Wildcat Athletics Men's Tennis Duo Beats Top Doubles Team at Pac-10 Championships

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4.28.2000
Men's Tennis Duo Beats Top Doubles Team at Pac-10 Championships

OJAI, Calif. Arizona's duo of junior Alex Aybar and senior Jean-Noel LaCoste beat the No. 1 doubles team in the nation, Geoff Abrams and Alex Kim of Stanford, 8-4, in the main draw at the Pac-10 Championships Friday at the Ojai Valley Tennis Club. Aybar and LaCoste advanced to the quarterfinals, falling short to USC's Parker Collins and Andrew Park, 9-8 (5).

In other main draw play, senior Alex Brown and freshman Tom Lloyd fell to Washington's Andy Posavac and Nick Quatrochi, 8-3.

In the invitational doubles draw, Oregon's Jason Menke and Cedric Vanhaver defeated junior Brian Jackson and sophomore Jari Niskala, 8-3, while the duo of sophomore Caleb Marquardt and Aybar fell to Jeff Eicher and Dillon Ruby of Washington, 8-5.

Results
Main Draw
Doubles-First Round 
Aybar/LaCoste (UA) def. (1)Abrams/Kim (Stanford)            8-4
Posavac/Quatrochi (Washington) def. Brown/Lloyd (UA)        8-3

Results
Invitational
Doubles-First Round
Menke/Vanhaver (Oregon) def. Jackson/Niskala (UA)           8-3
Eicher/Ruby (Washington) def. Aybar/Marquardt (UA)          8-5

Results 
Main Draw
Doubles-Second Round
Collins/Park (USC) def. Aybar/LaCoste (UA)                  9-8 (5)