March 9, 2005

IRVINE, Calif. - The Gonzaga University men's tennis team lost 7-0 to the University of California, Irvine Wednesday afternoon.

The Anteaters took the doubles point, but Gonzaga didn't go down without a fight. Brett Womack and Marco Pineda recorded a win in the No. 3 doubles spot as they handed Peter Surapol and Aaron Ellis a 9-8 loss.

In singles play Pineda took Mustafa Ulukan to three sets winning the first set 7-5, but dropped the remaining sets 6-2, 10-4.

The Bulldogs will be back in action on Thursday when they head to Los Angeles, Calif. for a West Coast Conference match against Loyola Marymount University at 1:30 p.m.

UC Irvine 7, Gonzaga 0Singles1) Brian Morton (UCI) def. Dru Ernst (GU), 6-1, 6-22) Rye Kashiwabara (UCI) def. Brett Womack (GU), 6-4, 6-23) Victor Lamm (UCI) def. Reid Arthur (GU), 6-2, 7-6 (3)4) Peter Surapol (UCI) def. Cooper Fratt (GU), 6-2, 6-05) Mustafa Ulukan (UCI) def. Marco Pineda (GU), 5-7, 6-2, 10-46) Olof Sjolund (UCI) def. Robert Penney (GU), 6-1, 6-1
Doubles1) Brian Morton / Rye Kashiwabara (UCI) def. Dru Ernst / Reid Arthur (GU), 8-62) Victor Lamm / Arash Bormand (UCI) def. Robert Penney / Cooper Fratt (GU), 8-23) Brett Womack / Marco Pineda (GU) def. Peter Surapol / Aaron Ellis (UCI), 9-8 (6)