HONOLULU - Back from the three-match California road trip, the University of Hawai`i men's tennis team defeated Loyola Marymount, 5-2, Saturday, at the UH Tennis Complex to earn their first dual match victory of the 2006 season.

The Rainbow Warriors (1-3) jumped off to a great start by winning all three of the doubles matches to earn the doubles point. Seniors Ryan Sceats and Jarrod Diepraam defeated Matt Phillips and Michael Wojnarowicz, a St. Louis High School graduate, 8-6, at the No. 1 position. At the No. 2 court, senior Bryon Weinberg and freshman Jeff Fitch outlasted Carlos Malet and Linas Cicenas, 9-7 while freshman Sascha Heinemann and junior Chad Faulk beat Reyniere Roxas and Michael Chan, a Kealakehe High School graduate, 8-2, at No. 3.

UH won four of the six singles matches to earn the team victory. Heinemann defeated Wojnarowicz, 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 1 court and at No. 2, Weinberg beat Cicenas, 6-1, 6-2. Faulk dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to Phillips, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 4, and Yasuo lost to Malet, 6-4, 6-2, at the No. 6 court. Diepraam earned a victory over Chan, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5. Last to finish was Sceats, who outlasted Roxas in a two hour plus marathon, 7-6, 7-6, at the No. 3 position. Junior Derrick Lajola did not play, due to an injury.

The Rainbow Warriors next match will be against St. Mary's of California, next Thursday, at the UH Tennis Complex.

Match Results
Hawai`i def LMU, 5-2
Singles (each match is worth one team point)
1. Sascha Heinemann def. Mike Wojnarowicz (LMU), 6-3, 6-1
2. Bryon Weinberg def. Linas Cicenas (LMU), 6-1, 6-2
3. Ryan Sceats def. Reyniere Roxas, 7-6(1), 7-6(3)
4. Matt Phillips (LMU) def. Chad Faulk, 6-3, 6-3
5. Jarrod Diepraam def. Michael Chan (LMU), 6-2, 6-1
6. Carlos Malet (LMU) def. Yasuo Sakurai, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles (must win 2 of 3 matches for one team point)
1. Sceats/Diepraam def. Wojnarowicz/Phillips (LMU), 8-6
2. Weinberg/Fitch def. Malet/Cicenas (LMU), 9-7
3. Heinemann/Faulk def. Chan/Roxas (LMU), 8-2

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