Concordia Irvine Athletics

Men's Tennis vanquished by Vulcans at PacWest Championships

Apr 20 | 2:01 PM

Emily Duran

The Men's Tennis Team lost its opening match of the PacWest Tournament to the University of Hawai'i Hilo Vulcans Thursday in Surprise, Ariz.

Concordia entered the match with a No. 6 regional and No.23 national ranking. The Vulcans held the No. 5 regional and No. 40 national spot. 

The Vulcans vanquished the Eagles in doubles play, winning three of three matches. The lone Eagle victory came in singles competition when Man Hon Ko took down Bruno Figlia 6-3, 6-1.

Erik Witzlinger, Daniel Reddmann and Thijs Hagen's matches were unfinished.

Friday, the Eagles will meet the Sonoma State Seawolves in the consolation round. The two teams played in February and Concordia claimed the game 7-2.

 

Full Results - Singles

1. #29 Vaclav Slezak (UHH-MT) def. Till Guttenberger (CUI-MT) 6-1, 6-4

2. Alex Fillat Perez (UHH-MT) def. Sten Boersma (CUI-MT) 6-1, 6-3

3. Gregory Zukeran (UHH-MT) vs. Erik Witzlinger (CUI-MT) 4-6, 1-4, unfinished

4. Stefan Coney (UHH-MT) vs. Daniel Reddmann (CUI-MT) 4-6, 3-3, unfinished

5. Man Hon Ko (CUI-MT) def. Bruno Figlia (UHH-MT) 6-3, 6-1

6. Dillon Lam (UHH-MT) vs. Thijs Hagen (CUI-MT) 3-6, 2-5, unfinished

 

Full Results - Doubles

1. Vaclav Slezak/Stefan Coney (UHH-MT) def. #23 Till Guttenberger/Daniel Reddmann (CUI-MT) 9-8 (7-5)

2. Bruno Figlia/Alex Fillat Perez (UHH-MT) def. Sten Boersma/Erik Witzlinger (CUI-MT) 8-5

3. Daniel Tada/Gregory Zukeran (UHH-MT) def. Man Hon Ko/Otto Heinz (CUI-MT) 8-4