Anteaters come up short

The UC Irvine Anteaters (0-2) lost to the 60th ranked Fresno State

Bulldogs, 4-3, at the Anteater Tennis Stadium Monday in nonconference

play.

In doubles, sophomore Brian Morton and junior Jon Endrikat quickly

defeated Hector Almada and Stefan Suta 8-2. The Anteaters also won

the No. 3 match to pick up the doubles point.

In singles, Fresno State swept the top three matches in straight

sets. Senior Sean O’Connor and Brian Morton each won their match for

the ‘Eaters. The match came down to the No. 6 match with senior Greg

Biorkman falling to Alex Krohn 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

The Anteaters return to the court on Friday with a match against

Brigham Young at 1 p.m.

Nonconference

Fresno State 4, UC Irvine 3

Singles -- Hector Almada (FSU) def. Jonathan Endrikat,

6-4, 6-1; Stefan Suta (FSU) def. Zoran Korac, 6-3, 6-4; Greg Shearer

(FSU) def. Dontia Haynes, 6-4, 6-1; Sean O’Connor (UCI def. Marc

Schaerer, 6-3, 6-4; Brian Morton (UCI) def. Danny O’Rourke, 7-5, 6-3;

Alex Krohn (FSU) def. Greg Biorkman, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

Doubles -- Endrikat/Morton (UCI) def. Almada/Suta, 8-2;

O’Rourke/Shearer (FSU) def. Biorkman/Haynes; 8-4; Korac/O’Connor

(UCI) def. Andy Sinn/Sergio Modor, 9-7