HONOLULU - The Hawai`i men's tennis team swept Xavier, 7-0, Wednesday afternoon, at the UH Tennis Complex. The Rainbow Warriors won all three doubles and six singles matches to improve to 6-10 this season.

UH took the early lead after sweeping the doubles matches. The team of Dalibor Ptak and Derrick Lajola pulled out a hard-fought 8-6 victory over Rob Simpson and Justin Yeager at the top doubles court.

Junior Bryon Weinberg led the way for the Warriors in singles play, defeating Justin Yeager, 7-5, 6-1, at the No. 2 court for his fourth consecutive victory. Junior Ryan Sceats won his 10th straight match with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Rob Simpson at No. 3.

In other action, senior Jarrod Diepraam pulled out a 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4) super-tiebreaker win over Brian Schubert at No. 4. Ptak, Chad Faulk and Lajola each won their matches in straight sets at the Nos. 1, 5, and 6 courts, respectively.

The Rainbow Warriors return to competition with matches at San Diego, April 8 and UC Irvine, April 11.

Match Results
Hawai`i def. Xavier, 7-0
Singles (each match is worth one team point)
1. Dalibor Ptak def. Jeremy Miller (XU), 7-5, 6-2
2. Bryon Weinberg def. Justin Yeager (XU), 7-5, 6-1
3. Ryan Sceats def. Rob Simpson (XU), 6-2, 6-0
4. Jarrod Diepraam def. Brian Schubert (XU), 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)
5. Chad Faulk vs. Brian Quinn (XU), 6-1, 6-0
6. Derrick Lajola vs. Adam Schaeffer (XU), 6-3, 6-3

Doubles (must win 2 of 3 matches for one team point)
1. Ptak/Lajola def. Simpson/Yeager (XU), 8-6
2. Diepraam/Sceats def. Miller/JR Randall (XU), 8-1
3. Faulk/Weinberg def. Schubert/Rustin Reys (XU), 8-3

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