Air Force Academy
Seattle University
Falcons Defeat Seattle Univ., 6-1
3/21/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 21, 2009
The Air Force men's tennis team won its fifth consecutive match Saturday with a dominating 6-1 victory over Seattle University in Seattle, Wash. Air Force, which had not won five straight matches since the 2004-05 season, improved to 7-10 this season.
The Falcons took a 1-0 lead by sweeping the three doubles matches. Air Force's No. 1 duo of junior Austin Francis and freshman Cody Hall downed Seattle's pair of Alex Montgomery and Mark Shkretbtan, 8-5. Junior Brett Rodgers and sophomore Taylor Soster improved to 13-2 this spring with an 8-2 win over Patrick Boorkman and Adam Strizich at the No. 2 spot, while sophomore Johnny Buckingham and freshman Will Brown won, 8-6, over Matt Enkema and Dylan Reetz at No. 3.
In singles play, Air Force captured five of the six matches, all in straight sets. Hall defeated Montgomery, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2, followed by Rodgers posting a 6-2, 6-2 win over Boorkman at No. 3 Soster easily defeated Reetz, 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4, while Buckingham (No. 5) and Brown (No. 6) lost just one game each by defeating Strizich and Enkema, respectively.
Shkretbtan defeated Francis, 6-0, 6-2, at the top spot for Seattle's lone singles win.
The Falcons will take on Portland State on Tuesday, March 24 at 4 p.m.
Air Force Academy 6, Seattle University 1
March 21, 2009 at Seattle, Wash.
Singles
1) Mark Shkretbtan (SU) def. Austin Francis: 6-0, 6-2
2) Cody Hall (AF) def. Alex Montgomery: 6-0, 6-1
3) Brett Rodgers (AF) def. Patrick Boorkman: 6-2, 6-2
4) Taylor Soster (AF) def. Dylan Reetz: 6-0, 6-2
5) Johnny Buckingham (AF) def. Adam Strizich: 6-0, 6-1
6) Will Brown (AF) def. Matt Enkema: 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
1) Francis/Hall (AF) def. Montgomery/Shkretbtan: 8-5
2) Rodgers/Soster (AF) def. Boorkman/Strizich: 8-2
3) Buckingham/Brown (AF) def. Enkema/Reetz: 8-6
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