CLAREMONT, Calif. (April 18, 008) –
Without their # 1 player, the Tigers traveled to the 2008 Southern
California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament hosted by
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Occidental entered the weekend as the
fourth ranked team, but fell to # 5 Pomona-Pitzer 5-3 in Round One.
Oxy rebounded with a 9-0 win over Caltech in the afternoon.
Oxy got out to a 2-1 lead after doubles play
in which Dan Ikuta and Vic Sowers
and Vince Karlen and Alex
Montgomery were successful 8-4, and 8-2, respectively.
The Sagehens proved to be more powerful in
singles action, taking four of the five matches.
Karlen recorded the only Tigers victory at the
# 3 spot where he defeated Drew Olian 6-3, 6-0. Montgomery played
competitively, going into three games with PP's Grant
Friedman, but fell short (6-2, 4-6, 6-3).
Occidental cruised to a 9-0 victory in Round
Two as they faced the Caltech Beavers.
Tomorrow the Tigers will face the Whittier
College Poets at 10:00 a.m. in the fifth place match.
Full results from today can be found here.
Below are the restults from Round One.
#4 Occidental v. #5
Pomona-Pitzer
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Occidental 3
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Pomona-Pitzer 5
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Winner
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Score
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Jamal Fahim / Kuhn
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v.
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Olian / Taylor
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P-P
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8-6
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Ikuta / Sowers
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v.
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Friedman / Blake Phillips
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Oxy
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8-4
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Karlen / Montgomery
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v.
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Drew Cohn / Tagliarino
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Oxy
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8-2
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Vic Sowers
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v.
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Cam Taylor
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P-P
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6-2, 6-3
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Dan Ikuta
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v.
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Nick Tagliarino
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P-P
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6-2, 6-2
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Vince Karlen
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v.
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Drew Olian
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Oxy
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6-3, 6-0
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Mike Kuhn
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v.
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John Williford
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P-P
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6-2, 6-0
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Alex Montgomery
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v.
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Grant Friedman
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P-P
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6-2, 4-6, 6-3
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Stefan Pastor
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v.
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Michael Powell
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DNF
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5-7, 6-4, 3-2
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