Men's Tennis
2/8/2008 - Royals Tame Tigers
Fullerton, CA- Hope International opened the home portion of their season with a 6-3 win over NCAA Div. III Occidental on Friday. The Royals won 4 of 6 singles matches and 2 of 3 doubles matches.
With the win, the Royals evened out their season record to 1-1. The loss dropped the Tigers to 1-3 on the season.
Hope International 6, Occidental 3
Singles
1. Rajko Mladenovic (HIU) def. Stefan Pastor (OXY) 2-0 (6-4, 6-4)
2. Marko Kustudija (HIU) def. Victor Sowers (OXY) 2-0 (6-2, 6-2)
3. Mike Kuhn (OXY) def. Felix Haufe (HIU) 2-0 (7-6, 6-1)
4. Johan Weich (HIU) def. Daniel Ikuta (OXY) 2-0 (6-2, 6-1)
5. Joey Nedelisky (HIU) def. Vince Karlen (OXY) 2-0 (6-2, 6-1)
6. Alex Montgomery (OXY) def. Brett Harvey (HIU) 2-0 (6-0, 6-0)
Doubles
1. Haufe/Weich def. Reid Fenning/Kuhn (OXY) 9-7
2. Mladenovic/Kustudija (HIU) def. Karlen/Sowers (OXY) 8-4
3. Ikuta/Montgomery (OXY) def. Nedelisky/Perris Rowan (HIU) 8-1
The Royals return to the courts on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14th) at home against NCAA Div. III Chapman. First serves are scheduled for 2:00 pm at Cal State Fullerton.