3/20/10 - Royals Fall to #6 Lions

By Stephanie Coats

Costa Mesa, CA- NAIA No. 6 Vanguard University did not let up on their aggressive game play throughout all their matches against the Royals, causing HIU to lose 9-0.

Vanguard 9, Hope International 0

Singles

1. Lucas Pereira (VUSC) def. Greg Cobian (HIU), 2-0 (6-0, 6-0)
2. Tino Brodar (VUSC) def. Jerry Laureano (HIU), 2-0 (6-0, 6-0)
3. Sandro Bucher (VUSC) def. Christian Booher (HIU), 2-0 (6-0, 6-0)
4. Mark Tarjan (VUSC) def. Justin Sutherlin (HIU), 2-0 (6-0, 6-0)
5. Yahor Kryvaruchka (VUSC) def. Nathan Deghi (HIU), 2-0 (6-0, 6-0)
6. Nils Iwdal (VUSC) def. Mike Lipert (HIU), 2-0 (6-0, 6-0)

Doubles

1. Brodar/Pereira (VUSC) def. Booher/Cobian (HIU), 8-0
2. Kryvaruchka/Tarjan (VUSC) def. Laureano/Sutherlin (HIU), 8-0
3. Garrett Gillion/Alessandro Ventre (VUSC) def. Deghi/Lipert (HIU), 8-0

The Royals drop to 0-13, 0-8 GSAC as the Lions improve to 7-4, 5-3 GSAC. On Friday, the Royals will return to their home court at Cal State Fullerton to host Westmont. Match play begins at 2:00 pm.

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