Oct. 6, 2009

TULSA, Okla. - The UC Irvine men's tennis team got the season underway at the D'Novo/ITA Men's All American at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla. over the weekend. Sophomore Stephen Stege (Los Gatos HS), sophomore Sam Gould (Hamilton, New Zealand) and senior Zac Tsai (Tarzana/Oaks Christian HS) played in the Pre-Qualifying rounds.

Sophomore Fabian Matthews (Corona del Mar HS) is competing in the Qualifying Bracket and will play again Tuesday.

ITA All American Pre-Qualifying

Saturday, October 3

David Thomson (NC State) def. Sam Gould (UCI) 6-3, 7-6
Francois Van Impe (Nebraska) def. Stephen Stege (UCI) 7-6, 6-2
Zac Tsai (UCI) def. Patrick Collins (Tulsa) 6-4, 6-2

Sunday, October 4

Matej Zlatkovic (Illinois State) def. Zac Tsai (UCI) 6-3, 6-2

ITA All American Qualifying Singles

Monday, October 5
Fabian Matthews (UCI) def. Luka Somen (Virginia Tech) 1-6, 6-1, 6-3

Tuesday, October 6
Jason Smith (Sacramento State) def. Fabian Matthews (UCI) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5