Boxers Blank Loggers To Open Conference Play
Box Score
FOREST GROVE – A week removed from a season-opening weekend against two Division I program, Pacific looked well seasoned in a 9-0 rout of Puget Sound in both teams' Northwest Conference men's tennis season opener at the Holce Tennis Courts.
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Pacific below through the doubles bracket to take a 3-0 lead into the singles and then saw four of the six matches go in straight sets.
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"We received a solid result today," said Head Coach
Brian Jackson. "We were able to get a lot of guys action today, and although it wasn't our best tennis, we managed to all of them out. Once we got our rhythm, we took care of business."
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Jackson used the opener to test the abilities of new players in singles competition along with new combinations of doubles partners.Â
Reuben Mulhern (Fr., Boise, Idaho) and
Brennan Faith (Fr., Redondo Beach, Calif.) opened doubles with an 8-2 defeat of John Stevens and Chris Severt at No. 1.
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Giancarlo Battaglia (Jr., Sherman Oaks, Calif.) paired with
Alen Suklje (Jr., Beaverton, Ore.) for the first time and rolled to an 8-4 win over Daniel Deuel and Jake Peterson at No. 2.Â
Lorne Bulling (So., Corvallis, Ore.) and
Clark Wininger (Fr., San Francisco, Calif.) made it a 3-0 sweep with an 8-3 victory over Myles Rivera-Flam and Abe Noyes at No. 3.
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Troy Zuroske (Sr., Richland, Wash.) assumed his usual spot at No. 1 singles, taking a 6-4, 7-5 victory from Deuel. Faith scored a 6-2, 6-0 win over Severt at No. 2 while Mulhern survived a three-set battle with Rivera-Flam at No. 3, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).
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Wininger was a winner in the No. 4 match over Noyes, 6-2, 6-3, while
Jason Voss (Jr., Jamul, Calif.) made his Pacific debut with a three-set come-from-behind victory over Stevens, 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 10-3.Â
Ben Ryweck (So., Port Townsend, Wash.) finished the match with 7-6 (7-1), 6-0 victory over Peterson.
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Pacific will enjoy the rest of the weekend off before returning to competition next Friday at Pacific Lutheran.
