Tribe Men’s Tennis Falls to San Diego State, 4-0

03/13/05 10:05PM

MONTGOMERY, AL - William and Mary’s men’s tennis team, ranked 68th in the nation, fell to San Diego State, 4-0, Saturday in the consolation bracket of the Blue-Gray Tennis Classic at the Lagoon Park Tennis Center.

The loss dropped the Tribe’s record to 4-12 this season, while the Aztecs improve to 5-5.

SDSU opened the match by winning the doubles point, with victories at the top and bottom positions. The Aztecs rounded out the shutout by winning the first three completed singles matches, on courts one, three and five. Two of the Tribe’s three singles losses came against nationally-ranked players with 59th-ranked senior Jeff Kader (Geneva, OH) getting upset by No. 90 Benedikt Stronk at No. 1 and sophomore Colin O’Brien (Dublin, Ireland) falling to No. 79 Markus Dickhardt at No. 3.

W&M will take two weeks off before returning to action Saturday, March 26 with a home match on the Busch Courts against current No. 35 Louisville.


San Diego State 4, #68 William and Mary 0
Singles
1. #90 Benedikt Stronk (SDSU) d. #59 Jeff Kader; 6-4, 6-2
2. Sean Kelleher (W&M) vs. #71 Armando Carrascosa; did not finish
3. #79 Markus Dickhardt (SDSU) d. Colin O’Brien; 7-5, 6-4
4. Alex Cojanu (W&M) vs. Dontia Haynes; did not finish
5. Daniel Jung (SDSU) d. Matt Rubenstein; 6-3, 6-3
6. Kavi Sud (W&M) vs. Eugenio Romero; did not finish

Doubles
1. Carrascosa/Stronk (SDSU) d. Alex Fish/O’Brien; 8-6
2. Kelleher/Sud (W&M) vs. Haynes/Jung; did not finish
3. Dickhardt/Romero (SDSU) d. Cojanu/Kader; 8-3