March 23, 2007
(San Diego, CA) - The USD men's tennis team defeated the Yale Bulldogs today by the score of 6-1. The win was San Diego's fourth straight victory to improve their season record to 8-7. After dropping all three doubles matches to fall behind 1-0, USD bounced back to sweep all six singles matches. USD's Thomas Liversage earned a 7-5, 6-4 win over Yale senior Brandon Wai (La Jolla HS) at No. 1 singles for the Toreros. Chris Coetzee won 7-6, 6-2 at No. 2 over Mike Caldwell. Jonas Mouly (#3 singles), Ryo Sekiguchi (#4 singles), Charl Wolmarans (#5 singles) and Matt Ozurovich (#6 singles) all won three-set decisions. USD will host the Princeton Tigers tomorrow at 12:30 pm.
San Diego 6, Yale 1
Doubles 1. Wai/Caldwell (Y) df. Liversage/Coetzee; 8-5
2. J. Dawson/Green (Y) df. Mouly/Wolmarans; 8-5
3. Schimmel/C. Dawson (Y) df. Ozurovich/Kourie; 8-5
Yale wins the doubles point.
Singles 1. Thomas Liversage (USD) df. Brandon Wai; 7-5, 6-4
2. Chris Coetzee (USD) df. Mike Caldwell; 7-6, 6-2
3. Jonas Mouly (USD) df. Jeff Dawson; 6-2, 6-7, 6-2
4. Ryo Sekiguchi (USD) df. Rory Green; 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
5. Charl Wolmarans (USD) df. Connor Dawson; 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
6. Matt Ozurovich (USD) df. Matt Schimmel; 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
Records: USD (8-7), Yale (4-7)
