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Seattle University Men?s Tennis Sweeps Saturday Matches in Oregon

SeattleU earns 9-0 victories over Pacific, Lewis and Clark, prepares for battles with Idaho, Oregon Sunday

Seattle University Men?s Tennis Sweeps Saturday Matches in OregonSeattle University Men?s Tennis Sweeps Saturday Matches in Oregon
The Seattle University men's tennis team swept through its matches Saturday, defeating Pacific University (Ore.) in the morning, 9-0, at the Holce Tennis Courts before moving on for a 9-0 afternoon victory over Lewis and Clark College at the Tennis Dome.

Playing in his hometown area, freshman Andrew Tran (Portland, Ore.) participated in four matches during the day, winning both singles and both doubles contests. Simon Meske (Tacoma, Wash.) also earned four victories during the day, including the closest match in either session against Spencer Hing of Pacific, coming from behind to win the second set, 6-2, as well as a hard-fought super-tiebreaker, 14-12.

Adam Strizich (Helena, Mont.) picked up three victories on the day, winning both singles matches and combining with Patrick Boorkman (Bellevue, Wash.) for a doubles victory over Kerry White and Quinn Roth Carter of Lewis and Clark College, 8-3. Boorkman, Mark Shkretbtan (Redmond, Wash.) and Yusuke Kanehira (Setagaya, Japan) also collected three victories each with one singles and two doubles wins.

Seattle University (3-2) finishes its weekend trip by heading to Eugene, Ore., Sunday, Feb. 7, first facing University of Idaho at 9 a.m., followed by a match against the University of Oregon at 3 p.m.  

Seattle University 9, Pacific University 0

SINGLES

  1. Mark Shkretbtan (SU) def. Michael Okada (PU): 6-1, 6-3
  2. Simon Meske (SU) def. Spencer Hing (PU): 4-6, 6-2, 14-12 (super tiebreaker)
  3. Adam Strizich (SU) def. Micah Leo (PU): 6-0, 6-1
  4. Andrew Tran (SU) def. Michael Furuya (PU): 7-5, 6-2
  5. Yusuke Kanehira (SU) def. Hector Alcayde (PU): 6-1, 6-0
  6. Zachary Williams (SU) def. Kolin Wong (PU): 8-0 (pro-set)

DOUBLES

  1. Meske/Shkretbtan (SU) def. Hing/Leo (PU): 8-6
  2. Kanehira/Tran (SU) def. Okada/Alcayde (PU): 8-2
  3. Patrick Boorkman/Kyle Rapp (SU) def. Patrick Kinghorn/Scott Kawamura (PU): 8-1

Seattle University 9, Lewis and Clark College 0

SINGLES

  1. Simon Meske (SU) def. George Allen (LCC): 6-1, 6-0
  2. Patrick Boorkman (SU) def. Peter Ray (LCC): 6-0, 6-0
  3. Adam Strizich (SU) def. Junya Furakawa (LCC): 6-3, 6-1
  4. Andrew Tran (SU) def. Wataru Nakamura (LCC): 6-3, 6-0
  5. Zachary Williams (SU) def. Cole Pfeiffer (LCC): 6-0, 6-0
  6. Kyle Rapp (SU) def. Andrew Davy (LCC): 6-2, 6-1

DOUBLES

  1. Meske/Mark Shkretbtan (SU) def. Allen/Furakawa (LCC): 8-2
  2. Yusuke Kanehira/Tran (SU) def. Ray/Nakamura (LCC): 8-3
  3. Boorkman/Strizich (SU) def. Kerry White/Quinn Roth Carter (LCC): 8-3