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Men's Tennis Drops Pac-10 Opener to No. 10 Stanford, 6-1
March 26, 2004 | Men's Tennis
March 26, 2004
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Washington's 22nd-ranked men's tennis team showed the rust of playing only one match since March 8, losing 6-1 to 10th-ranked Stanford at the Taube Tennis Center on the Stanford campus. In their first dual of the Pac-10 schedule, the Huskies (10-6, 0-1) dropped a close doubles point and Stanford carried the momentum into singles play where they claimed five of six matches. Washington lost to a top-ten team for the fourth time this season.
The Huskies' doubles teams had gone 7-0 in three matches since a lineup shift at the Arizona State Invitational, but Stanford earned two out of the three closely-contested matches to take the 1-0 lead. Freshman Alex Slovic and senior Nick Weiss moved to 4-0 as partners with their 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles, but KC Corkery and Sam Warburg handed UW's Alex Vlaski and Daniel Chu their first doubles loss at the number one spot, 8-6, and clinched the point.
Junior Peter Scharler picked up the only point for the Huskies at fifth singles, improving his dual record to an excellent 12-2. Scharler was leading Stanford's Carter Morris in the third set when Morris was forced to retire. At No. 1 singles, 6th-ranked Vlaski lost only his third dual match of the season, 6-4, 6-2, to No. 23 Sam Warburg. It was the first time since November that Vlaski lost in straight-sets. 43rd-ranked Alex Slovic went down to defeat for only the fourth time in his career, losing 7-5 in the third set. Three of Slovic's four losses have been tough three-set affairs. Stanford picked up straight-set wins at third, fourth and sixth singles.
Washington faces 29th-ranked California tomorrow, March 27 at 1 p.m. at Berkeley in the final match on what has now been a six-week road trip.
Washington Men's Tennis vs. Stanford
March 26, 2004 - Taube Tennis Center - Stanford, Calif.
No. 10 Stanford 6, No. 22 Washington 1
Doubles
1. Corkery/Warburg (Stanford) def. Chu/Vlaski (Washington), 8-6
2. Slovic/Weiss (Washington) def. Morris/Sheng (Stanford), 8-5
3. Wan/Rasmussen (Stanford) def. Palmanshofer/Scharler (Washington), 8-5
Singles
1. (23) Sam Warburg (Stanford) def. (6) Alex Vlaski (Washington), 6-4, 6-2
2. KC Corkery (Stanford) def. (43) Alex Slovic (Washington), 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
3. Phil Sheng (Stanford) def. Christoph Palmanshofer (Washington), 7-5, 7-6
4. James Wan (Stanford) def. Daniel Chu (Washington), 6-1, 6-0
5. Peter Scharler (Washington) def. Carter Morris (Stanford), 6-3, 5-7, 2-1 (ret.)
6. Chris Rasmussen (Stanford) def. Chris Floyd (Washington), 6-4, 6-2
