MORAGA, Calif. – The Hawai‘i men’s tennis team remained winless on its week-long road trip with a loss to Saint Mary’s, Wednesday, at the Timothy Korth Tennis Complex. The Rainbow Warriors are still in search of its first victory of the 2003-04 campaign after dropping its first seven matches under new head coach John Nelson.

Newcomer Dalibor Ptak posted the lone UH victory with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Rafael Lopez at No. 1 singles. Three other Rainbow Warriors took their matches to three sets before losing. Sophomore Bryon Weinberg lost 7-5 in the third in his match at the No. 3 court to Andre Sion. Junior Travis Smith took a one-set lead in his match to J.J. Whitlinger at No. 6 singles but dropped the next two, 6-4, 6-1. Freshman Burke Marold lost a third-set super-tiebreaker, 10-5 to Adam Fauvre.

“The match was extremely close and it could have gone the other way,” Nelson said. “The doubles point was ours for the taking but after losing that match (No. 3 doubles), we lost momentum going into singles play.”

The Gaels took the doubles point after the team of Vincent Leborgne and Dino Paul Ferrari rallied past UH’s Smith and Jamie Migia, 9-8 (3).


Match Results
Saint Mary’s def. Hawai‘i, 6-1
Singles
1. Dalibor Ptak def. Rafael Lopez (SMC), 6-4, 6-3
2. Martin Marechal (SMC) def. Ryan Sceats, 6-3, 6-1
3. Andre Sion (SMC) def. Bryon Weinberg, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
4. Vincent Leborgne (SMC) def. Derrick Lajola, 6-1, 6-2
5. Adam Fauvre (SMC) def. Burke Marold, 6-4, 6-7, (10-5)
6. J.J. Whitlinger (SMC) def. Travis Smith, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
1. Whitlinger/Fauvre (SMC) def. Ptak/Sceats, 8-6
2. Weinberg/Lajola def. Marechal/Sion, 8-5
3. Leborgne/Dino Paul Ferrari (SMC) def. Smith/Jamie Migia, 9-8



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