Feb. 7, 2012
STANFORD, Calif.- Following a pair of losses to top-10 opponents over the weekend, No. 9 Stanford rebounded on Tuesday afternoon with a 6-1 victory over Hawai'i at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
The Cardinal improved to 5-2 while the Rainbow Warriors are now 1-4.
Stanford won all three doubles matches comfortably, taking a 1-0 lead in the match.
Freshmen Robert Stineman and John Morrissey coasted to easy straight-set victories on courts four and three, respectively, to put Stanford in front 3-0.
Jamin Ball's 6-2, 6-0 triumph at the No. 5 spot secured the match.
Stanford is back in action on Friday, Feb. 10, against No. 52 BYU at 1:30 p.m.
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No. 9 Stanford 6, Hawai'i 1
DOUBLES
1) Morrissey/Thacher (STAN) d. Brooklyn/Schuhmann (HAW) 8-5
2) Kandath/Lin (STAN) d. Lam/Rice (HAW) 8-3
3) Ball/Stineman (STAN) d. Okamoto/Meyer (HAW) 8-4
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
SINGLES
1) No. 75 Matt Kandath (STAN) d. Dmytro Kovalyov (HAW) 7-5, 6-4
2) Chas Okamoto (HAW) d. Denis Lin (STAN) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0
3) John Morrissey (STAN) d. Nils Schuhmann (HAW) 6-1, 6-1
4) Robert Stineman (STAN) d. Carter Lam (HAW) 6-1, 6-0
5) Jamin Ball (STAN) d. Jared Spiker (HAW) 6-2, 6-0
6) Walker Kehrer (STAN) d. Danilo Casanova (HAW) 6-7, 7-5, 1-0 (5)
Order of Finish: 4, 3, 5, 2, 1, 6