March 26, 2008

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Santa Clara men's tennis team dropped their match to No. 20 University of Washington, 7-0 at a neutral site in Palm Springs, Calif. The Broncos were outmatched by the top ranked Huskies and their ranked singles players, No. 77 Patrick Fischer and No. 94 Jeevan Nedunchezhivan.

Santa Clara will travel to Santa Barbara, Calif. to face No. 64 UC Santa Barbara on Thursday March 27, at 1:00 p.m. to makeup their rescheduled match from the beginning of the dual season. The Gauchos are 7-4 this season and have won the last four of their matches.

Doubles
No. 1 UW Patrick Fischer/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan d. SCU Jay Wong/Kenzo Hirawaka-Wong 8-4
No. 2 UW Derek Drabble/Andy Kuharszky d. SCU John Iwanski/Justin Wong 8-1
No. 3 UW Martin Kildahl/Tobi Obenaus d. SCU Charlie Burke/Senthil Chidambaram 8-1
Singles
No. 1 (77) UW Patrik Fischer d. SCU Jay Wong 6-3, 7-6
No. 2 (94) UW Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan d. SCU Kenzo Hirawaka-Wong 6-3, 7-6
No. 3 UW Andy Kuharszky d. SCU Senthil Chidambaram 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 UW Derek Drabble d. SCU Charlie Burke 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 UW Ryo Sekiguchi d. SCU Justin Wong 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 UW Tobi Obenaus d. SCU John Iwanski 6-0, 6-1