Close match, but Men's Tennis falls 5-4

L, 4-5
at Bethel (M), April 18, 2008

Freshman Arya Vayghan ran his winning streak to 11 matches at first singles, but St. Thomas lost 5-4 to Bethel on Thursday afternoon in Arden Hills.

The Tommies (10-6 overall, 6-3 MIAC) has a six-match win streak halted and will finish fourth in the conference regular-season standings.

Vayghan, freshman Andy Michels and Kevin Manzel all won in singles, and Manzel and Ben Herding won in doubles.

The Tommies will play next weekend in the MIAC tournament.

Bethel 5, UST 4 

Singles --No. 1: Arya Vayghan UST def. Chris Scheevel, 6-2, 7-6

--No. 2: Tom Ronning BU def. Ben Herding, 6-3, 6-4

--No. 3: David Torres  BU def. Josh Tomashek, 6-3, 6-3

--No. 4: Joel Cassens BU def. Tyler Rice, 6-4, 6-3

--No. 5: Kevin Manzel UST def. vs. Jordan McIver, 7-6, 6-4

--No. 6: Andy Michels UST def. Alex Zabel, 6-0, 7-5  

Doubles

--No. 1: Scheevel/Ronning BU def. Vayghan/Rice, 8-2

--No. 2: Herding/Manzel UST def. Torres/McIver, 8-4

--No. 3: Cassens/Zabel BU def. Tomashek/Michels, 8-6