Men's Tennis Upsets Cross Town Rival

Aztecs win eighth match in a row

Junior Travis Hasson
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April 18, 2001

SAN DIEGO - The No. 59 San Diego State men's tennis team (14-9, 5-0 MWC) defeated cross town rival No. 55 USD, Wednesday afternoon in its final dual match of the regular season to win its eighth-straight match.

SDSU got of to a good start winning the doubles point, 2-1. San Diego State's Adam Webster and Oliver Maiberger defeated USD's Mattias Tangegird and Juan Cerda, 9-7, at the No. 1 position. Travis Hasson and Matt Bere of SDSU defeated Ricardo Rizo and Burghardt of USD, 8-6, at the No. 2 position.

USD was able to even the match to 3-3 in singles play. Aztec junior Travis Hasson won the deciding match for San Diego State, defeating Jason Pongsrikul, 2-6, 7-6, 6-2.

The Aztecs return to action April 26-28 in Salt Lake City, Utah for the Mountain West Conference Championships.

San Diego State 4, USD 3
Singles
1. Oliver Maiberger (SDSU) def. Mattias Tangegird (USD) 6-3, 7-6
2. Ricardo Rizo (USD) def. Valentino Pest (SDSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. Juan Cerda (USD) def. Adam Webster (SDSU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Shawn Hiatt (SDSU) def. Ross Bourne (USD) 7-5, 6-2
5. Travis Hasson (SDSU) def. Jason Pongsrikul (USD) 2-6, 7-6, 6-2
6. Stephen Taylor (USD) def. Matt Bere (SDSU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4

Doubles
1. Maiberger/Webster (SDSU) def. Tangegird/Cerda (USD) 9-7
2. Hasson/Bere (SDSU) def. Rizo/Burghardt (USD) 8-6
3. Bourne/Taylor (USD) def. Coelho/Khalid Naffa (SDSU) 9-8