Jan. 25, 2011
STANFORD, Calif.- No. 8 Stanford coasted past Sacramento State 7-0 in its season opener on Tuesday afternoon at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
The Cardinal captured the doubles point, sweeping all three spots of the lineup.
Singles play was also dominated by Stanford (1-0, 0-0 Pac-10), which won all six matches in straight sets.
Bradley Klahn (6-3, 6-0 at the No. 1 spot), Alex Clayton (6-1, 6-2 at the No. 3 spot), Greg Hirshman (6-2, 6-1 at the No. 5 spot) and Matt Kandath (6-3, 6-0 at the No. 6 spot) all surrendered three games or less in their victories.
Sacramento State fell to 0-2, having lost 6-1 at USC in its season opener three days ago.
No. 8 Stanford 7, Sacramento State 0
DOUBLES
1)No. 16 Klahn/Thacher (STAN) d. Malko/Millan (SAC) 8-4
2)Clayton/Ted Kelly (STAN) d. Smith/Starcevic (SAC) 8-3
3)Kandath/Lin (STAN) d. Harbartsiuk/Lorentzen (SAC) 8-2
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
SINGLES
1)No. 15 Bradley Klahn (STAN) d. No. 16 Kiryl Harbatsiuk (SAC) 6-3, 6-0
2)No. 41 Ryan Thacher (STAN) d. Jason Smith (SAC) 6-1, 7-5
3)No. 61 Alex Clayton (STAN) d. Marko Starcevic (SAC) 6-1, 6-2
4)Denis Lin (STAN) d. Aliaksandr Malko (SAC) 6-1, 6-3
5)Greg Hirshman (STAN) d. Javier Millan (SAC) 6-2, 6-1
6)Matt Kandath (STAN) d. Josh Lorentzen (SAC) 6-3, 6-0
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 6, 5, 4, 2