The Big Island of Hawai'i is set to host the 2005 WAC Men's Tennis Tournament this Thursday through Saturday.  Here is a preview of the teams:

#30 Boise State (27-7, 1-0 against WAC foes)

The Broncos will get a first round bye, making their first match Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m. Hawaii time versus the winner of Friday's Tulsa (seed no. 4) versus Fresno State (seed no. 5) match.

Last Year: Boise State defeated Hawai'i 4-0 before losing to SMU in the semifinals 4-2.

Beat #65 Fresno State 5-2, #61 Colorado 4-3, #55 BYU 4-3, Lost to #23 Texas A & M-Corpus Christi 5-2, Beat #54 UNLV 7-0, Lost to #19 Tulane 4-2, Beat #35 Notre Dame 4-3, Beat #50 North Carolina State 4-2, Lost to #11 Kentucky 4-0, Lost to #12 LSU 4-2, Lost to #1 Baylor 4-1 

Luke Shields and Thomas Schoeck are the #9 doubles team in the country.

#1--Luke Shields, Fr.,  34-10, 34-8, 6-8 vs. Top 100 players.  Has won 4 in a row and 6 of his last 7.  Shields is the 50th-ranked singles player in the country.  Shields was one of the top five-ranked juniors in the United States prior to coming to Boise State.  He has defeated former NCAA singles champions  Cecil Mammit, formerly of USC, and Luke Smith, formerly of UNLV.

Thomas Schoeck, Jr.,  27-10, 35-8, 0-4 vs. Top 100 players.  Won the consolation singles title at the Baylor Tennis Tournament earlier this year. 

Matias Silva, Sr.,  28-10, 25-8, 0-5 vs. Top 100 players.  Represented Peru in the 2nd round of the Davis Cup last year.

Ikaika Jobe, Sr.,  27-11, 26-12

Beck Roghaar 22-7, 8-2

Eric Robertson 26-9, 20-16

#39 Rice (13-8, 2-1)

The Owls will play host Hawai'i in the first round on Friday.

Last Year: Rice beat Tulsa and SMU 4-1 to win the WAC Championship.

Lost to #29 Notre Dame 4-3, Lost to #74 Nebraska 4-3, Lost to #41 SMU, Beat #55 BYU 5-2, Beat #61 Fresno State 4-3, Beat #48 Tulsa 5-2, Beat #15 Oklahoma State 5-1, Lost to #19 Tulane 4-3. Lost to #25 Florida State 6-1,  Lost to #29 Middle Tennessee 4-3, Beat #55 BYU 5-2.  Beat Abilene Christian Friday to end a 3-match losing streak.

#1--Robert Searle, Jr.,  6-4 record against Top 100 players.  20-6 singles record, 16-7 doubles.  Searle is the #41 singles player in the country.

#2 Konstantin Haerle, Jr., 19-13, 15-10, 2-7 record against Top 100 players.

#3 Filip Zivojinovic  Fr., 7-9, 12-7  has lost 3 of his last 4.

#4 Ben Harknett, So.,  12-19, 22-11 0-5 against Top 100 players. Has played mostly #3 this year.

Jason Mok #4 several times. 12-14, 14-11 in doubles.

#5 Rodrigo Gabriel, Jr.,   12-12, 11-8  Will play 5 or 6

#6 Ralph Knupfer 11-6, 4-3.

#41 SMU 14-11, 1-1

SMU will take on Nevada in the 1st round.

Last Year: SMU defeated Nevada, 4-0 and Boise State 4-2, before losing to Rice 4-1 in the championship. The Mustangs won the WAC in 1998 and 2002.

 coming off losses to #1 Baylor and #42 TCU by identical 6-1 scores.  Beat #39 Rice 5-1, Lost to #1 Baylor 6-1, Beat #61 Colorado 5-2, Beat #35 Notre Dame 5-2, Lost to #47 Tulsa 4-3, Lost to #15 Oklahoma State 5-2, Lost to #19 Tulane 4-0, Lost to #22 California 6-1, Lost to #7 Pepperdine 6-1. 

McNaughton and Murgier beat the #4 doubles team in the country from Baylor. They are currently ranked 40th in the NCAA in doubles. 

#1  Senior Paul McNaughton 15-15, 17-12, 2-6 against Top 100 players. 

#2 Gwinyai Ching 7-18, 17-8.  A #1 player earlier in the year, but an 0-8 record against Top 100 players has sunk him to #2. 

#3  Sophomore Federico Murgier  11-10, 13-8.  0-2 vs. Top 100 players.

#4  Peter Oredsson, Jr. 22-11, 18-6, 1-2 against Top 100 players

#5 Henrik Soderberg, Jr. 8-12, 15-6

#6 David Kuczer , Fr. 16-7, 15-7  .

#48 Tulsa 14-11, 2-1

Will play Fresno State in the 1st round.

Last Year: Tulsa defeated Fresno State, 4-3 and lost to Rice in the semifinals, 4-1.

Beat #34 Louisville 4-1, Beat #61 Colorado 4-1, Lost to #39 Rice 5-2, Beat #41 SMU 4-3, Beat #65 Fresno State 4-2,  Lost 4-2 to #23 Texas A & M--Corpus Christi, Lost to #14 Texas A & M 7-0, Lost to #19 Tulane 5-2, Lost to #17 Wake Forest 5-2 .  Have played 7 matches against Top 50-ranked teams in last 8.  Barely lost to #15 Oklahoma State (4-3) in last match before the tournament .

#1--Achim Roth, Sr., has lost 8 matches in a row. 14-23, 19-16, 1-14 against Top 100 players.

#2--Aleksander Charpantidis, Jr.,   16-11 singles, 19-16 doubles, 0-2 against Top 100 players..  Member of the Polish Olympic team in 2004.

#3--Federico Soriano, So.,  17-16, 9-9

#4--Will Gray, Fr., 28-9, 9-11. Gray ranks 8th on the school's all-time list for singles wins in a season.

#5--Andy Connelly, Fr., 12-6, 22-11. Oklahoma High School Player of the Year.

#6--Diego Camacho, Jr., 20-11 in singles and 20-11 in doubles. has won 7 of his last 9.  Was on the Bolivian Olympic team in Sydney.

#65 Fresno State  10-10, 0-3

The Bulldogs will meet Tulsa in the 1st round.

Fresno State won the WAC in 1996 and 1999. They have also been the runners-up three times (1993, 1995 and 2001).

Lost to #30 Boise State 5-2, Lost to #31 San Diego 4-0, Lost to #25 Florida State 4-1, Lost to #48 Tulsa 4-2, Beat #43 Harvard 4-2, Lost to #7 Pepperdine 6-1, Lost to #27 Clemson 4-3, Lost to #10 Texas Tech 5-1, Lost to #39 Rice 4-3, Lost to #21 Stanford 5-2.  Fresno has lost 8 of their last 10 matches, with all of the losses being against Top 50 teams

#1--Jakub Cech, So, 13-10, 10-8, 2-7 against Top 100 players .

#2--Serqui Modoc, Jr.,  8-14, 11-9, 0-6 against Top 100 players.

#3--Charles Irie, So., 11-8, 8-11, 0-1 against Top 100 players.

#4--Andy Sinn, Sr. 14-9, 12-7, has won his last 4 matches including a victory over Boise State's Ikaika Jobe.

#5--Nicolas Mascheroni, Fr., 5-9, 6-8

#6--Sam Gibbs, Fr., 4-9, 12-6

Hawai'i 5-12, 0-0

Hawai'i plays 2nd seed Rice in the opening round.

Last year, Hawai'i lost to Boise State in the opening round, 4-0.

 Lost to #54 UNLV, #21 Stanford, #25 Florida State

#1--Dalibor Ptak, Sr. 7-15, 10-13, 0-8 against Top 100 players. 

#2--Bryon Weinberg, Jr., 13-11, 12-11, 1-1 against Top 100 players.

#3--Ryan Sceats, Jr., 15-4, 11-9, 1-2 against Top 100 players.  Has won 12 of his last 13 matches.

#4--Jarrod Diepraam, Sr., 3-11, 10-9

#5--Chad Faulk, So, 7-15, 10-12

#6--Derrick Lajola, So., 6-13, 7-15

Nevada 9-9, 0-0

Nevada will meet #3 seed SMU in its opening round match.

Last Year: Nevada lost in the opening round to SMU 4-0.

 7-0 loss to College of Santa Fe,

#1--Adam Jooste, Fr., 19-9, 11-12, 0-1 against Top 100 players. 5 wins in a row.

#2--Milos Popovic, Fr., 8-13, 11-12, 0-1 against Top 100 players.

#3--Brandon Sieh, So., 8-13, 8-12

#4--Rafal Stupka, Sr., 1-4, 2-4

#5--Eldar Dzhafarov, Fr., 10-11, 12-6

#6--Kensuke Watabe, 9-9, 2-4