IRVINE, Calif. – The Hawai'i men's tennis team suffered a 5-2 loss to No. 72 UC Irvine, Friday, in the quarterfinals of the Anteater Classic at Anteater Tennis Stadium. The Warriors (11-10) next face West Virginia, Saturday, for the right to play in the fifth place match.

Senior Francisco Brignole had his six-match win streak snapped in the No. 5 court, falling to Peter Surapol, 6-4, 0-6, 7-5, which clinched the victory for the Anteaters. Senior Reginaldo Moralejo posted his team-leading 16th victory after a 6-2, 6-1 sweep of Greg Biorkman in No. 4 singles. Senior Malino Oda snapped a personal two-match skid with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Zoran Korac in the No. 2 court.

The Anteaters won two of the three doubles contests to take an early 1-0 lead. UH’s only victory in doubles was at No.1 where, Oda and Justin Menolascino defeated Brian Morton and Jonathan Endrikat, 8-6.



UC Irvine 5, Hawai‘i 2

Singles
No. 1 Jonathan Endrikat (UCI) def. Ryan Sceats, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 Malino Oda def. Zoran Korac (UCI) 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Brian Morton (UCI) def. Justin Menolascino, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
No. 4 Reginaldo Moralejo def. Greg Biorkman (UCI) 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Peter Surapol (UCI) def. Francisco Brignole, 6-4, 0-6, 7-5
No. 6 Eric Yandoc (UCI) def. Jarrod Diepraam, 2-6, 6-3, 10-6

Doubles
No. 1 Oda/ Menolascino def. Morton/Endrikat (UCI), 8-6
No. 2 O'Connor/Korac (UCI) def. Sceats/Diepraam, 8-6
No. 3 Prentice/Williams (UCI) def. Moralejo/Brignole, 8-3



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