Virginia upends Huskies' title run

By Ben Miller

May 23, 2005, 12:00 AM

For the fourth time in five years, the Washington men's tennis team made the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. Also, for the fourth time in five years it advanced no further. The No. 15 seeded Huskies (20-5) had their six-game winning streak and ended by No. 2 seeded Virginia (27-2) on Saturday, losing 4-0. "There were certainly some bright spots and some darker, low spots," coach Matt Anger said. "Overall they played better than we did and they deserved to win." The UW's success at the end of the season was due in part to its doubles play, but the Huskies did not show that same strength as they lost the doubles point to start off the match. Alex Slovic and Daniel Chu --as the 18th-ranked doubles team -- lost to the No. 21 Rylan Rizza and Nick Meythaler 8-1. Meanwhile, on the third doubles court, Mike Ricks and Andy Kuharszky fell to Darrin Cohen and Doug Stewart. "At third doubles we definitely had our chances and we just didn't capitalize on them," Anger said. "We gave up some easy balls on big points." Washington did not fare much better in singles. The Cavaliers notched their first singles win when Treat Huey swept Chu 6-1, 6-0 to go up 2-0. Virginia completed its sweep of the Huskies when Christoph Palmanshofer lost to No. 30 Somdev Devvarman 6-3, 7-5 and Marko Miklo defeated Peter Scharler 6-2, 6-2. "I know that we did our best so I don't feel any disappointment with that," Anger said. "My disappointment is that it takes a long time to get here, and once you are here you don't want it to be over. Just the fact that it's over is what I am disappointed in." For seniors Palmanshofer, Scharler, and Alex Vlaski, the loss was the final team match the trio will play for Washington. "We lose a lot of singles wins, a lot of doubles wins, and we lose a lot in practice," Anger said of the departure of the seniors. "People ask how do you replace that, but there is no replacing that." The seasons of Vlaski, Chu, and Slovic are not quite over as the three will compete in the individual singles and doubles championships from May 25 to 30.

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