WINTER PARK, FL (March 24, 2014) – The Hawai'i Pacific Men's Tennis Team (15-0) kept the dream alive for a perfect season with an 8-1 win over yet another ranked opponent, this time it was #15 Rollings College.
 
HPU completed the road trip sweep, going 8-0 while covering 9,948 miles round trip. The Sea Warriors are also now 9-0 in matches vs. ranked opponents.
 
The Sea Warriors jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a sweep of doubles play. The first doubles team of Petr Michnev and Thibaud Berland dropped Rollings' fifth-ranked team by an 8-4 count. Second and third doubles was a little closer, but the teams of Jaume Martinez-Vich/Mattis Wetzel and Yann Renault/Adriano Locorotondo prevailed.
 
Singles play was also controlled by HPU. Martinez-Vich recorded an impressive 6-2, 6-2 win over #23 Robin Marchione. Berland kept his hot road trip going by also defeating a ranked player (#34) in straight sets. Wetzel and Clemens Graute each encountered little resistance in wins at fourth and fifth singles. Yann Renault had the closest match of the day, winning the first set in the tiebreaker and taking the second set 6-4.  
 
HPU plays its final match of the season on Oahu when the Sea Warriors visit BYU-Hawaii on April 7th at 1:00 p.m.
 
Singles competition
1. Will Kwok (RCM) def. #2 Petr Michnev (HPU-MT) 6-2, 6-1
2. #6 Jaume Martinez-Vich (HPU-MT) def. #23 Robin Marchione (RCM) 6-2, 6-2
3. Thibaud Berland (HPU-MT) def. #34 Jason Alabaster (RCM) 6-3, 6-3
4. Mattis Wetzel (HPU-MT) def. Adrian Di Felice (RCM) 6-3, 6-2
5. Clemens Graute (HPU-MT) def. Ari Davis (RCM) 6-2, 6-2
6. Yann Renault (HPU-MT) def. Jacobo Herrero (RCM) 7-6 (10-8), 6-4
 
 Doubles competition
1. Petr Michnev/Thibaud Berland (HPU-MT) def. #5 Will Kwok/Jason Alabaster (RCM) 8-4
2. Jaume Martinez-Vich/Mattis Wetzel (HPU-MT) def. Adrian Di Felice/Cooper Maxwell (RCM) 8-6.
3. Yann Renault/Adriano Locorotondo (HPU-MT) def. Ari Davis/Jacobo Herrero (RCM) 8-5