No. 11 Redlands Men's Tennis Takes Two on Opening Saturday

The No. 11 University of Redlands men's tennis team opened the 2010 season with two victories on Saturday, posting a 9-0 shutout over visiting Occidental College in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) action and then taking care of non-conference opponent, Chapman University, by a score of 8-1.

Against the Tigers of Occidental, Redlands swept the doubles with sophomore Lander Jewett (Helena, MT) and junior Jeff Casserd (Bellevue, WA) cruising to an 8-3 victory at the No. 3 slot. In singles, freshman Conor Hyde (Peterborough, NH) defeated his No. 6 opponent by scores of 6-3, 6-1, before freshman Anish Nanda (Cerritos, CA) clinched the team's win with his 6-0, 6-3 display at the No. 2 slot.

In the Bulldogs' second match of the day, the team quickly jumped out to a 2-1 lead in doubles with Nanda and junior Keven Wong (Kaneohe, HI) taking down their opponents in the top spot with an 8-2 showing and freshman Kevin Kosanke (Bellevue, WA)and Hyde teaming up at No. 3 for an 8-2 victory. The fourth and fifth team points came at the respective hands of freshman Taylor Chaparro (Burlingame, CA) at No. 6 (6-0, 6-0) and senior Matt Liebman (Westport, CT) at No. 6 (6-1, 6-0).

Redlands (2-0, 1-0 SCIAC) takes to the road on Sat., Feb. 20, for three matches. Half of the team heads to Caltech for a 9:30 a.m. conference showdown while the other half travels to Biola University for a make-up match against the Eagles, also beginning at 9:30 a.m. Finally, the team reunites at Cal Poly Pomona for a 2 p.m. non-conference tilt against the Division II foe.