Feb. 15, 2008
(San Diego, CA) - The USD men's tennis team (2-4) battled No. 60 UC Irvine this afternoon at the USD West Tennis Courts, but came up short in dropping a hard fought 4-3 decision. San Diego jumped out to a 1-0 lead after winning two of the three doubles matches. In singles play the Toreros received wins from both Thomas Liversage at No. 1 and Dean Jackson at No. 2, and held a slim 3-2 advantage after the Anteaters won in straight sets at No. 3 and No. 4. In the final two matches on the court, the visitor's edged past the Toreros with three-set wins in highly competitive matches at No. 5 and No. 6. At No. 5, Nils Schive sent his match to a third set after earning a 7-6 (12-10) win in the second. UCI's Steven Stege won the deciding match, 6-2. On court six, Tamer Antabi also won the second set, but fell 7-5 in the final set to Ryan Mayer.
"I'm really proud of the way we competed down at the end of our lineup," said interim head coach David Anderton. "It was a extremely competitive match, and despite coming up a little short, we improved as a team today."
The Toreros return to the West Courts tomorrow to face the Cal Poly Mustangs in a 12:30 pm match.
(#60) UC IRVINE 4, (#74) SAN DIEGO 3
@ USD West Tennis Courts
Doubles
1. Liversage-Coetzee (SD) df. Issara-Lamm (UCI), 8-5
2. Jackson-Schive (SD) df. Dobson-Sundling (UCI), 8-4
3. Ahluwalia-Vaidyanthan (UCI) df. Antabi-Wolmarans (SD), 8-6
USD wins the doubles point
Singles
1. (29) Thomas Liversage (SD) df. Alex Sundling (UCI) - 6-3, 7-5
2. (63) Dean Jackson (SD) df. Victor Lamm (UCI) - 6-0, 6-4
3. Trevor Dobson (UCI) df. Chris Coetzee (SD) - 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
4. Ajay Ahluwalia (UCI) df. Charl Wolmarans (SD) - 7-5, 6-1
5. Stephen Stege (UCI) df. Nils Schive (SD) - 6-4, 6-7 (12-10), 6-2
6. Ryan Mayer (UCI) df. Tamer Antabi (SD) - 7-5, 1-6, 7-5
Records: San Diego (2-4), UC Irvine (2-3)
