SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Santa Clara men’s tennis team defeated Cal Poly 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at the Santa Clara courts. With the loss Cal Poly falls to 0-2 for the season while Santa Clara improves to 3-1. While the score may have been 6-1 it was not indicative of the play as three of the single matches where pushed to a third set with the doubles point hotly contested. Cal Poly opened play...

Malibu, Calif. – The Cal Poly men’s tennis team finally got the 2009-10 season under way when they played No. 17 Pepperdine in Malibu on Wednesday, The Mustangs lost 6-1 in the season opener. The Waves won the first doubles match at #3 by a score of 8-6, but the other two matches went to 7-7. At #1 doubles, the Mustangs were serving at 40-love, but the Waves' tandem of senior Bassam Beidas and sophomore Hugh...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The Cal Poly men’s tennis match with No. 17 Pepperdine, scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 20 in Malibu, has been postponed due to inclement weather. The match has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 27, in Malibu at 1 pm. Pepperdine finished last season as the No. 18 team in the nation and are currently ranked No. 17 in the ITA Men’s National Team Rankings. ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The Cal Poly men’s tennis team’s season opener against Concordia has been canceled due to possible inclement weather on Sunday. The match was scheduled for 12 noon on the Mustang Courts. The Mustangs will now open the season with a match in Malibu against Pepperdine on Jan. 20 at 1 pm. ...

LAS VEGAS – Cal Poly’s Andre Dome stole the show on Sunday, downing opponents from host UNLV en route to winning both the single and doubles titles at the annual Rebel Classic, which wrapped up at the Fertitta Tennis Complex. Playing in warm, sun-baked conditions on the first day of November, Dome and partner Jordan Bridge opened the morning by getting by UNLV’s top duo of Mehdi Bouras and Luca Barlocchi 8-5 for the doubles...

TULSA, Okla. – Cal Poly’s Andre Dome lost in the first round of the 2009 D'Novo ITA All-American Championships to a familiar face. Dome lost to Stefan Hardy from the University of North Carolina. Dome jumped out, winning the first set 6-4, but Hardy, ranked No. 110 in the nation, won the next two sets 6-4 and 6-4. Hardy, a sophomore, hails from Santa Maria and graduated from Reghetti High School. While Dome, also a...

IRVINE, Calif. – Arroyo Grande native Andre Dome was named Big West Freshman of the Year, highlighting four Cal Poly singles players and two doubles teams honored by the conference Tuesday. Dome was also named first team singles while senior Andrew Gerst and sophomore Drew Jacobs received second team singles honors and junior Robert Foy was honorable mention. Foy and senior Darryn Young made first team doubles for the second-consecutive season while Gerst and sophomore...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – UC Irvine won the doubles point and claimed three singles matches to end the Mustangs’ season with a 4-2 victory in the Big West Championship Semifinals. Cal Poly ends the year with an 11-10 record while the Anteaters improved to 12-14 and advanced to face UC Santa Barbara, which upset Pacific 4-3, in tomorrow’s Big West Final. The Anteaters came out strong in doubles, as Sam Gould and Khunpol Issara got...