Tennis
The Oregon men’s tennis team went into the San Diego All-College Tournament this weekend hoping to get an idea about how it would size up this season. Mission accomplished.
Defending tournament champion Chris King, an Oregon junior, won the Flight 2 singles consolation title, and the doubles team of Jason Menke and Junaid Hossain reached the finals in the competitive pre-dual meet tournament.
In Flight 1 singles, Bieri won his first round match 6-0, 6-4 against Dontia Haynes of California-Irvine, but fell in the second round to Fresno State’s Alex Krohn 6-1, 6-1.
In Flight 2, Hossain defeated California-San Diego’s Tom Novak 6-4, 6-4 and California-Santa Barbara’s Leo Basica 6-4. 6-3. On Saturday, Hossain handled Fresno State’s Dustin Illic 6-4, 6-4, but couldn’t advance past the semifinal round. Top-seeded King was upset in the first round by Nicolas Schaffner of San Diego 6-3, 6-2, but defeated California-Riverside’s Justin Betyar 6-3, 6-2 and California-Santa Barbara’s Jerome Chan 6-4, 6-0 en route to the consolation title.
The team will head to the ITA Regional Tournament in Moraga, Calif. this weekend.
Ryan Heath is a freelance writer for the Emerald.