Men's Tennis
3/8/2008 - Royals Earn First Sweep of Season Against Beavers
Pasadena, CA- Senior Joey Nedelisky did not lose a game all day to lead the Royals to their first sweep of the season (9-0) against the Cal Tech Beavers. Freshman Brett Harvey picked up his first win of the season.
Nedelisky teamed with Freshman Perris Rowan to win their doubles match (8-0). Nedelisky would go on to win his singles match 6-0, 6-0.
Harvey earned his first win with a 7-5, 6-0 win in his singles match.
With the sweep, the Royals evened their season record at 5-5. The Beavers remain winless on the season as they dropped to 0-7.
Hope International 9, Cal Tech 0
Singles
1. Rajko Mladenovic (HIU) def. Rico Chiu (CT) 2-1 (6-0, 5-7, TB 10-8)
2. Marko Kustudija (HIU) def. Wesley Yu (CT) 2-0 (6-1, 6-0)
3. Johan Weich (HIU) def. Brian Ventura (CT) 2-0 (6-1, 6-1)
4. Felix Haufe (HIU) def. Karthik Narsimhan (CT) 2-0 (6-0, 6-3)
5. Joey Nedelisky (HIU) def. Pradeep Bugga (CT) 2-0 (6-0, 6-0)
6. Brett Harvey (HIU) def. Saurabh Pandey (CT) 2-0 (7-5, 6-0)
Doubles
1. Mladenovic/Kustudija (HIU) def. Yu/Lu Chen (CT) 8-1
2. Weich/Haufe (HIU) def. Ventura/Narsimhan (CT) 8-4
3. Nedelisky/Perris Rowan (HIU) def. Shyam Srinivasan (CT) 8-0
The Royals return to action on Wednesday as they square off against Dallas Baptist.