March 4, 2002

Santa Clara, CA - The Saint Mary's men's tennis team was defeated by Santa Clara 6-1 in West Coast Conference action from Saturday afternoon at the SCU Tennis Center.

Saint Mary's and Santa Clara opened the afternoon with doubles, SCU's the nationally-ranked duo of Chris Lam and Rick Ruso posted a 8-3 victory on the first court. Santa Clara would go on to sweep the doubles matches, winning the number-2 and number-3 matches 8-3, as well.

The Gaels lost five of six singles matches, with the only win vomint at number-2. Junior Thomas Burgemeister was the only bright spot, winning his match in straight sets 7-5 and 6-2. All the singles matches were decided in straight sets.

Saint Mary's will return to the court on Saturday, March 9 when the Gaels host Nevada at 11:00 a.m. at the Timothy Korth Tennis Complex.

Santa Clara 6 - Saint Mary's 1

Singles1.  Michael Duong (SCU) def. Frank Schmitt (SMC)            6-2, 6-32.  Thomas Burgemeister (SMC) def. Chris Lam (SCU)            7-5, 6-23.  Victor Camargo (SCU) def. Arturo Planell (SMC)             6-2, 6-04.  Erich Chen (SCU) def. Filip Sarovic (SMC)               6-3, 6-25.  Francisco Zepponi (SCU) def. JJ Whitlinger (SMC)            6-4, 6-46.  Federico Mattioli (SCU) def. Josh Farley (SMC)            6-0, 6-0
Doubles1.  Lam/Rick Ruso (SCU) def. Schmitt/Whitlinger (SMC)           8-32.  Chen/ Michael Bruggemann (SCU) def. Planell/Burgemeister (SMC)  8-33.  Camargo/Mattioli (SCU) def. Sarovic/Philip Laubscher (SMC)      8-3