San Francisco, Calif. - The Pacific men's tennis team picked up a 4-1 road win at San Francisco on Monday, March 11 at the California Tennis Club. The Tigers improved to 6-6 and 1-0 in West Coast Conference play, while USF dropped to 8-6 and 0-2 in WCC action.
"We started the day professional and ended professional," said Head Coach Ryan Redondo."There were some bumps in between but the guys responded well. We are never content, and will be ready for USD on Thursday."
Pacific won at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to take the doubles point. The Tigers then had singles wins from Sem Verbeek, Miguel Diaz and Denis Stolyarov to take the match.
The Tigers are next in action with a home match against San Diego on Thursday, March 13 at 1:30 p.m.
Pacific 4, San Francisco 1
Match Results:
Singles:
No. 1 – Bernardo Saraiva (USF) def. Daniel Alameh (Pacific); 7-5, 6-1
No. 2 – Sem Verbeek (Pacific) def. Nils Skajaa (USF); 7-5, 6-3
No. 3 – Miguel Diaz (Pacific) def. James Tallman (USF); 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 – Denis Stolyarov (Pacific) def. Thomas Takemoto (USF); 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 – Rich Van Hout vs. Ben Mirkin (Pacific); DNF
No. 6 – Germain Bahri (USF) vs. Alex Hamilton (Pacific); DNF
Doubles:
No. 1 – Alameh/Brand (Pacific) def. Saraiva/Skajaa (USF); 8-7(5)
No. 2 – Stolyarov/Verbeek (Pacific) def. Takemoto/Tallman (USF); 7-5
No. 3 – Diaz/Hamilton (Pacific) def. Brockstedt/Tan (USF); 8-2