March 13, 2004

City of Industry, Calif. - The Wayne State University men's tennis improved to 15-0 with a 7-2 triumph Saturday afternoon at Sonoma State. WSU won five of six singles after recording victories in two of the three doubles matches. The only losses for the Warriors were in a tiebreaker at second doubles and a super tiebreaker at No. 1 singles.

Wayne State 7, Sonoma State University 2

at Pacific Palms Tennis Center, City of Industry, CA

Doubles

#1. Goran Marijan / Sebastien Foka (WSU) def. Pat Nagle/Andrew Laing 8-3

#2. Matt Parker/Phil Taylor (SSU) def. Rohan Singh / Lech Czerwinski 9-8(7-5)

#3. Philip Tharakan / Miguel Cobbs (WSU) def. Thomas Morton/Ronnie Tuttle 8-3

Singles

#1. Pat Nagle (SSU) def. Sebastien Foka 7-6(5), 3-6, ST 13-11

#2. Miguel Cobbs (WSU) def. Thomas Morton 6-0, 7-6(7-1)

#3. Rohan Singh (WSU) def. 4-6, 6-2, ST 10-7

#4. Goran Marijan (WSU) def. Phil Taylor 6-3, 7-6(8-6)

#5. Lech Czerwinski (WSU) def. Scott Frazier 6-0, 6-2

#6. Greg Zilo (WSU) def. Ronnie Tuttle 4-6, 6-3, ST 10-8

Wayne State is now 15-0.

WSU head coach Rick Cummins Comments: "Sonoma is a quality program, like all three of the D2 California Schools. Tennis is very popular here and they have 35 Million plus that live in the state. This match could have gone either way. Our guys played 2 tough matches yesterday and came out ready to play. So far I am happy about our play. The wins are nice, but it is good to see the guys getting to bed early and getting ready for the next match as soon as one is over."