SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Sacramento State men’s tennis team completed its three-game homestand over the weekend with a 2-1 record as the Hornets beat both Saint Mary’s and Northern Colorado on Saturday before losing to Pacific on Sunday. The Hornets, who improved to 4-6 this season, played each of the three matches at the Sacramento State Tennis Courts, the first time the team has played on campus this season. The Hornets played a doubleheader on Saturday, knocking off Saint Mary’s, 4-2, before coming back later in the day to defeat Northern Colorado, 6-0. The doubles matches were not played in both matches because Sacramento State had already scored the necessary four points to clinch victory. On Sunday, Pacific snapped the Hornets’ modest two-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory.
Saturday’s matches marked the first at home for the Hornets since Feb. 6, as the team had played each of its last six matches on the road.
All 10 players on Sacramento State’s roster appeared in at least one match over the weekend, as Warwick Foy (2-0), Michael Thomsen (2-0), Matt Jones (1-0), Ramon Perez (1-0), Assad Malik (1-0) and William McAlister (1-0) each posted undefeated records in singles play. Thomas Morton (2-1) and Juniad Hossain (1-2) were the only Hornets to appear in all three contests during the weekend. Joakim Rydberg (1-1) and Peter Farkas (0-2) rounded out the group of Sacramento State players.
Sacramento State hits the road next week for its first two Big Sky matches of the season at Weber State (March 19) and Idaho State (March 20). After those matches, Sacramento State will embark upon a season-long five-game homestand.
Pacific 5, Sacramento State 2
Doubles
1. (38) Sigurdsson/Zdravkovic (PAC) def. Jones/Farkas (SAC) - 8-6
2. Otte/Vestli (PAC) def. Hossain/Rydberg (SAC) - 8-3
3. Foy/Ramon Perez (SAC) def. Kelly/Kakar (PAC) - 8-3
Singles
1. (66) Arnar Sigurdsson (PAC) def. Juniad Hossain (SAC) - 6-1, 6-2
2. Jorgen Vestli (PAC) def. Joakim Rydberg (SAC) - 6-1, 7-6(2)
3. Matt Jones (SAC) def. Vladimir Zdravkovic (PAC) - 6-4, 6-4
4. Niclas Otte (PAC) def. Thomas Morton (SAC) - 6-2, 6-2
5. Warwick Foy (SAC) def. Austin Kakar (PAC) - 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
6. Alan Kelly (PAC) def. Peter Farkas (SAC) - 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
Sacramento State 4, Saint Mary’s 2
Singles
1. Joakim Rydberg (SAC) def. Martin Marecha (SMC) 6-5, (5-2) retired
2. Julien Tizot (SMC) def. Juniad Hossain (SAC) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
3. Warwick Foy (SAC) def. Andre Sion (SMC) 6-7 (8-6), 6-0, 6-3
4. Thomas Morton (SAC) def. Adam Fauvre (SMC) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
5. Yury Platonov (SMC) def. Peter Farkas (SAC) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
6. Michael Thomsen (SAC) def. J.J. Whitlinger (SMC) 6-4, 7-5
Sacramento State 6, Northern Colorado 0
Singles
1. Hossain (SAC) def. Casey Ross (NC) 6-1, 6-0
2. Morton (SAC) def. Jeff Hall (NC) 6-0, 6-2
3. Ramon Perez (SAC) def. Chris Bminihan (NC) 6-2, 6-2
4. Thomsen (SAC) def. JonPaul Kaloi (NC) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
5. Assad Malik (SAC) def. Paul Tschetter (NC) 6-3, 6-2
6. William McAlister (SAC) def. Kollman Gearhart (NC) 6-4, ret.