CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Hawai'i men's tennis team began its weeklong road trip with a 6-1 victory over Claremont-McKenna, the No. 10 ranked team in NCAA Division III, Saturday, at the Ben F. Smith Tennis Courts. The Rainbow Warriors improve to 4-10 on the year.

Hawai`i got off to the 1-0 lead after winning the Nos. 1 and 3 doubles spots. The team of Dalibor Ptak and Ryan Sceats upended John Michael Chamakoon and Kyle Ellison, the 17th-ranked Division III doubles team, 9-8 (4) to get things started at the No. 1 court. CMS took the No. 2 doubles before the Rainbow Warriors rallied for a 9-7 victory at the No. 3 court, as Derrick Lajola and Byron Weinberg edged David Oehm and Eric Chow, 9-7.

In singles action, Ptak suffered a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 loss to Chamakoon, who is ranked No. 32 in the latest Division III rankings, at the top singles spot. The Rainbow Warriors then captured the Nos. 2-6 singles positions with Diepraam and Jamie Migia, pulling out 6-4 victories in Game 3 of their matches at No. 5 and 6, respectively.

UH continues its five-match/seven-day trip at UC Riverside, Sunday.


Match Results
Hawai`i def. Claremont-McKenna, 6-1
Singles
1. John Michael Chamakoon (CMS) def. Dalibor Ptak, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
2. Ryan Sceats def. William Ellison (CMS), 6-4, 6-0
3. Byron Weinberg def. David Oehm (CMS), 6-3, 7-6 (8)
4. Derrick Lajola def. John Goldis (CMS), 6-2, 6-4
5. Jarrod Diepraam def. Kyle Ellison (CMS), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
6. Jamie Migia def. Aaron Fuhriman (CMS), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Doubles
1. Ptak/Sceats def. Chamakoon/K. Ellison (CMS), 9-8 (4)
2. W. Ellison/Feldhausen (CMS) def. Diepraam/Smith, 8-5
3. Lajola/Weinberg def. Oehm/Eric Chow (CMS), 9-7



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