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March 20, 2008

Seasiders Stymie Vulcans Again
BYU-Hawaii's top two singles players, A.J. Barltlett (foreground) and Rong Ma, in action on Thursday in a match completed today

Hilo, HI—The Brigham Young University Hawaii men’s tennis team defeated UH-Hilo today 5-4 for the third time this season in the completion of a match that was started on Thursday and delayed by rain. This six singles matches were completed on the Thursday with the teams tied at 3-3. The Seasiders claimed two of the three doubles matches today to secure the win.

In today’s doubles action, Marvin So’onalole and A.J. Bartlett fought their way to an 8-6 win at the second double position while Agnel Gladwin Peter and Ben Stevenson took an 8-3 win at number three doubles to give the Seasiders the win.

In Thursday’s singles action, Rong Ma won 6-2, 6-1 at number two singles for BYU–Hawaii while Peter claimed a 6-0, 6-3 victory at number five and So’onalole prevailed at number six singles by a score of 6-2, 6-2. With the win the Seasiders improve to 5-1 for the season.

The Seasiders will face Sonoma State on Tuesday at 2:00 pm HST in Laie.

Scores:

Singles:
No. 1 Laurent Colombo, UHH def. A.J. Bartlett, BYUH 6-4, 0-6, 6-2
No. 2 Rong Ma, BYUH def., Luiz Gonzaga UHH 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 Kevin Tamura, UHH def. Manu Bajpal, BYUH 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 Stephen Royalty, UHH def. Ben Stevenson, BYUH 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 Agnel Gladwin Peter, BYUH def. Mitchel Gelina, UHH 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 Marvin So’onalole, BYUH def. Mangal Sriram, UHH 6-2, 6-2

Doubles:
No. 1 Colombo/Tamura, UHH def. Ma/Bajpal, BYUH 8-3
No. 2 Bartlett/So’onalole, BYUH def. Gonzaga/Sriram, UHH 8-6
No. 3 Stevenson/Peter, BYUH def. Tomas Mikulasek/Aaron Tada, UHH 8-3