SURPRISE, Ariz. (April 15, 2016) – The top-ranked Hawaii Pacific men's tennis team blanked No. 24 BYU-Hawaii 5-0 in the semifinal round of the PacWest Conference Championships at Surprise Tennis & Racquet Center this afternoon.
With the victory, the Sharks improved to 16-3 on the season and advance to face Azusa Pacific in the finals on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
HPU's top-ranked doubles tandem of
Thibaud Berland and
Alexander Meyer defeated the team of Simon Guillin and Guillermo Ucelay, 8-3. The No. 1 duo is now 17-2 this season.
The Sharks team of
Jaume Martinez-Vich and
Filip Dolezel was also victorious (8-3), as was the tandem of
Jakub Hadrava and
Torben Otto (8-2).
Meyer compiled a 6-0, 6-0 blanking of Volodymyr Kashytski and HPU's
Clemens Graute dominated reigning PacWest Player of the Week Peng Dai 6-2, 6-2 as the Sharks clinched the competition with four matches unfinished.
Complete Results
#1 Hawaii Pacific 5, #23 BYU-Hawaii 0
Singles competition
1.
Thibaud Berland (HPUMT) vs. Ibrahim Karmadzhe (BYUHMT) 6-1, 4-6, 1-1, unfinished
2.
Alexander Meyer (HPUMT) def. Volodymyr Kashytski (BYUHMT) 6-0, 6-0
3. Jaume Martinez Vich (HPUMT) vs. Guillermo Ucelay (BYUHMT) 6-4, 4-3, unfinished
4.
Filip Dolezel (HPUMT) vs. Wei-Feng Lee (BYUHMT) 6-4, 2-6, unfinished
5.
Torben Otto (HPUMT) vs. Simon Guillin (BYUHMT) 7-6 (7-5), 2-1, unfinished
6.
Clemens Graute (HPUMT) def. Peng Dai (BYUHMT) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1.
Thibaud Berland/
Alexander Meyer (HPUMT) def. Simon Guillin/Guillermo Ucelay (BYUHMT) 8-3
2. Jaume Martinez Vich/
Filip Dolezel (HPUMT) def. Peng Dai/Wei-Feng Lee (BYUHMT) 8-3
3.
Jakub Hadrava/
Torben Otto (HPUMT) def. Ibrahim Karmadzhe/Colton Pate (BYUHMT) 8-2
Match Notes: BYU-Hawaii 11-5; National ranking #23; Regional ranking #4 Hawaii Pacific 16-3; National ranking #1; Regional ranking #1 Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,6).
