Gonzaga University
San Francisco
Gonzaga Men's Tennis Last In WCC Championship
4/29/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 29, 2001
MALIBU, Calif. - Gonzaga University's men's tennis team finished eighth in the West Coast Conference Championship after dropping a 4-2 decision to the University of San Francisco Sunday in the match for seventh and eighth at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center on the Pepperdine University campus.
Gonzaga finished 0-3 in the WCC Champiopnship, 7-14 overall for the season. The Bulldogs were the No. 7 seed into the championship, USF the No. 8 seed.
Gonzaga's points came at No. 2 singles where Eduardo Kohlberg took a 6-4, 6-2 win over Brad White, and in doubles where the Bulldogs picked up the point when Timo Barry-Joe Zavaglia won at No. 2 doubles and Kohlberg-Joel Wilkie were victorious at No. 3 singles.
Top seed Pepperdine won its 11th consecutive team title by defeating No. 2 seed University of San Diego by a final score of 4-2. By virtue of the win, the No. 19 ranked Waves earned the league's automatic berth to the 64-team NCAA Championships. Santa Clara University secured third place with a 4-2 win over the University of Portland, the Pilots taking fourth. Loyola Marymount University defeated Saint Mary's College by a 4-1 count to finish fifth, while SMC finished sixth.
No. 8 San Francisco 4, No. 7 Gonzaga 2Singles
Jorgen Arnesen (USF) d. Timo Barry 6-4, 6-2
Eduardo Kohlberg (GON) d. Brad White 6-4, 6-2
Joe Zavaglia (GON) vs. Christian Dyvik (USF), Suspended
Mason Fuller (USF) d. Burak Berksoy 7-6, 6-2
Mike Munson (USF) d. Joel Wilkie 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Sean Dizon (USF) d. Shaun Whitney 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Berksoy-Zavaglia (GON) vs. Arnesen-White (USF), Suspended
Barry-Whitney (GON) d. Dizon-Ryan Eakes 8-2
Kohlberg-Wilkie (GON) d. Fuller-Taj Sareen 8-4
