LAIE, Hawaii (March 7, 2016) – The second-ranked Hawaii Pacific men's tennis team blanked BYU-Hawaii 9-0 to remain undefeated in 2016.
 
The Sharks (8-0) were led by sixth-ranked Thibaud Berland, who defeated Ibrahim Karmadzha 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 1 singles position. HPU's Alexander Meyer notched a win over Wei-Feng Lee in the No. 2 slot 6-2, 7-6(3). Eighth-ranked Jaume Martinez Vich was victorious in the third singles spot after opponent Guillermo Ucelay retired due to injury.
 
Torben Otto, Jakub Hadrava and Clemens Graute also notched wins in the singles competition for the Sharks.
 
In doubles action, HPU's tandem of Meyer and Berland teamed up to down BYU-Hawaii's duo of Ucelay and Simon Guillin, 8-6. The Sharks also received doubles wins from Graute and Martinez Vich (9-7) as well as Hadrava and Otto (8-4).
 
HPU now has some time to recuperate before facing Metropolitan State University of Denver on March 18 in Colorado.
 
Complete Results
 

Position	Hawaii Pacific University	Brigham Young University Hawaii	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	#6 Thibaud Berland	Ibrahim Karmadzha	Hawaii Pacific University	6-0, 6-1
#2 Singles	Alexander Meyer	Wei-Feng Lee	Hawaii Pacific University	6-2, 7-6(3)
#3 Singles	#8 Jaume Martinez Vich	Guillermo Ucelay	Hawaii Pacific University	6-7(6), ret. inj
#4 Singles	Jakub Hadrava	Simon Guillin	Hawaii Pacific University	6-4, 6-2
#5 Singles	Torben Otto	Volodymyr Kashytski	Hawaii Pacific University	6-2, 7-5
#6 Singles	Clemens Graute	Peng Dai	Hawaii Pacific University	6-1, 7-6(4)
#1 Doubles	Alexander Meyer   Thibaud Berland	Guillermo Ucelay   Simon Guillin	Hawaii Pacific University	8-6
#2 Doubles	Jakub Hadrava   Torben Otto	Peng Dai   Wei-Feng Lee	Hawaii Pacific University	8-4
#3 Doubles	Clemens Graute   Jaume Martinez Vich	Colton Pate   Ibrahim Karmadzha	Hawaii Pacific University	9-7