No. 4 UCSC too strong for CC

The men's tennis team dropped a 7-2 decision against No. 4 UC-Santa Cruz on Saturday in the first of two matches in Northern California.

Dan Solomon, ranked No. 14 in the West Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, improved to 10-3 with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Silvio Chiba at No. 1 singles.

Evan Jonker gave the CC its second point at No. 4 singles by coming from behind to defeat Ryan Sass 1-6, 6-4, 10-8.

Nate Burt came out on the short end of a pair of hard-fought matches, falling 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 to Donald James at No. 2 singles, and falling 8-6 with Solomon at No. 1 doubles.

The Tigers dropped all three doubles points for the sixth time this season.

Colorado College will play Chapman University on Sunday in its final tune-up for the 2009 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships.

Results

Doubles
1. Capual/Silvio Chiba (UCSC) def. Dan Solomon/Nate Burt 8-6

2. Herry/James (UCSC) def. Jonker/Thirkell 8-0

3. Hutton/Sass (UCSC) def. Modern/Reid 8-2

Singles

1. Dan Solomon (CC) def. Silvio Chiba 7-5, 6-3

2. Donald Kames (UCSC) def. Nate Burt 7-6 (7-3), 6-3

3. Shawn Herry (UCSC) def. Brian Thirkell 6-0, 6-0

4. Evan Jonker (CC) def. Ryan Sass 1-6, 6-4, 10-8

5. Ulrich Capual (UCSC) def. Thomas Modern 6-4, 6-1

6. David Hutton (UCSC) def. Kenny Reid 6-1, 6-0

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