Men's Tennis
4/10/2008 - Royals Win Eighth Straight
Riverside, CA- Freshman Johan Weich and Sophomore Marko Kustudjia were near perfect on the day as Hope International defeated La Sierra 7-2 to win their eighth straight match.
Weich won 6-0, 6-0 in his singles match and teamed up with Felix Haufe to only allow one point in their doubles match.
Kustudjia won in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 in singles and partnered with Rajko Mladenovic to win in doubles 8-3.
The Royals improved to 11-5 with the win. La Sierra fell to 3-8.
Hope International 7, La Sierra 2
Singles
Rajko Mladenovic (HIU) def. Alan Estareja (LSU) 2-1 (6-1, 3-6, 7-5)
Marko Kustudjia (HIU) def. Joemm Blanche (LSU) 2-0 (6-1, 6-1)
Johan Weich (HIU) def. Matt Lund (LSU) 2-0 (6-0, 6-0)
Felix Haufe (HIU) def. Brandon McCowan (LSU) 2-0 (7-5, 6-2)
Joey Nedelisky (HIU) def. Jorge Guiza (LSU) Default
Jeremy Brown (LSU) def. Brett Harvey (HIU) 2-0 (6-1, 6-2)
Doubles
Mladenovic/Kustudjia (HIU) def. Estareja/McCowan (LSU) 8-3
Weich/Haufe (HIU) def. Brown/Lund (LSU) 8-1
Blanche/Guiza (LSU) def. Nedelisky/Harvey (HIU) 9-7
The Royals return to GSAC match play when they square off against #4 Fresno Pacific in Fresno on Saturday.