April 5, 2007

(Fresno, CA) - The USD Toreros (9-9) dropped their second straight road match with today's 5-2 loss to No. 66 Fresno State (9-7). In winning their 5th straight match, the host Bulldogs won the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3, then won the top four singles spots for the 5-2 victory. USD's two points came at No. 5 singles where Charl Wolmarans won 6-3, 6-4 over Tejesvi Veerepalli, and at No. 6 singles where Matt Ozurovich downed Flavio Mollinedo by scores of 6-1, 7-6. It was Ozurovich's 10th straight win at No. 6 singles, and his spring record improves to 13-2. Wolmarans has now won 8 of his last 10 singles matches. USD plays at Pepperdine on Saturday in a 1:00 p.m. match.

FRESNO STATE 5, SAN DIEGO 2

DOUBLES 1. Coetzee/Liversage (USD) df. Cech/Zapletal; 8-4
2. Irie/Veerepalli (FSU) df. Brown/Mouly; 8-5
3. Leiby/Siwy (FSU) df. Ozurovich/Wolmarans; 8-1

Fresno State wins doubles point

SINGLES 1. Jakub Cech (FSU) df. Thomas Liversage; 6-3, 6-2
2. Rudolf Siwy (FSU) df. Chris Coetzee; 6-3, 6-3
3. Mirko Zapletal (FSU) df. Jonas Mouly; 6-4, 6-2
4. Charles Irie (FSU) df. Ryo Sekiguchi; 7-5, 3-6, 10-8
5. Charl Wolmarans (USD) df. Tejesvi Veerepalli; 6-3, 6-4
6. Matt Ozurovich (USD) df. Flavio Mollinedo; 6-1, 7-6