HONOLULU- The University of Hawai`i men's tennis team got back on the winning track by defeating Cleveland State, 6-1, Tuesday at the UH Tennis Complex. The Rainbow Warriors (3-5), who dropped out of the FILA Collegiate Tennis Rankings after losses to nationally ranked squads Michigan and Texas A&M, snapped its two-match slide with a dominating win over the Vikings (7-4).

UH took the doubles point and won five of six singles matches, including four in straight sets. Andreas Weber remained undefeated in dual matches (9-0) and picked up his 10th win in the last 11 matches with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Phil Orno at the No. 1 court. Meanwhile, Sascha Heinemann, the reigning Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week, was equally impressive at the No. 2 court with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Brad Groleski. Heinemann improved to 16-4 overall and 9-1 in dual matches with his seventh straight win. Derrick Lajola, Jeff Fitch and Brent Hunter also picked up straight-set wins at the No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 positions, respectively. The lone UH loss came in agonizing fashion as senior Chad Faulk, dropped the third-set super tiebreaker to Dan Singer, 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 (7).

Hawai`i's next match will be at home Saturday, March 17, against WAC rival Nevada. First serve is 4:00 p.m. at the UH Tennis Complex.

Hawai'i def. Cleveland State, 6-1
Doubles (UH wins doubles point)
1. Hamning/Orno (CSU) def. Weber/Lajola, 8-1
2. Fitch/Faulk def. Groleski/Singer (CSU), 8-3
3. Spence Mendoza/Hunter def. Wipprecht/West (CSU), 8-5

Singles (each match worth one team point)
1. Andreas Weber def. Phil Orno (CSU), 6-3, 6-3
2. Sascha Heinemann def. Brad Groleski (CSU), 6-0, 6-2
3. Derrick Lajola def. Ryan Hamning (CSU), 6-2, 6-2
4. Dan Singer (CSU) def. Chad Faulk, 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 (7)
5. Jeff Fitch def. Rob West (CSU), 6-3, 7-6 (3)
6. Brent Hunter def. Steven Wipprecht (CSU), 6-2, 6-4

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