Feb. 24, 2006

Results

Moraga, CA - The Saint Mary's men's tennis team needed two grueling efforts by Julien Tizot and Yury Platonov in singles action to beat Sacramento State 4-3 on Friday afternoon at the Korth Tennis Complex.

After dropping the doubles point, the Gaels took four out of six singles matches in order to improve to 3-4 on the season.

Julien Tizot won a tough three set match, beating Junaid Hossain at the No. 1 singles spot, 6-2, 6-7 (7-4), 6-3, all while battling through cramps during the match.

Yury Platonov also won his singles match at No. 4, beating Ramon Perez, 6-1, 6-7 (8-6), 6-4. Achim Christner won 6-2, 6-2 and Alp Ozpinar won 6-3, 6-4 for the Gaels final two points.

Saint Mary's 4, Sacramento State 3

Doubles 1. Hossain/Loredo def. Fauvre/Tyler Jackson (SMC) 8-4 2. Foy/Perez def. Marechal/Tizot (SMC) 8-5 3. Van Villen/Kamonicka def. Christner/Platonov (SMC) 8-5 Singles 1. Julien Tizot (SMC) def. Junaid Hossain 6-2, 6-7 (7-4), 6-3 2. Gabriel Loredo def. Martin Marechal (SMC) 7-5, 6-1 3. Warwick Foy def. Adam Fauvre (SMC) 6-0, 7-6 (7-4) 4. Yury Platonov (SMC) def. Ramon Perez 6-1, 6-7 (8-6), 6-4 5. Achim Christner (SMC) def. Thomas Morton 6-2, 6-2 6. Alp Ozpinar (SMC) def. Haig Van Villen 6-3, 6-4 Record: Saint Mary's (3-4)