The University of Washington men's tennis team emerged from this weekend's Great Northwest Shootout the undisputed champions, remaining undefeated and ceding only one point in three matches. The UW beat Middle Tennessee State and University of Louisville 4-0 on Friday and Saturday, then felled Texas Tech 4-1 on Sunday in a match which pitted the only two remaining undefeated teams.

As usual, some of the most exciting tennis came during the doubles point, which the Huskies claimed in each of the matches. Senior Daniel Chu, pairing with freshman Derek Drabble at No. 3 doubles, went undefeated in doubles this weekend to tie with teammate Alex Slovic and former All-American Eric Drew for the UW career doubles win record.

Washington's No. 2 doubles team of Patrik Fischer and Michael Ricks proved that they deserve the No. 35 ranking in the nation with commanding wins in all three matches. For Fischer, originally from Switzerland, playing doubles is a new experience.

"It's different for me because I didn't play doubles in Switzerland, only singles," Fischer said. "I really like playing with Michael — we have good harmony. He's strong at [the] net so he can finish off points when I set him up."

Fischer also had a strong weekend in singles, with three-straight set wins at the No. 6 position.

Another player who was particularly solid in singles was junior co-captain Andy Kuharszky, who clinched the Shootout for the UW with his third straight set victory of the weekend over Sinisa Markovic of Texas Tech.

For Husky coach Matt Anger, the Great Northwest Shootout was proof that his team could handle competition.

"Going into this weekend, I knew we had good chances in all of the matches, but I didn't know that we were going to come out 3-0," he said. "I was thrilled with the outcome."

Still, Anger is already looking ahead to the next match-up.

"We've really improved in the last two weeks, but we need to keep improving," he said. "Tennis is a year-long sport, and we have some tough matches ahead of us."

Reach reporter Risa Pavia at sports@thedaily.washington.edu.