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SeattleU Men's Tennis Concludes Play at 2010 National Independent Tournament

The Redhawks finished in third place following their 7-0 loss to host Longwood

SeattleU Men's Tennis Concludes Play at 2010 National Independent TournamentSeattleU Men's Tennis Concludes Play at 2010 National Independent Tournament
The Seattle University men's tennis team concluded the 2010 National Independent Tournament with a 7-0 loss to host Longwood University. The Redhawks finished in third place after going 2-2, while Longwood was named the tournament winner following a perfect 4-0 performance at the season-concluding tournament. SeattleU freshman Yusuke Kanehira (Tokyo, Japan) was the lone SU player to be selected to the all-tournament team following a standout performance.

The Redhawks, who were undefeated in their pair of Friday contests, could not carry that momentum into their final match of the season. The lone match winners on the day were Kanehira and Mark Shkretbtan (Redmond, Wash.). The No. 1 doubles pair outlasted Longwood's tandem of Marc Ferrigno and Milo Barajas-Alexander, 8-6. After winning the top-position doubles match, the Redhawks No. 2 and 3 teams were unable to see victories in their matches to break SU onto the board.

Following dropping the doubles point, the Redhawks were unable to find rhythm in their singles matches and the Lancers, who were playing on their home courts, took advantage of it. At the No. 6 singles position, Kanehira battled Longwood's Adham Halabi into a three set match. After falling 6-1, he took the second set 6-2. In the third set Halabi was able to outlast the Redhawk rookie to take it 13-11.

Despite being shutout in their final match of the year, SU did battle hard to the wire and the tournament marked their season-long progression and improvement.

Longwood 7, SeattleU 0

Singles

No. 1 LU Nobu Tanaka def. SU Mark Shkretbtan 6-1, 3-1 retired

No. 2 LU Marc Ferrigno def. SU Alex Montgomery 6-0, 6-4

No. 3 LU Billy Heird def. SU Simon Meske 6-4, 6-2

No. 4 LU Andres Lazart def. SU Adam Strizich 6-2, 6-1

No. 5 LU David Cardoso def. SU Jordan Prince 6-1, 6-1

No. 6 LU Adham Halabi def. SU Yusuke Kanehira 6-1, 2-6, 13-11

Doubles

No. 1 SU Mark Shkretbtan/Yusuke Kanehira def. LU Mark Ferrigno/Milo Barajas-Alexander 8-6

No. 2 LU Billy Heird/Adham Halabi def. SU Andrew Tran/Jordan Prince 8-4

No. 3 LU David Cardoso/Nobu Tanaka def. SU Simon Meske/Patrick Boorkman 8-5