Men's tennis defends home court against Washington

April 06, 2008

The No. 22 Arizona State men's tennis team continued to defend their home court as they defeated No. 23 Washington 5-2 at Whiteman Tennis Center. The Sun Devils moved to 14-2 overall and 2-2 in the Pac-10 while the Huskies fell to 13-7, 1-3. ASU is 7-0 at home this season.<separator></separator>The Sun Devils swept doubles for the third consecutive meet. The No. 53 ranked pair of <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/brooklyn_matt00.html">… Brooklyn</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/bellama_tj00.html">T.J. Bellama</a> blew past the Husky team of Patrick Fischer and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 8-3. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/arango_andres00.html">… Arango</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/skinner_harry00.html">… Skinner</a> picked up an 8-5 win over Brad Bator and Andy Kurharsky. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/miller_wes00.html">Wes Miller</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/nanoskyii_john00.html"… Nanosky II</a> fought through six tie-breakers to win 8-7 (6).<separator></separator>The Sun Devils won four of their six singles matches. Arango picked up a 6-1, 6-3 victory in the No. 2 spot over Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. The Sun Devils swept the bottom half of the lineup. Skinner defeated Derek Drabble in straight sets to win 6-3, 6-2. Miller clinched the match for his team with a 6-3, 6-3 win over David Chu. Bellama battled back after dropping his first set to pick up a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 win.<separator></separator>The Sun Devils have a tough week ahead of them as they host No. 4 UCLA and No. 5 USC. ASU takes on USC on Friday April 11th at 1:30 and the Bruins on Saturday April 12th at 1:00 p.m.<separator></separator>Doubles: Matt Brooklyn/T.J. Bellama (ASU) def. Patrick Fischer/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (UW) 8-3 Andres Arango/Harry Skinner (ASU) def. Brad Bator/Andy Kurharsky (UW) 8-5 Wes Miller/John Nanosky II (ASU) def. Derek Drabble/Martin Kidahl (UW) 8-7 (6)<separator></separator>Singles: Patrick Fischer (UW) def. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/brooklyn_matt00.html">… Brooklyn</a> 6-3, 6-2 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/arango_andres00.html">… Arango</a> (ASU) defeated Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (UW) 6-1, 6-3 Andy Zurharsky (UW) def. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/rebaza_juancarlos00.ht… Carlos Rebaza</a> (ASU) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7) <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/skinner_harry00.html">… Skinner</a> (ASU) def. Derek Drabble (UW) 6-3, 6-2 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/miller_wes00.html">Wes Miller</a> (ASU) def. David Chu (UW) 6-3, 6-3 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/bellama_tj00.html">T.J. Bellama</a> (ASU) def. Ryo Sekiguchi (UW) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4