Box Score

MORAGA, Calif. – The University of Hawai`i men's tennis team ends their three-game losing streak Sunday by defeating No.61 Saint Mary's College (CA), 4-3. The Rainbow Warriors rallied in both doubles and singles play to win their first of three road matches this week.

After losing in one doubles, UH (1-3) won the next two matches with Carter Lam and Jared Spiker winning at the two, 9-8, and Chas Okamoto and Chris Meyer posting an 8-6 win in three doubles. Okamoto and Meyer's win played a pivotal role in the victory, capturing the doubles point for the 'Bows. 

In singles action, Spiker won in straight sets at six doubles 6-1, 6-0, but SMC's Maxime Olivan topped Jonathan Brooklyn, 6-1, 6-2, to keep his team in the match. SMC evened the match when Sherif Hamdy defeated Dymtro Kovalyov, 6-3, 6-4, at the two but Okamoto responded for the 'Bows with a three-set victory in three singles.

The deciding point came at four singles when Gavin Leon (SMC) was forced to retire to Nils Schuhmann. Leon won the first set in a tiebreaker but trailed Schuhmann 4-3 in set two.

UH continues on the road to face off against Pac-12 powerhouse No. 6 Stanford Cardinal in Stanford, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 1:30 p.m. PT.


Doubles: Order of finish 1-3-2
Joakim Norstrom/Maxime Olivan (SMC) def. Jonathan Brooklyn/Nils Schuhmann (UH), 8-5
Carter Lam/Jared Spiker (UH) def. Seif El Sherbini/Samuel Bloore (SMC), 9-8
Chas Okamoto/Chris Meyer (UH) def. Steven Dawson-Roberts/Gavin Leon (SMC), 8-6
 
Singles: Order of finish  6,1,2,3,4,5
Maxime Olivan (SMC) def. Jonathan Brooklyn (UH), 6-1, 6-2
Sherif Hamdy (SMC) def. Dmytro Kovalyov (UH), 6-3, 6-4
Chas Okamoto (UH) def. Joakim Norstrom (SMC), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Nils Schuhmann (UH) def. Gavin Leon (SMC) 6-7 (3-7), 4-3 (retired)
Seif El Sherbini (SMC) def. Carter Lam (UH), 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
Jared Spiker (UH) def. Samuel Bloore (SMC), 6-1, 6-0





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