The No. 9 SMU men's tennis team got off to a successful start Friday, defeating Hawaii-Pacific, 5-2, in the first action of the 2002 season.

SMU captured the doubles point, as the No. 2 team of Ryan Mauck and Krystian Pfeiffer won 8-5. SMU's No. 3 tandem of sophomore Lukasz Senczyszyn and freshman-redshirt Gwinyai Chingoka also won, with a score of 8-2.

In singles play, the Mustangs won four the six matches contested, led by No. 1 player Pfeiffer, who was a 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 winner. No. 3 player Alexis Rudzinski returned to action with an impressive 6-4, 7-5 win, while both Chingoka and junior-transfer Eric Cohn won to secure the win.

With the win, SMU improves to 1-0 on the year and will travel to Houston, Texas next weekend for the Rice Indoors Invitational.

Final Score: No. 9 SMU 5, Hawaii-Pacific 2

Singles
1. Krystian Pfeiffer (SMU) def. Mike Maalta (HP), 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
2. Ian Tribler (HP) def. Johan Brunstrom (SMU), 6-2, 7-6
3. Alexis Rudzinski (SMU) def. Matty Pampulov (HP), 6-4, 7-5
4. Stefan Pampulov (HP) def. Ryan Mauck (SMU), 6-4, 6-3
5. Gwinyai Chingoka (SMU) def. Karl Sloss (HP), 6-2, 6-4
6. Eric Cohn (SMU) def. Miguel Diez (HP), 6-2, 7-6

Doubles
1. Maalta/Tribler (HP) def. Brunstrom/Cohn (SMU), 8-3
2. Pfeiffer/Mauck (SMU) def. Diez/Sloss (HP), 8-5
3. Chingoka/Senczyszyn (SMU) def. Pamplov/Pamplov (HP), 8-2