Men's Tennis goes 1-3 on tough spring trip

March 26, 2006
The St. Thomas men's tennis team finished 1-3 on its spring break trip to Hilton Head, S.C.

St. Thomas scored a 9-0 victory over William Jewell, but lost to ranked Division II Washburn (Kan.), 9-0, and ranked Division III University of Chicago, 7-0.

In the Chicago loss, the Tommies won third doubles and lost a close battle at second doubles. UST also lost 6-1 to Allegheny (Pa.) as it lost third set tie-breakers at first, second and third singles. Josh Tomashek won 6-4, 6-0 at five singles. Grant Campbell and Pat Nupurski won 8-0 at third doubles and went 3-1 in doubles on the week.

The Tommie men and women resume conference play at St. Mary's April 2.

Men's results

St. Thomas 9, William Jewell 0
Singles
--No. 1: Brandon Heath ST def. Andrew Newell WJ, 6-0, 6-0
--No. 2: Grant Campbell ST def. Chad Thomason WJ, 6-0, 7-5
--No. 3: Murphy O'Hearn ST def. Michael Holmes WJ, 6-2, 6-2
--No. 4: Josh Tomashek ST def. Grant Scarfino WJC) 6-3, 6-1
--No. 5: Ben Herding ST def. Clint Stull WJ, 6-1, 6-3
--No. 6: Patrick Napurski ST def. Alex Elmore WJ, 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
--No. 1: Heath-Tomashek ST def. Newell/Thomason WJ, 8-2
--No. 2: Napurski/Campbell ST def. Fine/Holmes WJ, 8-0
--No. 3: Kevin Manzel/Sam McCullough ST def. Clint Stull/Scarfino WJ, 8-3

Chicago 7, St. Thomas 0
Singles
--No. 1: Bortz UC def. Heath ST, 6-0, 6-0
--No. 2: Venkataraman UC def. Campbell ST, 6-4, 6-3
--No. 3: Deriy UC def. O'Hearn ST, 6-1, 6-4
--No. 4: Tchan UC def. Napurski ST, 6-2, 6-4
--No. 5: Sithian UC def. Herding ST, 6-4, 6-3
--No. 6: Farrell UC def. ManzelST, 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
--No. 1: Bortz/Venkataraman UC def. Heath/O'Hearn ST, 8-0
--No. 2: Sithian/Tchan UC def. Herding/Tomashek ST, 8-5
--No. 3: Campbell/Napurski ST def. Deriy/Winney UC, 8-5

Washburn 9, St. Thomas 0
Singles
--No. 1: Vliegenberg (WU) def. Heath, 6-0, 6-0
--No. 2: Martin (WU) def. Campbell, 6-0, 6-3
--No. 3: Plum (WU) def. O'Hearn, 6-3, 6-0
--No. 4: Hanson (WU) def. Tomashek, 6-1, 6-0
--No. 5: Kinder (WU) def. Herding, 6-4, 6-3
--No. 6: Johnston (WU) def. Napurski, 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
--No. 1: Vliegenberg/Plum (WU) def. Tomashek/McCullough, 8-3
--No. 2: Martin/Johnston (WU) def. Campbell/Napurski, 8-4
--No. 3: Edwards/Kinder (WU) def. Herding/Manzel, 8-5

Allegheny 6, St. Thomas 1
Singles
--No. 1: Reid Levin (A) def. Brandon Heath, 6-3, 4-6,(10-6)
--No. 2: Matt Chiricosta (A) def. Grant Campbell, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, (10-7)
--No. 3: Andy Zipf (A) def. Murphy O'Hearn, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), (10-7)
--No. 4: Matt Winters (A) def. Ben Herding, 6-1, 6-1
--No. 5: Josh Tomashek (ST) def. Russell Nitzberg, 6-4, 6-0
--No. 6: Seth Wilmore (A) def. Kevin Manzel, 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
--No. 1: Chiricosta/Zipf (A) def. Heath/O'Hearn, 8-2
--No. 2: Winters/Wilmore (A) def. Herding/Tomashek, 8-4
--No. 3: Campbell/Pat Napurski (ST) def. Matt Spriegel/John Pappas, 8-0