Las Vegas, NV (March 14, 2012) – The Hawai'i Pacific men's tennis team (6-3) fell in the last match of their five match road trip to NAIA power Fresno Pacific 6-3. Petr Michnev, Adriano Locorotondo, and Stephan Weling all posted wins for the Sea Warriors.

HPU lost all three doubles matches to trail 3-0. Four of the six singles matches went to the full three sets, three of them won by HPU. Both Locorotondo and Weling lost the first set 1-6 before rebounding for wins at fifth and sixth singles. Michnev dropped Xavier Smith, NAIA's fourth ranked player 4-6, 7-6, 6-4.

The tennis team returns to action on March 26th when they host UH-Hilo at Central Oahu Regional Park at 10:00 AM.

#1 Singles #3 Petr Michnev (HPU) def. Xavier Smith (FPU) 4-6, 7-6, 6-4  
#2 Singles  Kirill Sinitsyn (FPU) def. Georgi Yordanov (HPU) 6-2, 6-4  
#3 Singles  Cledson Carvalho (FPU) def. Patric Guenther (HPU) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2  
#4 Singles  Nathan Martinet (FPU) def. Gerald Moretti (HPU)  6-4, 6-3  
#5 Singles  Adriano Locorotondo (HPU) def. Amarit Sanchez (FPU) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4  
#6 Singles  Stephan Weling (HPU) def.  Lloyd Bruce-Burgess (FPU) 1-6, 6-2, 7-6  
 
#1 Doubles  Cledson Carvalho/Xavier Smith (FPU) def. Petr Michnev/Patric Guenther (HPU)  8-4  
#2 Doubles   Kirill Sinitsyn/Nathan Martinet (FPU) def. Adriano Locorotondo/Georgi Yordanov (HPU) 8-4
#3 Doubles   Lloyd Bruce-Burgess/Amarit Sanchez (FPU) def. Gerald Moretti/Ji Hoon Heo  (HPU) 8-3