SAN FRANCISCO - The University of Hawai`i men's tennis team displayed strong doubles play, but faltered on the singles side, in suffering a 5-2 loss to San Francisco on Sunday afternoon at Golden Gate Park. With the loss, the Hawai`i fell to 3-9 on the season, and returns home after dropping both matches during their California road trip.

Hawai`i opened the match well, taking two of three doubles contests, including a convincing 8-2 win for the team of Ryan Sceats and Bryon Weinberg over USF's Philip Riise-Hansen and Andrew Bertolina. Sceats' continued his winning ways in singles play, earning his seventh consecutive singles win in straight-sets over USF's Andrew Hogan.

However, the other Rainbow Warriors struggled against the Dons in singles play, as USF swept the other five individual matches. Hawai`i's Derrick Lajola won the first set of his match against USF's Greg Hom before falling in three sets, while Weinberg took the second set of his match against Riise-Hansen to a tiebreaker, but eventually lost 6-4, 7-6.

The Rainbow Warriors return home for a four-match home stand, beginning against Bloomsburg University on Friday, Mar. 10, at the UH Tennis Complex. First serve is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Match Results
San Francisco def. Hawai`i, 5-2
Singles (each match is worth one team point)
1. Timo Kienle (USF) def. Dalibor Ptak, 6-4, 6-4
2. Philip Riise-Hansen (USF) def. Bryon Weinberg, 6-4, 7-6
3. Ryan Sceats def. Andrew Hogan (USF), 6-2, 6-2
4. Fernando Rodriguez (USF) def. Jarrod Diepraam, 6-4, 6-1
5. Rafael Corazza (USF) def. Chad Faulk, 6-4, 6-3
6. Greg Hom (USF) def. Derrick Lajola, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1

Doubles (must win 2 of 3 matches for one team point)
1. Ptak/Lajola def. Keinle/William O'Shea (USF), 8-6
2. Sceats/Diepraam def. Riise-Hansen/Andrew Bertolina (USF), 8-2
3. Corazza/Hogan (USF) def. Weinberg/Faulk, 8-5

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