Feb. 11, 2006
USAFA, Colo. - The Idaho State men's tennis team was defeated by Air Force 4-3 Friday afternoon at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. The Bengals and Air Force improve their records to 4-2. Masimba Ruwo won both his doubles and his singles matches.
Idaho State earned victories in two of the three doubles matches leading them 1-0 early in the match. Pablo Garces and Alex Danilkovich defeated Justin Lau and Keith Cronican at No. 2 doubles. Ruwo and Ryo Sakamoto fought tough for their victory against Robby Alexandar and Ryan White 9-8 (3).
The Bengals won two of their singles matches, unfortunately not enough to defeat Air Force. Ruwo defeated Alexandar 7-5, 7-5 at the No. 4 singles spot. Alan Mohadeb fought tough to defeat Greg Ferry in three sets 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the No. 6 spot.
Doubles
1. Buck/Johnson (AFA) def. Pijoan/Mohadeb (ISU) 8-5
2. Garces/Danilkovich (ISU) def. Lau/Cronican (AFA) 8-5
3. Ruwo/Sakamoto (ISU) def. Alexander/Ryan White (AFA) 9-8 (3)
Singles
1. Shannon Buck (AFA) def. Marc Pijoan (ISU) 7-5, 6-2
2. Trevor Johnson (AFA) def. Pablo Garces (ISU) 6-1, 7-5
3. Justin Lau (AFA) def. Alex Danilkovich (ISU) 7-6(5), 6-4
4. Masimba Ruwo (ISU) def. Robby Alexander (AFA) 7-5, 7-5
5. Keith Cronican (AFA) def. Ryo Sakamoto (ISU) 6-1, 7-5
6. Alan Mohadeb (ISU) def. Greg Ferry (AFA) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
Final Score: AFA 4, ISU 3
