Season Ends For Falcons at MWC Championships
    AFA drops 4-0 decision to San Diego State in quarterfinals

    Junior Taylor Soster was winning the No. 4 match when it was halted
    Junior Taylor Soster was winning the No. 4 match when it was halted

    April 28, 2010

    The Air Force men's tennis team wrapped up its 2009-10 campaign Wednesday with a 4-0 loss to 55th-ranked San Diego State in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Mountain West Conference Championships in Las Vegas, Nev. The Falcons finished the season with a 10-13 record.

    The second-seeded Aztecs, who evened their record at 12-12, took a 1-0 lead with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. Tim Schultz van Endert and Andre Feliz won at No. 3, 8-1, over junior Alex Beaussart and freshman Sam Barnes, then Giovanni Vaglietti and Achim Vladimirschi won the No. 1 doubles match, 8-2, over senior Brett Rodgers and junior Taylor Soster. The No. 2 match was then halted with SDSU's duo of Luis Rattenhuber and Juan Gomez leading senior Austin Francis and freshman Lance Wilhelm 4-3.

    Vladimirschi earned the second point for SDSU at No. 2 singles with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Francis and Feliz made it 3-0 at No. 6 singles by rallying from a set down to defeat 0-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over freshman Stephen Katrein.

    Shultz van Endert clinched the match for the Aztecs with a 6-2, 6-3 victory at the No. 5 spot over Barnes. The other three matches were then halted. Soster was leading Rattenhuber, 3-6, 6-2, 5-2 at No. 4, while Wilhelm won the first set, 6-4, over Gomez at No. 1 but was trailing 3-2 in the second. Meanwhile, Vaglietti was winning the No. 3 match over Rodgers, 6-2, 3-6, 3-0.

     

     

    "Despite losing 4-0, this was one of our best matches of the year," said first-year head coach Dan Oosterhous. "There were 30-plus mile per hour winds and I thought our guys handled the conditions very well. It was an exciting match and I'm extremely proud of the season we had."

    #2 San Diego State 4, #7 Air Force 0
    April 28, 2010 at Las Vegas, Nev.
    Quarterfinals - MWC Championships

    Singles
    1. Lance Wilhelm (AF) vs. Juan Gomez, 6-4, 2-3 DNF
    2. Achim Vladimirschi (SDSU) def. Austin Francis, 6-2, 6-0
    3. Giovanni Vaglietti (SDSU) vs. Brett Rodgers, 6-2, 3-6, 3-0 DNF
    4. Taylor Soster (AF) vs. Luis Rattenhuber, 3-6, 6-2, 5-2 DNF
    5. Tim Schultz van Endert (SDSU) def. Sam Barnes, 6-2, 6-3
    6. Andre Feliz (SDSU) def. Stephen Katrein, 0-6, 6-1, 6-2
    Order of Finish: 2, 6, 5

    Doubles
    1. Vaglietti / Vladimirschi (SDSU) def. Rodgers / Soster, 8-2
    2. Rattenhuber / Gomez (SDSU) vs. Francis / Wilhelm, 4-3 DNF
    3. Schultz van Endert / Feliz (SDSU) def. Barnes / Alex Beaussart, 8-1
    Order of Finish: 3, 1

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