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Men's Tennis Knocks Off San Francisco 6-1
2/9/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 9, 2003
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State capped a strong weekend by taking down San Francisco 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at the Wathen Tennis Center.
The victory improved the Bulldogs to 3-2 on the year and over .500 for the first time since the 2001-02 season. USF dropped to 5-4.
The Bulldogs, who moved up to No. 62 in the latest ITA Collegiate Tennis rankings, jumped to a 1-0 lead after sweeping the doubles. Hector Almada and Sergiu Modoc at No. 1 helped pace Fresno State by defeating Joaquim Lien and Mason Fuller 8-5.
In singles, the Bulldogs won four matches in straight sets. Greg Shearer won his team-leading fourth dual match by defeating Pablo Pires de Almeida at No. 3 6-1, 6-3. Also cruising to singles victories were Stefan Suta at No. 2, Alex Krohn at No. 5 and Marc Schaerer at No. 6.
At No. 1, Almada struggled but pulled out a victory by winning 6-3, 3-6, (10-8) against Lien. A super-tiebreaker (first to 10 points wins) was played in lieu of a third set. Almada improved to 3-0 in dual matches on the year.
Fresno State has its work cut out for it next week. The Bulldogs travel to the Bay Area to play at No. 7 Stanford on Saturday and No. 4 California on Sunday.
Fresno State def. San Francisco, 6-1
Doubles (Fresno State wins point)
1) Almada/Modoc (FS) def. Lien/Fuller (USF), 8-5
2) Krohn/Sinn (FS) def. Lippert/Elvik (USF), 8-1
3) Roshan/Suta (FS) def. Arnesen/Pires de Almeida (USF), 8-4
Singles
1) Hector Almada (FS) def. Joachim Lien (USF), 6-3, 3-6, (10-8)
2) Stefan Suta (FS) def. Jorgen Arnesen (USF), 6-3, 6-0
3) Greg Shearer (FS) def. Pablo Pires de Almeida (USF), 6-1, 6-3
4) Romain Van Rillas (USF) def. Sergiu Modoc (FS), 7-5, 5-7, (10-7)
5) Alex Krohn (FS) def. Sean Dizon (USF), 6-1, 6-0
6) Marc Schaerer (FS) def. Axel Elvik (USF), 6-1, 6-2
Conditions: 65 degrees, clear and sunny
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