Jan. 30, 2009

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The UC Davis men's tennis team was defeated by Portland, 6-1, in its season opener Friday afternoon at the Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center in Portland. The Pilots took two of three doubles matches for the first point of the day before winning five more times in singles. Nick Lopez claimed a singles win at No. 2 while Josh Albert teamed with Kevin Liang for a win at No. 3 doubles. Portland improved to 4-1 on the year.

The first doubles match to finish was at No. 2 as Portland's Nikoloz Kurdadze and Bryan Thorp defeated Hunter Lee and Lopez, 8-2. Albert and Liang evened doubles after an 8-4 victory over Geoff Hernandez and Nick Wales. The clinching match came down to No. 1 where Evan Schleining and Filip Zivkovic outlasted Nic Amaroli and Michael Reiser, 8-6.

All of the singles matches were decided in straight sets. Lopez was the lone Aggie winner when he defeated Thorp, 6-2, 6-2.

The match was the first of three straight for the Aggies in Portland. UC Davis is next in action Saturday afternoon against Portland State.

Portland 6, UC Davis 1
Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center (Portland, Ore.)
January 30, 2009

Singles
1. Filip Zivkovic (POR) d. Michael Reiser (UCD), 6-4, 6-3.
2. Nick Lopez (UCD) d. Bryan Thorp (POR), 6-2, 6-2.
3. Geoff Hernandez (POR) d. Hunter Lee (UCD), 6-2, 6-2.
4. Nikoloz Kurdadze (POR) d. Chris Aria (UCD), 6-3, 6-3.
5. Evan Schleining (POR) d. Kevin Liang (UCD), 6-2, 6-4.
6. Nick Wales (POR) d. Nic Amaroli (UCD), 7-5, 6-4.

Doubles
1. Schleining/Zivkovic (POR) d. Amaroli/Reiser (UCD), 8-6.
2. Nikoloz Kurdadze/Thorp (POR) d. Lee/Lopez (UCD), 8-2.
3. Liang/ Josh Albert (UCD) d. Hernandez/Wales (POR), 8-4.