March 8, 2005

AZUSA, Calif. - The Gonzaga University men's tennis team lost 9-0 to the Azusa Pacific University Cougars Tuesday afternoon.

The Cougars took all of the doubles matches, with Gonzaga's Marco Pineda and Brett Womack coming closest to a win in the No. 3 spot, falling 9-8.

In singles play Reid Arthur jumped out to an early lead in the No. 3 spot winning the first set 7-5, but dropped the final two sets 6-4, 10-8 to lose the match.

The Bulldog men will continue their Southern Calif. road trip on Wednesday as they travel to Irvine, Calif. for a match with the University of California, Irvine in a 1:30 p.m. match.

Azusa Pacific 9, Gonzaga 0SINGLES:1. Sam Fletcher (APU) def. Dru Ernst (GU); 6-1, 6-22. Boris Bakalov (APU) def. Brett Womack (GU); 6-3, 6-23. David Goodman (APU) def. Reid Arthur (GU); 5-7, 6-4, 10-84. Adam Davidson (APU) def. Cooper Fratt (GU); 6-3, 6-15. Gordon Hong (APU) def. Marco Pineda (GU); 6-0, 6-16. Tom Jelsma (APU) def. Robert Penney (GU), 6-3, 6-4DOUBLES:1. Sam Fletcher / Adam Davidson (APU) def. Dru Ernst / Reid Arthur (GU); 8-32. Boris Bakalov / Tom Jelsma (APU) def. Cooper Fratt / Robert Penney (GU); 8-33. Gordon Hong / David Goodman (APU) def. Brett Womack / Marco Pineda (GU); 9-8