MTEN | Bot Collects Fourth Straight Win Against Hawaii

Wednesday, February 5

Honolulu, HI

3:00 PM

Saint Mary's College of California

Hawaii

Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner

MTEN | Bot Collects Fourth Straight Win Against Hawaii

2/6/2020 12:42:00 PM | Men's Tennis

HONOLULU — The Saint Mary's men's tennis team (2-2) battled hard on Wednesday in their second contest against the Rainbow Warriors (4-4), but ultimately fell 6-1.

Matis Bot recorded the lone victory for the Gaels on Court 5 as he easily defeated Simao Telo Alves in a 6-1, 6-1 win for his fourth straight win of the season. Bot has not dropped a singles match so far this year while as the No. 5 seed. Following the win for Bot, Hawaii went on to clinch the next four matches in singles action.

Despite the Rainbow Warriors taking the doubles point, Saint Mary's tandem Bot and Karlo Divkovic kept a close contest with Hawaii duo Chia-Hua Lu and Telo Alves, but were unable to overcome their opponents in a 7-5 decision.

SMC will return to California for their contest on the road against UC Davis on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

RESULTS
DOUBLES
1. Andre Ilagan/Lucas Labrunie (UH) def. James Watt/Boris Reckow (SMC) 6-2
2. Blaz Seric/Axel Labrunie (UH) def. Abhishek Bastola/Felipe Rincon (SMC) 6-3
3. Chia-Hua Lu/Simao Telo Alves (UH) def. Karlo Divkovic/Matis Bot (SMC) 7-5
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

SINGLES
1. Andre Ilagan (UH) def. James Watt (SMC) 6-4, 6-1
2. Lucas Labrunie (UH) def. Felipe Rincon (SMC) 6-2, 6-4
3. Blaz Seric (UH) def. Karlo Divkovic (SMC) 6-4, 6-2
4. Axel Labrunie (UH) def. Abhishek Bastola (SMC) 6-3, 6-3
5. Matis Bot (SMC) def. Simao Telo Alves (UH) 6-1, 6-1
6. Tristan Martins (UH) def. Boris Reckow (SMC) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 3, 2, 4, 6