April 19, 2008

Santa Clara, CA - The No. 2 seed USD Toreros dropped a 4-2 decision to No. 3 seed Saint Mary's today in the second semifinal match of the day. On Sunday the Toreros will face No. 4 seed San Francisco at 1 p.m. in the 3rd place match. USD received singles wins today from Dean Jackson at No. 2 and Charl Wolmarans at No. 3. San Diego, ranked 58th in the nation, evens their season record at 11-11.

WCC Championships Semifinals - Day 2

Saint Mary's 4, San Diego 2

Apr 19, 2008 at Santa Clara, Calif.
(The Degheri Tennis Center)

Doubles
1. Kusnierz/Tirelli (SMC) def. Liversage/Coetzee (USD) 8-6
2. Dvorak/Christner (SMC) def. Jackson/Schive (USD) 8-6
3. Wolmarans/Brown (USD) def. Zannoni/El Bouzkouri (SMC) 8-4

Singles
1. Joel Kusnierz (SMC) def. Thomas Liversage (USD) 7-6, 7-3
2. Dean Jackson (USD) def. Lucas Tirelli (SMC) 6-2, 6-2
3. Charl Wolmarans (USD) def. Marek Dvorak (SMC) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
4. Achim Christner (SMC) def. Chris Coetzee (USD) 7-5, 6-2
5. Andrea Zannoni (SMC) def. Tamer Antabi (USD) 6-3, 4-6, 4-1 DNF
6. Youssef El Bouzkouri (SMC) def. Nils Schive (USD) 7-5, 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,6,5,4,3,1)