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Third-seeded Hawaii Pacific needed just 2 hours, 5 minutes to dispatch 14th-seeded Southern New Hampshire 4-0 on Tuesday in the NCAA Division II men’s tennis championships in Altamonte Springs, Fla.

The Sharks (17-4) won the first doubles match at No. 2 as Lukas Bauer and Cheng-Chieh Wang won 6-1 over SNH’s (17-4) Miguel Marreiros and Fernando Torres. HPU would take the second doubles match and the first point of the duel as Benjamin Loccisano and Ondrej Ctverak took their contest at No. 3 with a 6-4 victory over Tiago Fernandes and Ricardo Marreiros. HPU’s pair of Valentin Masse and Maxime Gayte, ranked 17th, trailed in their match 5-3 against Willem van Biezen and Bas Van Biezen when play was called.

Singles play was dominated by the Sharks, as Masse, the 21st-ranked player, won his match at No. 1, 6-1, 6-2, to give HPU a 2-0 lead. The lead grew to 3-0 for HPU as Bauer was victorious at No. 6 with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph. Wang gave HPU the 4-0 match win at No. 4 singles with his 6-3, 6-2 victory. It marked the 14th time in school history the Sharks have advanced into the quarterfinal round.

Hawaii Pacific faces sixth seed Southwest Baptist today at 10 a.m.

>>Fellow PacWest member and fourth-seeded Hawaii Hilo won its round of 16 match on Tuesday 4-0 over 13th-seeded Bluefield State College. It marked the first sweet 16 win for the Vulcans (14-4).

UHH won the first two doubles matches to earn the first point. Alessandro Giuliato and Chun En Wu won 6-2 on Court 2 over Arthur Figuiere and Luke Busse while Vaclav Slezak and Martin Soukal were victorious on Court 1 by a 6-2 score against Giorgi Datashvili and Frederik Baumadsen.

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Giuliato, the 26th-ranked player, quickly gave UHH a 2-0 lead with his 6-1, 6-0 win at Court 2 over Baumadsen to improve to 14-0 in singles play on the year. The lead grew to 3-0 as Wu won 6-2, 7-5 against Thomas Schmieta. The match clincher came when 15th-ranked Slezak won 6-3, 6-4 over Figuiere.

Bluefield State finished the season 15-10.

Hawaii Hilo takes on No. 5 seed South Carolina-Aiken today at 10 a.m.