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Huskies Pick Up Two Victories In Doubleheader
January 10, 2016 | Men's Tennis
SEATTLE – The Huskies began their regular season with a doubleheader against Seattle today at the Nordstrom Tennis Center, grabbing two 7-0 wins over Seattle.
Match number one against the Redhawks began with the Huskies sweeping doubles as Kawika Lam and Mitch Stewart defeated Michael Schoettler and Matt Alderson 6-1. Jake Douglas and Wendell Watanabe defeated John Stormans and Connor Leahy 6-4, while freshmen duo Piers Foley and Enzo Sommer came out on top of a tight one against Tanner Berkabile and Matt Alderson 7-5.
In the first round of singles Foley and Rishabh Raman won their matches early, Raman defeating Alderson 6-1, 6-0 and Foley defeating Leahy 6-0, 6-1. No. 84 Mitch Stewart got the win against Seattle's John Stormans, while Enzo Sommer defeated Ian Clare 6-3, 6-1. Jake Douglas got the win on court two against Tanner Berkabile 6-2, 6-2 and Sebastian Hawken won a marathon match against Schoettler 6-4, 2-6 (10-8).
“It was great to get started tonight,” said head coach Matt Anger. “We have plenty of things to work on and it was a blast to get our freshmen in action. “They did some good things, but they were up and down. They showed a lot of great things in the end and are going to keep getting a lot better, as well as the whole team and I'm very excited.”
Game two began with singles as No. 122 Gal Hakak swept Stormans 6-0, 6-0 and Hawken won 6-0, 6-1. Raman and Barra each grabbed a win, Raman defeating Clare 6-1, 6-1 and Barra defeating Alderson 6-0, 6-1. Kawika Lam picked up his first career dual match singles win against Schoettler 6-4, 6-2, with Stewart getting his 7th singles win of the year against Berkabile 6-1, 6-2.
The evening concluded with doubles as Sommer and Foley fell to Berkabile and Stormans 6-4 in a close match. The Huskies picked up the last point though as Lam and Watanabe defeated Alderson and Leahy 6-3, and Hakak and Hawken defeated Brian Nguyen and Jeremiah Kalmus 6-2.
The Huskies will be back in action next Friday when they host UC Santa Barbara at 5 p.m. in the Nordstrom Tennis Center. If you can't make it on campus follow the live stream and scoring at GoHuskies.com. Keep up to date with all of the Husky action on Facebook, Twitter via @UW_MTennis, Instagram by following UW_MTennis, or on our new Snapchat account by adding the username uwmtennis.
Results:
Game One:
Washington – 7
Seattle – 0
Doubles:
Court 1 – (UW) Foley/Sommer def. (SU) Berkabile/Alderson 7-5
Court 2 – (UW) Douglas/Watanabe def. (SU) Stormans/Leahy 6-4
Court 3 – (UW) Lam/Stewart def. (SU) Schoettler/Kalmus 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles:
Court 1 – (UW) Stewart def. (SU) Stormans 6-2, 6-0
Court 2 – (UW) Douglas def. (SU) Berkabile 6-2, 6-2
Court 3 – (UW) Sommer def. (SU) Clare 6-3, 6-1
Court 4 – (UW) Raman def. (SU) Alderson 6-1, 6-0
Court 5 – (UW) Hawken def. (SU) Schoettler 6-4, 2-6 (10-8)
Court 6 – (UW) Foley def. (SU) Leahy 6-0, 6-1
Order of Finish: 4, 6, 1, 3, 2, 5
Game Two:
Washington – 7
Seattle – 0
Singles:
Court 1 – (UW) Stewart def. (SU) Stormans 6-1, 6-2
Court 2 – (UW) Hakak def. (SU) Berkabile 6-0, 6-0
Court 3 – (UW) Barra def. (SU) Clare 6-0, 6-1
Court 4 – (UW) Raman def. (SU) Alderson 6-1, 6-1
Court 5 – (UW) Lam def. (SU) Schoettler 6-4, 6-2
Court 6 – (UW) Hawken def. (SU) Leahy 6-0, 6-1
Order of Finish: 2, 6, 4, 3, 5, 1
Doubles:
Court 1 – (SU) Berkabile/Stormans def. (UW) Foley/Sommer 6-4
Court 2 – (UW) Lam/Watanabe def. (SU) Alderson/Leahy 6-3
Court 3 – (UW) Hakak/Hawken def. (SU) Nguyen/Kalmus 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
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