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Weber State University
San Francisco
Dons Edge 'Cats in Singles
3/2/2010 1:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
OGDEN, Utah -- The University of San Francisco won four of the six singles matches on Sunday to defeat the Weber State men's tennis team 4-3 at the Ogden Athletic Club.
The Wildcats took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2. Sascha Kiehne and Simon Unger took down Asaf Cohen and Thai Tu 8-3 in the top spot, while Henning Hipp and Dave Hintze got past William Schumacher and Rainer Nachbauer 8-6 at No. 2.
In singles play, Kiehne defeated Cohen 7-5, 6-2 at No. 3 and Ben Rode downed Jacob Hartwig 7-5, 1-6, 10-6 at No. 6, but the Wildcats were not able to get the final point that they needed to secure the win.
Simon Unger and Henning Hipp lost tough three-set matches at the No. 1 and 2 positions, respectively, as both suffered second set tiebreak losses after winning the opening set.
The Wildcats fell to 3-7 with the loss, while USF improved to 6-4.
San Francisco 4, Weber State 3
Mar 01, 2010 at Ogden, UT (Ogden Athletic Club)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Thai Tu (USF) def. UNGER, Simon (WSU) 5-7, 7-6 (9-0), 6-2 |
| 2. Einar Hart (USF) def. HIPP, Henning (WSU) 2-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2 |
| 3. KIEHNE, Sascha (WSU) def. Asaf Cohen (USF) 7-5, 6-2 |
| 4. Ola Bakke (USF) def. PATERSON, Cole (WSU) 6-3, 6-2 |
| 5. William Schumacher (USF) def. HINTZE, Dave (WSU) 6-0, 6-2 |
| 6. RODE, Ben (WSU) def. Jacob Hartwig (USF) 7-5, 1-6, 10-6 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. KIEHNE, Sascha/UNGER, Simon (WSU) def. Asaf Cohen/Thai Tu (USF) 8-3 |
| 2. HIPP, Henning/HINTZE, Dave (WSU) def. William Schumacher/Rainer Nachbauer (USF) 8-6 |
| 3. Mark DeCastro/Einar Hart (USF) def. PATERSON, Cole/RODE, Ben (WSU) 9-7 |
| Match Notes |
| San Francisco 6-4 |
| Weber State 3-7 |
