Men’s tennis gets first win
Image: Men’s tennis gets first win:Joakim Rydberg returns a serve while playing doubles with Nick Sheehan. They defeated UT San Antonio 9-7 on Friday in the home opener.Photo by Kimberly Park/State Hornet:
February 25, 2004
The Sacramento State men’s tennis team defeated UT San Antonio, 5-2, for its first win of the season in its home opener at Rio Del Oro Racquet Club on Saturday.
The win improves the Hornets to 1-3 on the year.
The Hornets dropped the doubles point, losing two of the three doubles matches, to fall back 0-1 early in the afternoon.
Prior to singles play, USTA’s No. 3 singles Jonas Hoglund was scratched due to injury resulting in a move down each spot for all Roadrunner singles.
At the No. 1 singles spot, Sac State senior Nick Sheehan fell to Dennis Andrade 4-6, 7-6, 7-5, but the Hornets won out in all other singles matches. No. 2 singles Freshman Joakim Rydberg won his first collegiate singles victory over Ricardo Ameida 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. At No. 3, junior Matt Jones defeated Heori Chaves 6-1, 6-2.
Freshman Ramon Perez, Peter Farkas and Warwick Foy won their singles matches at the four, five and six respectively.
At No. 1 doubles, Sheehan and Rydberg defeated Ameida and Robert Kirchner, 9-7. The Hornets lost both the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches.
— Information gathered from Sports Info.