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Anteaters Lose 7-0 at No. 1 USC

USC beats UCI 7-0

	Shimpei Suzuki

Feb. 2, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's tennis team (3-2) lost 7-0 to No. 1 USC Tuesday afternoon in non-conference play at Marks Stadium.

The Trojans won all three doubles matches to take the doubles point. Steve Johnson and Daniel Nguyen defeated senior Zac Tsai (Tarzana/Oaks Christian HS) and sophomore Steven Henderson (Poway HS) 8-5 in the closest of the three matches in the No. 1 position.

Senior Shimpei Suzuki (Woodbridge HS) was the lone ‘Eater to win a set on the day as he lost in a third set tiebreaker to Jaak Poldma 5-7, 7-6, 10-7 in No. 3 singles. Robert Farah downed sophomore Fabian Matthews (Corona del Mar HS) 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 1 match.

The 'Eaters will travel to Los Angeles Tuesday to take on No. 1 USC at 1:30 p.m. at Marks Stadium.

Results

No. 1 USC 7, UC Irvine 0
No. 1	Robert Farah (USC) def. Fabian Matthews (UCI)	6-2, 6-4
No. 2	Steve Johnson (USC) def. Sam Gould (UCI)	6-2, 6-4
No. 3	Jaak Poldma (USC) def. Shimpei Suzuki (UCI)	5-7, 7-6, 10-7
No. 4	Peter Lucassen (USC) def. Zac Tsai (UCI)	6-3, 6-2
No. 5	Matt Kecki (USC) def. Stephen Stege (UCI)	7-5, 6-2
No. 6	JT Sundling (USC) def. Steven Henderson (UCI)	6-4, 7-5
	Singles Order of Finish: 1, 2, 6, 4, 5, 3

No. 1	Johnson/Nguyen (USC) def. Tsai/Henderson (UCI)	8-5
No. 2	Farah/Sundling (USC) def. Khunpol Issara /Gould (UCI)	8-1
No. 3	Lucassen/Poldma (USC) def. Nick Northcott / Jon Kazarian (UCI)	8-4
	Doubles Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1

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