Jan. 23, 2010

SEATTLE, Wash. - The UC Irvine men's tennis team (2-1) lost 6-1 Saturday afternoon to No. 26 Washington at the Nordstrom Tennis Center.

The Huskies won all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. Senior Zac Tsai (Tarzana/Oaks Christian HS) and junior Khunpol Issara (Bangkok, Thailand) lost 8-3 to Martin Kildahl and Derek Drabble in the No. 1 match.

Washington won five of the six singles matches to clinch the team victory. Senior Shimpei Suzuki (Woodbridge HS) defeated Kildahl 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 in No. 3 match for UCI's lone point of the day.

The 'Eaters will return to action as they host San Francisco Sunday, January 31st at 12:00 p.m. at Anteater Tennis Stadium.

Results

No. 26 Washington 6, UC Irvine 1

Doubles
1) Kildahl/Drabble (UW) def. Issara/Tsai (UCI), 8-3
2) Nedunchezhiyan/McMorrow (UW) def. Gould/Henderson (UCI), 8-2
3) Obenaus/Rosinski (UW) def. Suzuki/Kazarian (UCI), 8-2
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles
1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (UW) def. Fabian Matthews (UCI), 6-0, 6-3
2) Kyle McMorrow (UW) def. Sam Gould (UCI), 6-3, 6-4
3) Shimpei Suzuki (UCI) def. Martin Kildahl (UW), 6-4, 1-6, (10-7)
4) Derek Drabble (UW) def. Zac Tsai (UCI), 6-2, 6-2
5) Tobi Obenaus (UW) def. Steven Henderson (UCI), 6-4, 6-2
6) Brad Bator (UW) def. Khunpol Issara (UCI), 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: 1, 6, 2, 4, 3, 5