LA JOLLA, Calif. (March 5, 2016) – The second-ranked Hawaii Pacific men's tennis team defeated No. 16 UC San Diego 8-1 at Northview Courts as the Sharks remained perfect on the season. A day earlier, HPU knocked off No.1 Barry University, 5-0.
 
The Sharks (7-0) were led by sixth-ranked Thibaud Berland, who defeated No. 15 Axel Bouillin, 3-0, after his opponent retired due to injury in the No. 1 singles position. HPU's Alexander Meyer a win over Eric Tseng in the No. 2 slot 6-2, 6-4. Torben Otto, Jakub Hadrava and Filip Dolezel also notched wins in the singles competition for the Sharks.
 
In doubles action, HPU's tandem of Meyer and Berland teamed up to down UCSD's duo of Bouillin and Tseng, 8-4. The Sharks also received doubles wins from Dolezel and Jaume Martinez Vich (8-5) as well as Hadrava and Otto (8-2).
 
HPU now has nearly two weeks off before facing Metropolitan State University of Denver on March 18 in Colorado.
 
Complete Results
 
 #2 Hawaii Pacific 8, #16 UC San Diego 1
Mar 05, 2016 at La Jolla, CA (Northview Courts) 
 
 

Singles competition

1. #6 Thibaud Berland (HPU) def. #15 Axel Bouillin (UCSD) 3-0

2. #8 Jaume Martinez-Vich (HPU) def. Eric Tseng (UCSD) 6-2, 6-4

3. Justin Zhang (UCSD) def. Alexander Meyer (HPU) 3-6, 6-3, 10-7

4. Filip Dolezel (HPU) def. Alexandre Miaule (UCSD) 0-6, 6-4, 6-3

5. Jakub Hadrava (HPU) def. Rodrigo Amaral (UCSD) 4-6, 6-3, 10-6

6. Torben Otto (HPU) def. Horea Porutiu (UCSD) 7-6, 6-4

 
 

Doubles competition

1. Thibaud Berland/Alexander Meyer (HPU) def. Axel Bouillin/Eric Tseng (UCSD) 8-4

2. Filip Dolezel/Jaume Martinez-Vich (HPU) def. Alexandre Miaule/Horea Porutiu (UCSD) 8-5

3. Jakub Hadrava/Torben Otto (HPU) def. Rodrigo Amaral/Justin Zhang (UCSD) 8-2

 
 

Match Notes

Hawaii Pacific 7-0; National ranking #2; Regional ranking #1

UC San Diego 9-4; National ranking #16; Regional ranking #2

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,2,4,5,6,3)

No. 2 HPU 5, No. 1 Barry University 0 (March 4, 2016)
 

Position	Hawaii Pacific University	Barry University	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	#6 Thibaud Berland	#5 Ahmed Triki	Unfinished	4-6, 4-5
#2 Singles	Alexander Meyer	#37 Nico Dreer	Unfinished	1-6, 6-3, 2-0
#3 Singles	#8 Jaume Martinez Vich	#12 Renato Lombardi	Hawaii Pacific University	6-4, 6-2
#4 Singles	Torben Otto	Fabian Pronnet	Unfinished	3-3
#5 Singles	Jakub Hadrava	Daniel Ventura	Hawaii Pacific University	6-1, 6-1
#6 Singles	Clemens Graute	Franco Echenique	Unfinished	6-4, 1-2
#1 Doubles	Alexander Meyer   Thibaud Berland	Nico Dreer   Ahmed Triki	Hawaii Pacific University	8-5
#2 Doubles	Filip Dolezel   Jaume Martinez Vich	Renato Lombardi   Franco Echenique	Hawaii Pacific University	8-4
#3 Doubles	Jakub Hadrava   Torben Otto	Fabian Pronnet   Daniel Ventura	Hawaii Pacific University	8-3