HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i men's tennis team kicked off its spring season against No. 13 Louisville in the Rainbow Warrior Challenge Friday at the UH Tennis Complex.

 

The teams competed in both singles and doubles with the Big East champion Cardinal squad winning the majority of the matches. Louisville won eight of 10 singles matches, including a 6-4, 6-1 win by No.8 Austen Childs—the 2010 NCAA singles runner-up—over UH senior Dennis Lajola on the feature court. The Cardinal also won three of four doubles matches.

 

UH, however, proved competitive and got impressive performances from a pair of freshman. Jonathan Brooklyn pulled off an upset by defeating No.75 Viktor Maksimcuk in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Fellow freshman David Schuster also was victorious taking down Adam Donaldson, 6-4, 6-4.  The pair also teamed up to pick up UH's lone doubles win, a 9-7 victory over Robert Hall and Alejandro Calligari.

 

Louisville is the first of three ranked squads that UH will face this weekend. The Rainbow Warriors take on No. 14 Duke in a dual match on Saturday, Jan. 8 at 10:00 a.m. then will host No. 3 Tennessee on the final day of the Rainbow Warrior Challenge on Monday, Jan. 10 at 1:30 p.m.

 

 

No. 8 Austen Childs (UL) def. Dennis Lajola (UH) 6-4, 6-1

No. 98 Simon Childs (UL) def. Leo Rosenberg (UH) 7-5, 6-2

Andrew Carter (UL) def. Jeremy Tweedt (UH) 6-4, 6-3

Jonathan Brooklyn (UH) def. No. 75 Viktor Maksimcuk (UL) 6-2, 6-3

Robert Hall (UL) def. Jared Spiker (UH) 6-2, 6-4

Dante Terenzio (UL) def. Danile Llarenas (UH) 6-2, 6-2

Alejandro Calligari (UL) def. Dmytro Kovalyov (UH) 6-3, 6-2

David Schuster (UH) def. Adam Donaldson (UL) 6-4, 6-4

Sumit-Prakash Gupta (UL) def. Chris Meyer (UH) 6-0, 6-1

Dante Terenzio (UL) def. Dmytro Kovalyov (UH) 9-7

 

Simon Childs/ Sumit-Prakash Gupta (UL) def. Dennis Lajola/Leo Rosenberg (UH) 8-2

Austen Childs/Viktor Maksimcuk (UL) def. Jeremy Tweedt/Daneil Llarenas (UH) 8-1

Jonathan Brooklyn/David Schuster (UH) def. Robert Hall/ Alejandro Calligari (UL) 9-7

Andrew Carter/ Adam Donaldson (UL) def. Jared Spiker/Chris Meyer (UH) 8-1