The No. 38 Washington men’s tennis team continued its winning streak at home with yet another perfect weekend with 7-0 sweeps over UC Santa Barbara and Ball State at the Nordstrom Tennis Center.

On Friday evening, the Huskies were determined to break their two game losing streak that started on the road in Texas last weekend.

The Huskies did just that, as they kept things short and sweet by winning the doubles point with the number one team of senior Andy Kuharszky and sophomore Derek Drabble, and the number two team of junior Patrik Fischer and freshman Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan prevailing as well as sweeping the singles matches without dropping a set.

In their final tune-up before the National Indoor Championships on Sunday, the Huskies were again successful, though a few of the matches against the Ball State Cardinals were hard fought.

The number three doubles team of junior David Chu and freshman Martin Kildahl were the first off the court with a quick and easy 8-2 win.

The other matches came down to the wire. The number one team of Kuharszky and Drabble went down 8-6, leaving the fate of the doubles point to Fischer and Nedunchezhiyan.

The Huskies entered a tiebreaker for the doubles point at 8-8, but the Cardinals kept it close right up to the finish. When the Huskies were trailing 8-7, Ball State’s Bret Berryman yelled loudly during the middle of the point, thinking he had been won the point and the match was over. However, Fischer had tracked down the ball and kept it in play, which then created a need for a referee to come down onto the court as the coaches and players protested the point.

After some debate, the point was awarded to Washington, tying the tiebreak at 8-8, and then preceding to win the next two points to seal up the doubles victory.

“Today we didn’t start out very well and it kind of cost us,” coach Matt Anger said. “Really we should have lost the doubles point today but the doubles was better than it was last week and the week before.”

Washington went on to win the next five singles matches in straight sets.

The first player to finish was junior Ryo Sekiguchi winning 6-0 and 6-1.

“Today I knew that I could win so I just tried to concentrate on playing solid,” Sekiguchi said.

Sekiguchi now leads the team in singles wins.

“[Ryo] was machine-like out there today,” coach Anger commented. “Not only is he confident, but I think the other guys are confident with Ryo out there. They know that nobody’s unbeatable, but at the same time somebody’s going to have to play really well to knock off Ryo. He’s really sharp.”

The last match of the afternoon was played by Kuharszky. Although he dropped the first set 6-4, he came back to win the next 6-3, as well as the 10-point tiebreak 10-5 for the match.

“I think all the guys played really well, especially after that doubles point,” Nedunchezhiyan said. “We really stepped it up and we showed that that point wasn’t really as important as winning 7-0, and it shows the depth in our lineup.”

The Huskies have now improved their record to 4-2 and will be hosting the 2008 ITA National Men’s Team Indoor Championships next weekend.

[Reach reporter Sheena Nguyen at sports@thedaily.washington.edu.]