KONA, Hawaii -- The 46th-ranked Sonoma State men's tennis team notched its first victory of the 2015 season, dispatching Hawaii Hilo 7-2 on Friday afternoon in Kona, Hawaii.  The Seawolves (1-2) got solid performances from Philip Holbrook and Noah Lee at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively, while Blaine Mengert and Vincent Paganetti pulled out hard-fought victories at No. 4 and No. 5, all of which contributed to the convincing win over the Vulcans.

Sonoma swept all three doubles matches -- Holbrook and Lee won 8-4, Mengert and Logan Liddell grabbed an 8-6 victory and Weeber and Sullivan Roche earned an 8-5 triumph.

In singles play, Holbrook cruised to a 6-3, 6-4 win in straight sets at No. 1 while Lee dominated his opponent at No. 3 with a pair of 6-1 wins.  Mengert would win in straight sets as well, but not without tiebreaking each set by a score of 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3).  Paganetti won his first set, lost the second and narrowly pulled out an 11-9 victory in the third-set tiebreaker to win his match.  Daniel Holz (0-6, 1-6) and Matt Weeber (3-6, 2-6) suffered losses at No. 2 and No. 6 singles to account for the only Hawaii Hilo points.

Sonoma State will wrap up its Hawaii trip on Saturday when it goes head-to-head with No. 2-ranked Hawaii Pacific at 5:00 pm.

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#46 Sonoma State 7, Hawaii Hilo 2
Feb 13, 2015 at Kona, HI

Singles competition
1. Philip Holbrook (SSU) def. Kainoa Rosa (UHH) 6-3, 6-4
2. Kallen Mizuguchi (UHH) def. Daniel Holz (SSU) 6-0, 6-1
3. Noah Lee (SSU) def. Daniel Tada (UHH) 6-1, 6-1
4. Blaine Mengert (SSU) def. Stefan Coney (UHH) 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-3)
5. Vincent Paganetti (SSU) def. Brandon Kang (UHH) 6-3, 4-6, 11-9
6. Nicolas Franco (UHH) def. Matt Weeber (SSU) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Philip Holbrook/Noah Lee (SSU) def. Kainoa Rosa/Kallen Mizuguchi (UHH) 8-4
2. Blaine Mengert/Logan Liddell (SSU) def. Brandon Kang/Daniel Tada (UHH) 8-6
3. Matt Weeber/Sullivan Roche (SSU) def. Stefan Coney/Nicolas Franco (UHH) 8-5

Match Notes
Sonoma State 1-2; National ranking #46; Regional ranking #6
Hawaii Hilo 2-5; Regional ranking #8