court, 8-6, to clinch.
De Jager (pictured at right) came back in singles play to bring Cal Poly to within 2-1. He sidelined Danilo Casanova at the No. 4 spot, 6-3, 6-3.
In the process, De Jager improved to 10-1 in duals this season.
At No. 6 singles, fellow senior Matt Thomson won the first set over Pavel Liska, but Liska rallied to secure a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 victory that ended the day.
The loss ended a five-match winning streak for Cal Poly (7-9, 2-1), which has still won seven of its past nine.
For the first of three consecutive non-conference matches, the Mustangs will return home to host No. 23 Boise State (16-3) at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Hawai'i 6, Cal Poly 1
Monday, March 24, 2014
at Honolulu, O'ahu (UH Tennis Complex)
Doubles
1. Nils Schuhmann/David Schuster (UH) def. Matt Thomson/Marco Comuzzo (CP) 8-3
2. Carter Lam/Jonathan Brooklyn (UH) def. Devin Barber/Corey Pang (CP) 8-6
3. Ben Donovan/Jurgen De Jager (CP) def. Chas Okamoto/Chris Meyer (UH) 8-5
Singles
1. Jonathan Brooklyn (UH) def. Ben Donovan (CP) 6-2, 6-1
2. Nils Schuhmann (UH) def. Marco Comuzzo (CP) 6-4, 6-2
3. Chas Okamoto (UH) def. Corey Pang (CP) 6-3, 6-4
4. Jurgen De Jager (CP) def. Danilo Casanova (UH) 6-3, 6-3
5. David Schuster (UH) def. Naveen Beasley (CP) 6-3, 6-3
6. Pavel Liska (UH) def. Matt Thomson (CP) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
Match Notes
Cal Poly 7-9
Hawai'i 3-8
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,4,2,3,5,6)
