March 19, 2008

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Briefly
Loyola Marymount men's tennis begins the week on a 3-match winning streak, as they play the last two matches in their six-match home stand. Wednesday, LMU hosts Dartmouth at 1:30 p.m., followed by a visit from 64th-ranked Princeton on Thursday at 1:30 p.m at the LMU Tennis Center.

LMU This Season
The young Lions will be counting on their five returners for leadership this season. Coming back for LMU are seniors Sam Tadevosian and Jacek Twarowski, along with sophomores, Renzo Maggi, Dmitry Popov and Nick Von Der Ahe. In addition, first-year head coach Brad Sceney also welcomes four freshmen, Aris Andreasian (Glendale, CA), Johan Berhof (Kullavik, Sweden), Ivan Lopez (Almeria, Spain) and Stefan Nikolic (Belgrade, Serbia). "Our newcomers are going to have to be ready to perform straight away and I believe they are," Sceney said. "Also our sophomores are going to have to step up a notch from last year and be ready for plenty of playing time. Our team goal is to finish in the top-4 in the conference, last year we took 7th place." "We are currently unranked but we have every opportunity to achieve a national ranking with the schedule that we have," Sceney added. "We face two top-20 teams which will be a great test, and six other teams that are ranked, so the opportunities are there". Over the course of the spring 2008 season, the Lions will face a total of eight teams that appear in the national rankings.

Last Week Recap
Loyola Marymount men's tennis had a busy week last week as they played four matches in six days. On Monday they hosted ACC powerhouse No. 66 Duke at the LMU Tennis Center. The Blue Devils took the doubles point, and five-of-six singles matches to cruise to a 6-1 victory over the Lions. Starting off the day, the Blue Devils stole the doubles point from the Lions. Jacek Twarowski and Sam Tadevosian got the only win for LMU at No. 1, as they defeated Christopher Price and David Goulet, 9-8. Renzo Maggi and Ivan Lopez lost on court two to David Arnould and Alex Stone, 8-4, while Duke's Jared Pinsky and Alain Michel beat Johan Berhof and Nick Von Der Ahe at the No. 3 spot, 8-4. Duke continued to dominate as they took five-of-six singles matches from LMU. At the No. 1 slot, 48th-ranked David Goulet defeated Jacek Twarowski in straight sets (6-2, 6-3). Ivan Lopez earned the only singles victory for the Lions as he won his first match at No. 2 singles, beating Kiril Dimitrov (7-5, 6-0). In more singles, David Arnould beat Sam Tadevosian in three sets (6-1, 6-7, 6-2), Renzo Maggi was defeated by Jared Pinsky on court four (6-4, 7-5), Johan Berhof fell to Alex Stone (7-6, 6-1) and Aris Andreasian lost his match at No. 6 singles to Alain Michel(6-3, 6-4). Loyola Marymount men's tennis hosted the Yale Bulldogs Wednesday at the LMU Tennis Center. LMU began the day by winning the doubles point en route to a 4-3 victory over Yale. LMU took the doubles point with Jacek Twarowski and Sam Tadevosian winning at the No. 1 position, defeated Rory Green and Calvin Bennett 8-6, and Johan Berhof and Nick Von Der Ahe beating Connor Dawson and Tom Santoro at No. 3, 8-5. Renzo Maggi and Stefan Nikolic lost on court two to Jeff Dawson and Josh Lederman, 8-1. The Lions got wins at No. 1, 3, and 6 singles with Twarowski beating Jeff Dawson in three sets (6-4, 3-6, 6-2), Maggi clinching the match for LMU on court three, defeating Connor Dawson (6-2, 2-6, 7-5), and Nikolic winning his match against Santoro (6-2, 6-4). In other singles, Tadevosian fell at the No. 2 position to Green (6-2, 4-6, 6-2), Berhof was defeated by Bennett in straight sets (6-3, 6-3) and Aris Andreasian lost to Matt Schimmel in a close match at the No. 5 slot (3-6, 6-4, 10-7). LMU then hosted the Montana State Bobcats this past Friday at the LMU Tennis Center. LMU began the day by winning the doubles point before edging Montana State 4-3. LMU took the doubles point with Renzo Maggi and Ivan Lopez defeating Fletcher Keyes and Pawel Turzanski at No. 2, 8-3, and Johan Berhof and Nick Von Der Ahe beating David Kovas and Myles Perkins at the No. 3 slot, 8-4. Jacek Twarowski and Sam Tadevosian lost on court one to Jakub Dybala and Kyle McDonald, 8-2. In singles action, the Lions recorded wins on courts two, five and six with Lopez winning on court two against Turzanski (6-3, 6-3), Berhof beating Hauck and Nikolic taking his match against Esteban Ferrero (6-4, 6-3). In other singles, Twarowski lost to McDonald in three sets (6-2, 5-7, 7-6), Tadevosian fell at the No. 3 position to Dybala (6-4, 6-1) and Maggi lost his match on court four to Keyes (6-4, 6-3). The Loyola Marymount men's tennis team played their fourth match in six days as they hosted WCC rival Gonzaga Saturday afternoon at the LMU Tennis Center. LMU started the day by winning the doubles point, before taking four-of-six singles matches en route to a 5-2 victory over the Bulldogs. The Lions won the doubles point to begin the day, defeating their opponents on courts one and two. At No. 1, Jacek Twarowski and Sam Tadevosian were victorious over Zack Radetzky and Stefan Feddersen, 8-4, and Renzo Maggi and Ivan Lopez won their match over the Zag's Roman Dojcak and Charles Adams at No. 2, 8-5. Johan Berhof and Nick Von Der Ahe lost at the No. 3 slot to Cooper Fratt and Conor Feeney, 8-4. In singles play, Gonzaga's Feddersen beat Twarowski (6-4, 7-6), Lopez won on court two, beating Dojcak (6-2, 6-2) and Nikolic defeated Adams at the No. 6 position (6-2, 6-2). In more singles action, three matches went into three sets for the Lions. Tadevosian won at No. 3 singles, beating Radetzky (3-6, 6-1, 6-2), Maggi fell on court four to Feeney (6-0, 6-7, 2-6), and Berhof took the victory from Fratt at the No. 5 spot (6-4, 5-7, 7-5). After losing to 66th-ranked Duke, and winning their matches over Yale, Montana State and Gonzaga, the Lions ended their week of play with a 3-1 record.

About Dartmouth
Dartmouth men's tennis came out strong but ultimately fell 2-5 on Sunday, March 16, when it took on Utah at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. Dartmouth won both the second and third doubles matches winning the doubles point and going up 1-0 in the team match. However, Utah fired back, playing very tough singles matches and winning five out of six. Captain Mark Brodie (Greensboro, N.C.) saw his win streak broken by Utah's Zach Ganger. Although Daniel Freeman (Chatsworth, Calif.) played a close match at No. 2, he could not finish in either set. Ari Gayer (Hollis, N.Y.) won the lone singles point at the No. 5 spot 6-1, 6-2 as the Green dropped their first outdoor match of the season. The loss puts Dartmouth at an even 5-5 for the season. Chuck Kinyon is now in his 24th season at the helm of the Big Green tennis program.

About No. 64 Princeton
Princeton won the doubles point in dramatic fashion, but San Diego State won the final five singles matches on the way to a 5-2 victory over the Tigers in a matchup of nationally-ranked teams at the Aztec Tennis Center Monday afternoon. The No. 64 Tigers took a 1-0 lead after George Carpeni and Alex Krueger-Wyman outlasted Bartosz Golas and Juan Gomez by a 9-7 score at No. 1 doubles. Princeton then took a 2-0 match lead after Krueger-Wyman dominated Golas at No. 2 singles, but the No. 56 Aztecs won the other five singles matches, four of them in straight sets. At No. 4 singles, Princeton freshman Ryan Kim took his match with Gomez to a third set by winning the second set 6-0, but Gomez won a 10-point tiebreak after the team match had been clinched. Danny Heidecker clinched the match for SDSU (8-5), holding off Alex Vuckovic in a tough 6-3, 6-4 match at No. 5 singles. Princeton is now 6-4 so far this season. Glenn Michibata is in his seventh season as head coach. The Tigers will play Utah in San Diego Wednesday, before coming to the bluff to face the Lions.

Head Coach Brad Sceney
Sceney comes to the bluff after serving as the Director of Tennis at The Paseo Club in Valencia, CA., and enjoying an impressive collegiate career at Pepperdine from 1995-98. "We are excited to add Brad to our LMU family," LMU Athletic Director, Bill Husak said. "Brad has championship experience, both collegiately in the West Coast Conference, and professionally on the ATP Tour. We look forward to watching his leadership in action as he begins his work with our program." An All-American while at Pepperdine, Sceney helped the Waves to a top-10 ranking each of his four seasons in Malibu. His mark of 85 career singles victories is still the Pepperdine record today. In 1996, Sceney won the All-American Doubles Championship. Following his collegiate career, Sceney spent time in the professional tennis ranks, earning rankings in the top-600 in singles and top-300 in doubles after just one year on the ATP Tour. "I am excited to return to the collegiate athletics world," Sceney said. "LMU is a fantastic place to work and play, with a beautiful campus and great facilities that provide the basis for a top tennis program. I look forward to working toward that end with the team and staff." Sceney, a native of Australia, won the 1992 Australian Open Junior Doubles Championship. He was the second-ranked junior in Australia from 1986-1992 and was a member of the country's junior national team. For the last nine years, Sceney has worked with Topseed Tennis Academy, a corporation that owns and operates three tennis clubs and one sports club in Southern California. Hired as a tennis instructor in 1999, Sceney advanced to the title of Director of Tennis at one of the company's sites, The Paseo Club in Valencia, CA. There, he manages a staff of 10 tennis professionals and coordinates the tennis program for approximately 3,500 members.