Box Score

FRESNO, Calif. – The University of Hawai'i Warrior tennis team was one point away from victory, but couldn't hold on in a 4-3 loss to Fresno State on Saturday at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
 
Hawai'i lead 3-1 but saw the final three victories go to the Bulldogs. After getting swept in doubles play, singles action started auspiciously when Jared Spiker, Nils Schuhmann, and Chas Okamoto finished 1-2-3 to give the Warriors (3-7) a solid lead. All three won in straight sets with Okamoto winning a first-set tiebreaker over Sam MacNeil.
 
Then it was Fresno State's turn, as the Bulldogs (4-9) won the next three matches to edge UH. Dmytro Kovalyov lost at the two, 6-4, 6-4, to Sai Kartik Nakireddi then Jonathan Brooklyn was beaten at first singles by Reid deLaubenfels, 7-5, 6-4.
 
The deciding match was the most competitive of the day. At No. 5, Danilo Casanova rallied for a second-set win to send the match to a third set, but FS's Felipe Fritz came back and won a third-set tiebreaker to give the Bulldogs the victory.
 
Doubles play saw the Bulldogs grab the point after handily winning the first two finishes. Brooklyn and Okamoto fell at the one to deLaubenfels and MacNeil, 8-1. FS then won the point when Spiker and David Schuster fell at No. 2.
 
Nils Schuhmann and Carter Lam pushed the Bulldog tandem of Nakireddi and Fritz at the three, but fell 8-7 as FS swept the Warriors heading to singles play.
 
UH remains in Fresno and faces Washington on Sunday before returning home. First serve is set for 1:00 p.m. PT (11:00 a.m. HT).
 
Fresno State 4 Hawai'i 3
 
Singles (Order of Finish: 3,6,4,2,1,5)
Reid deLaubenfels (FS) def. Jonathan Brooklyn (UH) 7-5, 6-4
Sai Kartik Nakireddi (FS) def. Dmytro Kovalyov (UH) 6-4, 6-4
Jared Spiker (UH) def. Nikolas Papic (FS) 6-2, 6-3
Chas Okamoto (UH) def. Sam MacNeil (FS) 7-6, 6-2
Felipe Fritz (FS) def. Danilo Casanova (UH) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6
Nils Schuhmann (UH) def. Jeremy Quiroz (FS) 7-6, 6-1
 
Doubles (Order of Finish: 1,2,3)
deLaubenfels/MacNeil (FS) def. Brooklyn/Okamoto (UH), 8-1
Quiroz/Papic (FS) def. Spiker/Schuster (UH), 8-3
Nakireddi/Fritz (FS) def. Schuhmann/Lam (UH), 8-7