Rice University
Saint Joseph's
Owls Soar Over Hawks
3/4/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 4, 2007
LAJOLLA, Calif. -- The Rice men returned to dual-match action with a dominant singles showing against St. Joseph's, winning 6-0 on Sunday afternoon in LaJolla, Calif.
Starting with singles, the Owls swept all six matches for the victory. Tobias Scheil and Hoony Shin both scored 6-1, 6-0 victories at the four and six singles positions. Filip Paroci also made quick work of his Hawks foe, Chris Chirico, winning 6-1, 6-1. Ben Harknett stayed undefeated at No. 1 singles, downing Jarrett Chirico 6-2, 6-4 to improve to 7-0.
Doubles was not played. With the victory, the 25th-ranked Owls move to 8-3 on the year. Rice next faces UC-Irvine on Tuesday at 3 pm (CST).
Results
No. 25 Rice 6, St. Joseph's 0
Doubles
Did Not Play
Singles
1. No. 30 Ben Harknett (RU) def. Jarrett Chirico (SJU), 6-2, 6-4
2. Ralph Knupfer (RU) def. Chris Chirico (SJU), 7-5, 6-0
3. Filip Paroci (RU) def. Phil Bayliss (SJU), 6-1, 6-1
4. Tobias Scheil (RU) def. Matt Glasgow (SJU), 6-1, 6-0
5. Filip Zivojinovic (RU) def. Pat Adams (SJU), 6-1, 6-4
6. Hoony Shin (RU) def. Lucho Perez-Abreu, 6-1, 6-0
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