The Sacramento State men’s tennis team continued its up and down season with a loss and a win on Thursday and Friday.

On Thursday the Hornets traveled to Santa Clara to take on the Broncos. The match was never really in doubt as the Broncos handed the Hornets their heads with the 6-0 victory.

In singles play it was a whole lot of straight set victories for Santa Clara, with only one Hornet (Gabriel Loredo) managing to take his game to three sets.

At No. 1 Jan Macek beat Junaid Hossain 6-0, 6-3, at No. 2 Brian Brogan ousted Loredo 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-8, at No. 3 Kevin McQuaid took care of Warwick Foy 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8), at No. 4 Bobby Rasmussen blasted Thomas Morton 6-2, 6-3, at No. 5 Tommy Hicks had no trouble beating Ramon Perez 6-2, 6-1 and finally at No. 6 A.J. Kerin beat Hague Van Dillen 6-2, 7-6 (7). Both teams agreed to not play doubles, which made the score a decisive 6-0 for the Broncos.

Friday the Hornets faced Nevada at home and this time it was Sac State who came out raging. The Hornets took the match 6-1 behind strong singles play and two default matches by the Wolfpack.

In doubles play, No. 1 pair Hossain and Loredo defeated Guillaume Tonelli and Milos Popovic 8-3, No. 2 Foy and Perez beat Eldar Dzhafarov and Rafal Stupka 8-5 and Paul Komorniczak and Van Dillen won their match by default to give the Hornets a 1-0 lead.

The only blemish for the Hornets came when No. 1 Hossain lost in straight sets to Tonelli 6-3, 6-3. All other Hornets won their matches to give them the easy 6-1 victory. Loredo beat Popovic 6-2, 6-3, Foy defeated Dzhafarov 6-1, 6-3, Morton downed Stupka 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, Van Dillen clipped Max Volger 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 and Perez won his match by default as well to finish the match.

The win pulled Sac State to 12-8 on the season. The Hornets play their final home match of the season on at 2 p.m., on Apr. 20, when they take on Fresno Pacific at Rio Del Oro Racquet Club.

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