March 23, 2008

Santa Clara, Calif. - The Marquette University men's tennis team capped a three-match road swing in California with a 6-1 non-conference victory over Santa Clara Saturday afternoon in non-conference action.

The Golden Eagles will now conclude the regular season with three-straight home matches at the Helfaer Tennis & Recreation Center prior to the BIG EAST Championship April 17-20.

Marquette claimed the doubles point against the Broncos before winning five of the six singles matchups. Each of the singles decisions were of the straight-set variety.

Tennis Match Results
Marquette vs Santa Clara
Mar 22, 2008 at Santa Clara, Calif.
Marquette 6, Santa Clara 1
Singles competition:
1. Jay Wong (SCU) def. Trent Hagan (MU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Dusan Medan (MU) def. Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong (SCU) 7-6, 6-2
3. Stephen Shao (MU) def. Senthil Chidambaram (SCU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Niko Boulieris (MU) def. Charlie Burke (SCU) 6-3, 6-0
5. Juan-Martin Paredes (MU) def. Justin Wong (SCU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Mark Rutherford (MU) def. John Iwanski (SCU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition:
1. Jay Wong/Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong (SCU) def. Brett Binkley/Mark Rutherford (MU) 8-6
2. Stephen Shao/Dusan Medan (MU) def. John Iwanski/Justin Wong (SCU) 8-4
3. Trent Hagan/Niko Boulieris (MU) def. Charlie Burke/Senthil Chidambaram (SCU) 8-4