By Rico Chow, '12

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The No. 54 Santa Clara men's tennis team opened up the 2011 dual season with comfortable wins over Sonoma State and UC Davis. As last season, the Broncos hosted the opening day double-header and swept the competition winning 4-0 and 7-0.

In the morning's first match versus Division II No.34 Sonoma State, Kyle Dandan and Nicolas Vinel and John Lamble and Maxime Armengaud grabbed doubles wins to give the Broncos an edge going into singles play. Armengaud, Lamble, and Muchynski went on to dominate Taylor Bianco, Drexler Dy, and Bryce Keefer, respectively, to secure a 4-0 victory over the Sea Wolves.

In the day's second contest versus UC Davis, Santa Clara carried over their momentum from the first match to score 7-0 win. Dandan and Vinel and Lamble and Armengaud continued their doubles success, while Tom Pham and Muchynski won their first doubles match of the season versus Chris Aria and Kyle Miller, 8-2. On the singles side of play, Dandan, Lamble, Vinel, Pham and Muchynski swept their opponents without losing single game, giving Santa Clara their 7-0 win of the day.

The Broncos are back in action on Jan. 26 at the Degheri Tennis Center when they play against UC Santa Cruz to take on the Banana Slugs at 3 p.m.

Results vs. Sonoma State

Doubles

SCU Kyle Dandan / Nicolas Vinel def. SSN Taylor Bianco/Daniel Henke 8-3

SCU Tom Pham / Eugene Muchynski vs. SSN Matt Roberts/Scott Gaynor DNF 6-2

SCU Maxime Armengaud / John Lamble def. SSN Anthony Rollins/Ryan Harris 8-1

Singles

SCU Dandan vs. SSN Roberts DNF 6-1, 5-4

SCU Armengaud def. SSN Bianco 6-0, 6-1

SCU Lamble def. SSN Drexler Dy 6-1, 6-1

SCU Pham vs. SSN Gaynor DNF 6-1, 4-0

SCU Keith Kamono vs. SSN Stewart Hutton DNF 6-2, 3-0

SCU Muchynski def. SSN Hayley 6-1, 6-0

Results vs. UC Davis

Doubles

SCU Kyle Dandan / Nicolas Vinel def. UCD Toki Sherbakov/Nick Lopez 8-7(5)

SCU Maxime Armengaud / John Lamble def. UCD Alec Hayley/Connor Coates 8-4

SCU Tom Pham / Eugene Muchynski def. UCD Chris Aria/Kyle Miller 8-3

Singles

SCU Dandan def. UCD Sherbakov 6-0, 6-1

SCU Armengaud def. UCD Coates 6-1, 5-7 (10-4)

SCU Lamble def. UCD Aria 6-2, 6-3

SCU Vinel def. UCD Miller 6-2, 6-2

SCU Pham def. UCD George Horowitz 6-1, 6-1

SCU Muchynski def. UCD Hayley 6-4, 6-1

Go Broncos!