SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Hawai`i men's tennis team dropped a tightly-contested match at Santa Clara, 4-3, Saturday morning, at the Degheri Tennis Courts. The teams were supposed to play on Friday but inclement weather in the Bay Area forced the match to be rescheduled on Saturday.

The Rainbow Warriors (3-8) won the doubles points when the team of Bryon Weinberg and Chad Faulk rallied for an 8-6 win at the No. 3 court over Chris Iwamura and Blane Shields.

The Broncos then took four of the six singles matches, including Eric Kochanski's match-clinching victory over Jarrod Diepraam, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2 at the No. 4 court. The only UH players to win their singles matches were Weinberg at No. 2 and Ryan Sceats at No. 3. Weinberg defeated Jan Macek, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 while Sceats rallied past Francisco Zepponi, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

UH concludes its road trip at San Francisco on Sunday. First serve is set for 12:00 p.m. at Golden Gate Park.

Match Results
Santa Clara def. Hawai`i, 4-3
Singles (each match is worth one team point)
1. Taylor Bedilion (SCU) def. Dalibor Ptak, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
2. Bryon Weinberg def. Jan Macek (SCU), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
3. Ryan Sceats def. Francisco Zepponi (SCU), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Eric Kochanski (SCU) def. Jarrod Diepraam, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2
5. Bobby Rasmussen (SCU) def. Chad Faulk, 6-0, 6-0
6. A.J. Kerin (SCU) def. Derrick Lajola, 6-1, 6-1

Doubles (must win 2 of 3 matches for one team point)
1. Ptak/Lajola def. Kochanski/Macek (SCU), 8-3
2. Bedilion/Zepponi (SCU) def. Sceats/Diepraam, 8-5
3. Weinberg/Faulk def. Chris Iwamura/Blane Shields (SCU), 8-6

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