Stanford flexes muscles at tourney

By Ben Miller

Apr 25, 2005, 12:00 AM

Earlier in the season, the Washington men's tennis team upset No. 10 Stanford in Seattle on its way to a regular season Pac-10 title. Yesterday, a pair of Cardinal players ended the dreams of individual title hopes for three Huskies at the Pac-10 Championships at Ojai, Calif. No. 10 Alex Vlaski reached the finals for the third time in his four years at the UW, and as with his prior trips he ended with a loss. On Saturday, Vlaski upset No. 9 Conor Niland 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in the semifinals to advance to a finals matchup against Stanford's No. 2 Sam Warburg. In their match during conference play, Warburg came out ahead as Vlaski was forced to withdraw due to cramping. In their match yesterday, Warburg came gained the Pac-10 title after defeating Vlaski in straight sets 7-5, 7-5. "In the singles, Alex didn't serve very well today," coach Matt Anger said. "He was just kind of at a disadvantage for each point, and sometimes when you get into that kind of rut, it's just hard to get out of while you are in a match." Although he came up short in the finals, Vlaski set a pair of records during the event. Saturday's semifinal victory put the All-American at the top of the Huskies' all-time wins list with 109. The win also ran his record to 15-4 all-time at the Pac-10 championships, the most wins for any player in the event. Warburg also played a hand in Alex Slovic and Daniel Chu's defeat in the finals of the doubles championships. The No. 15 pair of sophomores advanced to the finals by beating Oregon's Thomas Bieri and Manuel Kost in the semifinals 8-5. Their quest for a championship was cut short as they were defeated by the No. 4 pairing of Warburg and KC Corkery 8-6. "We just got way behind early," Anger said of Chu and Slovic's match. "The first game we made a few mistakes, and they were just a little more ready to making [volleys] at the beginning." Vlaski teamed up with fellow senior Christoph Palmanshofer to make it to the doubles quarterfinals before bowing out 8-2 to the Stanford pair. In singles play, Slovic was the only other singles player to make it out of the first round. He was defeated 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinals by Warburg.

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