SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - The Hawai'i men's tennis team suffered a 5-2 loss to Cal Poly, Saturday, to drop to 1-4 on its current six-game road trip through California. The Rainbow Warriors wrap up its road swing at UC Irvine, Sunday.

The Mustangs won all three doubles matches for the early 1-0 lead. But UH responded in singles play with victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 courts as newcomer Dalibor Ptak picked up his fourth consecutive victory and Ryan Sceats won his third straight. Ptak defeated John Nguyen, 6-2, 6-4 and Sceats swept Nick Tracy, 6-0, 6-3.

Cal Poly then took the No. 3-6 singles positions, sweeping three of the matches. Sophomore Bryon Weinberg extended his match to a decisive third set before falling 6-0, 3-6, 7-5 to Matt Baca at No. 3.

The Rainbow Warriors, who won its first match of the season against Western Athletic Conference foe Nevada, Thursday, are 1-8 on the season under first year head coach John Nelson.


Match Results
Cal Poly def. Hawai`i, 5-2
Singles
1. Dalibor Ptak def. John Nguyen (CP), 6-2, 6-4
2. Ryan Sceats def. Nick Tracy (CP), 6-0, 6-3
3. Matt Baca (CP) def. Bryon Weinberg, 6-0, 3-6, 7-5
4. Brett Van Linge (CP) def. Derrick Lajola, 6-1, 6-2
5. Davey Jones (CP) def. Burke Marold, 6-4, 7-5
6. Andrew Diefenbach (CP) def. Travis Smith, 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
1. Van Linge/Nguyen (CP) def. Ptak/Sceats, 8-2
2. Baca/Tracy (CP) def. Lajola/Weinberg, 8-2
3. Jones/Stacy Meronoff (CP) def. Smith/Jamie Migia, 8-1



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