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MARCH 9, 2007

KING'S MEN'S TENNIS FALLS TO SI-EDWARDSVILLE

KISSIMMEE, FLA -- The King's College men's tennis team dropped its final match of the annual Florida tour as the Monarchs fell to NCAA Division I provisional member Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 7-2 Friday in Kissimmee, Fla.

The Monarchs wrapped up play with a 3-3 record with all three losses coming to upper-division scholarship programs. King's went 3-0 against NCAA Division III opponents.

SI-Edwardsville, a current NCAA Division II member that will be moving to Division I, won five of the six singles matches and two-of-three doubles contests to secure the win.

Monarch junior Mike Portonova won his singles match with a 6-4, 6-4 verdict over Doug Kim to improve to 5-1, while teaming with Nick Hojsack to earn a 9-8 victory over Zach Allison and Thibaud Chavalier at number-one doubles.


Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 7 - King's 2

Singles:
#1 Mike Portonova (K) d. Doug Kim, 6-4, 6-4
#2 Thibaud Chavalier (SI) d. Nick Hojsack, 6-2, 7-5
#3 Zach Allison (SI) d. Blake Bonser, 6-0, 6-2
#4 Mike Jolly (SI) d. David Boe, 6-3, 6-0
#5 Cole Garrison (SI) d. David Kaluzavich, 6-0, 6-3
#6 Ed DelaCruz (SI) d. Povl Schmidt, 6-0, 6-4


Doubles:
#1 Portonova/Hojsack (K) d. Allison/Chavalier, 9-8
#2 Jolly/Garrison (SI) d. Bonser/Boe, 8-1
#3 Kim/DelaCruz (SI) d. Dunne/Kaluzavich, 8-4













 

 

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