Oct. 15, 2010

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STANFORD, Calif. - The California men's tennis team put six players in the singles round of 32 on the first day of the 2010 USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championship at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium. After taking a first-round bye, fifth-seeded and No. 122-ranked sophomore Christoffer Konigsfeldt headlined a group of Golden Bears that won 10 singles matches with his 6-4, 6-0 win over Kevin Eischen of Gonzaga in the round of 64.

Three Cal players held 9-16 seeds including No. 123-ranked junior Nick Andrews, who defeated Santa Clara's Tom Pham, 6-4, 7-5, in the round of 64. Newcomer sophomore Carlos Cueto dropped just four sets as he advanced to round three with his 6-3, 6-1 win over Alex VanDerschelden of Portland State. Senior Jonathan Dahan held the last of Cal's seeds to receive first-round byes. He defeated Aliaksandr Malko of Sacramento State, 6-4, 6-4, to move into the round of 32.

As one of the 17th-seeds, freshman Ben McLachlan earned a 6-2, 6-0 win over Keith Kamono of Santa Clara in the round of 128 before he dispatched of Portland State's Roman Margoulis, 6-2, 6-1, in the round of 64. Sophomore Riki McLachlan fought off San Francisco's William Schumacher, 6-4, 7-6, with a 7-2 win in the second-set tiebreaker to advance out of the first round. He then returned from one set down to take out Fresno State's Jean-Charles Diame, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Senior Bozhidar Katsarov came away with a 6-4, 7-6 win in the first round as he defeated Jackson Martin of Portland, 7-1, in the second-set tiebreaker. Katsarov drew a familiar foe as he faced off against ninth-seeded Thai Tu of San Francisco in the round of 64. Katsarov took the first set, but was edged in the second before Tu took the third for the win, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Junior Tommie Murphy won his opening match in a 6-3, 7-6 victory over Sho Higuchi of Oregon with a 7-4 win in the second-set tiebreaker; but was eliminated by Santa Clara's Kyle Dandan, 6-2, 6-2, in the round of 64. Junior Sky Lovill wasn't able to make it out of the first round as he fell to Fresno State's Sebastian Hafner, 7-6, 6-3. Lovill will enter the 64-man consolation bracket.

Play continues with the first round of doubles matches (64) at 9 a.m. PT on Saturday, Oct. 16. Singles round of 32 and doubles round of 32 matches will take place later in the day. For more information, draws, schedules and scores, please visit www.itatennis.com or go to www.tennisinformation.com and search for tournament No. 5199596.

2010 USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championship
Taube Family Tennis Stadium | Stanford, Calif.
Friday, Oct. 15, 2010

Singles Round of 128
[17] Ben McLachlan (CAL) def. Keith Kamono (SCU) 6-2, 6-0
Tommie Murphy (CAL) def. Sho Higuchi (ORE) 6-3, 7-6(4)
Riki McLachlan (CAL) def. William Schumacher (USF) 6-4, 7-6(2)
Bozhidar Katsarov (CAL) def. Jackson Martin (POR) 6-4, 7-6(1)
Sebastian Hafner (FSU) def. Sky Lovill (CAL) 7-6(5), 6-3

Singles Round of 64
[5] No. 122 Christoffer Konigsfeldt (CAL) def. Kevin Eischen (GON) 6-4, 6-0
[9] No. 123 Nick Andrews (CAL) def. Tom Pham (SCU) 6-4, 7-5
[9] Carlos Cueto (CAL) def. Alex VanDerschelden (PSU) 6-3, 6-1
[9] Jonathan Dahan (CAL) def. Aliaksandr Malko (SAC) 6-4, 6-4
[17] Ben McLachlan (CAL) def. Roman Margoulis (PSU) 6-2, 6-1
Riki McLachlan (CAL) def. Jean-Charles Diame (FSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
[9] Thai Tu (USF) def. Bozhidar Katsarov (CAL) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
[17] Kyle Dandan (SCU) def. Tommie Murphy (CAL) 6-2, 6-2