April 12, 2006

(Boise, ID) - The 37th-ranked USD Toreros won their fifth straight match with today's impressive 5-2 win at 23rd-ranked Boise State. With the win the Toreros improve to 13-5 on the season and solidify their bid for a fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament in May. After losing all three doubles matches to fall behind 1-0, the Toreros won five of six singles matches to clinch the victory. Senior Pierrick Ysern (Paris, France), ranked 47th in the nation, handed 29th-ranked Luke Shields a 6-1, 7-5 straight set loss. USD also received singles wins from Thomas Liversage at No. 3, Mirza Koristovic at No. 4, Ryo Sekiguchi at No. 5 and Jonas Mouly at No. 6, the last three all winning three-set matches. USD is now off until the WCC Championships which will be held at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California over April 21-23.

No. 37 San Diego def. No. 22 Boise State * 5-2 April 12, 2006 Appleton Tennis Center Boise, Idaho

Doubles
Schoeck/L. Shields, BSU def. Liversage/Plotnik, USD * 8-6
C. Shields/Robertson, BSU def. Koristovic/Mouly, USD * 8-2
Dilaj/Roberson, BSU def. Ozurovich/Ysern, USD * 8-5

Singles
No. 47 Pierrick Ysern, USD def. No. 29 Luke Shields, BSU * 6-1, 7-5
No. 122 Thomas Schoeck, BSU def. Oscar Plotnik, USD * 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
Thomas Liversage, USD def. Clancy Shields, BSU * 7-5, 6-3
Mirza Koristovic, USD def. Eric Roberson, BSU * 6-0, 1-6, 6-2
Ryo Sekiguchi, USD def. Piotr Dilaj, BSU * 6-1, 7-6 (7-2)
Jonas Mouly, USD def. Brent Werbeck, BSU * 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)