HONOLULU - The No. 57 University of Hawai`i men's tennis team picked up a big 5-2 win over No. 28 Fresno State Saturday at the UH Tennis Complex. The Rainbow Warriors improved to 8-6 overall and 2-0 in the Western Athletic Conference.

In a pivotal match in the race for the WAC regular season title, the Rainbow Warriors got the best of the Bulldogs (13-8, 3-1 WAC), who suffered their first conference loss. The match was originally scheduled for Friday, but was postponed due to rain during the beginning of singles action.

UH entered Saturday with a 1-0 lead after an exciting finish in doubles on Friday night. After splitting the first two courts, it came down to the No. 1 court where the duo of Andreas Weber and Philipp Eberhard outlasted Remi Boutillier and Rikus de Villiers, 9-7. Boutillier and de Villiers entered as the 19^th ranked doubles team in the nation. UH, meanwhile won the double points for the fourth time in their last five attempts. 

The Rainbow Warriors fell behind 2-1 to start Saturday's action, after dropping courts No. 4 and No. 5 in straight sets. But UH rallied for four straight wins by Weber, Dennis Lajola, Leo Rosenberg and Dmytro Kovalyov. Weber, UH's lone senior, clinched the all-important fourth point by rallying for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 win over de Villiers. Meanwhile, Rosenberg remained undefeated in dual matches (13-0) with a win over Tejesvi Veerepalli on court No. 3.

The Rainbow Warriors will return to action this afternoon when they host Utah State at approximately at 5:00 p.m. at the UH Tennis Complex

1. Andreas Weber/Philipp Eberhard (UH) def. No. 19 Remi Boutillier/Rikus de Villiers, 9-7

2. Dennis Lajola/Daniel Llarenas (UH) def. Taylor Leiby/Mirko Zapletal (FS)  8-5

3. Siddharth Alapati/Tejesvi Veerepalli (FS) def. Leo Rosenberg/Jeremy Tweedt (UH) 8-4

1. Dennis Lajola (UH) def. Mirko Zapletal (FS) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4

2. Andreas Weber (UH) def. Rikus de Villiers (FS) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3

3. Leo Rosenberg (UH) def. Tejesvi Veerepalli (FS) 6-4, 3-6, 4-2, retired

4. Remi Boutillier (FS) def. Jeremy Tweedt (UH), 6-1, 6-2

5. David Ayoun (FS) vs. Philipp Eberhard (UH) 6-3, 6-1

6. Dmytro Kovalyov (UH) def. Siddharth Alapati (FS) 7-5, 6-4