The Rockhurst men opened the spring season with a 7-2 victory over Baker Saturday at the Loyola Park Tennis Courts.
The Hawks swept all three doubles matches. Decho Valev, Joey Fischer, Nicolas Riveros and Anthony Ibarra collected victories in singles for the Hawks
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The Hawks (1-0) next play at Newman on Friday, Feb. 13.
Rockhurst 7, Baker 2
Singles competition
1. Rahachous, Spartak (BAKER) def. Gray, Truit (RU) 6-4, 6-1
2. Draper, Michael (BAKER) def. Unger, Oskar (RU) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)
3. Valev, Decho (RU) def. Irick, Thomas (BAKER) 6-3, 6-1
4. Fischer, Joey (RU) def. Barnard, Blake (BAKER) 6-1, 6-1
5. Riveros, Nicolas (RU) def. Webster, Gavin (BAKER) 6-2, 6-2
6. Ibarra, Anthony (RU) def. Greenbaum, Aaron (BAKER) 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-4)
Doubles competition
1. Gray, Truit/Unger, Oskar (RU) def. Rahachous, Spartak/Draper, Michael (BAKER) 8-4
2. Riveros, Nicolas/Valev, Decho (RU) def. Irick, Thomas/Greenbaum, Aaron (BAKER) 8-3
3. Fischer, Joey/Salisbury, Luke (RU) def. Barnard, Blake/Geick, Dylan (BAKER) 8-6
Match Notes:
Baker 0-1
Rockhurst 1-0; Regional ranking #
