March 28, 2007

PENSACOLA, Fla. - After knocking off 14th ranked BYU-Hawaii yesterday, West Florida faced 13th ranked UC-San Diego on Wednesday. West Florida swept the doubles competition en route to a 7-2 win at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex. West Florida (17-2) won their fourth straight, while UC-San Diego's (9-4) two-match winning streak came to an end.

After the doubles sweep, West Florida went on to win four of six singles matches. In the first position match, ninth-ranked Dante Bottini (Buenos Aires, Argentina) lost the second set before winning a 10-6 tiebreaker. Luis Arboleda (Medellin, Colombia) lost the first set of his fifth position match, but he recovered to win the second set and a 10-8 tiebreaker.

West Florida will be back in action on Thursday against 20th ranked Georgia College and State University. The match will begin at 2 p.m. at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex.

RESULTS

#1 Singles: #9 Dante Bottini (UWF) def. Bijan Moallemi (UCSD), 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
#2 Singles: #4 Diego Zorzi (UWF) def. #40 Eric Rubens (UCSD), 6-3, 6-2
#3 Singles: #38 Nicolas Barrientos (UWF) def. Seth Spector (UCSD), 7-5, 6-2
#4 Singles: Brandon Low (UCSD) def. #44 Eduardo Cavasotti (UWF), 6-4, 6-2
#5 Singles: Luis Arboleda (UWF) def. Steven Oechel (UCSD), 2-6, 6-4, 10-8
#6 Singles: Kazumi Negishi (UCSD) def. Vivian Chhetri (UWF), 6-4, 6-2

#1 Doubles: #4 N. Barrientos/D. Bottini (UWF) def. #13 E. Rubens/Blake Meister (UCSD), 8-6
#2 Doubles: D. Zorzi/L. Arboleda (UWF) def. S. Spector/S. Oechel (UCSD), 8-3
#3 Doubles: E. Cavasotti/Luiz Bernardi (UWF) def. K. Negishi/B. Moallemi (UCSD), 8-4