Stockton, Calif. - The Pacific men's tennis team dropped a 4-3 decision to San Diego on Thursday, March 13 at the Hal Nelson Tennis Courts. The Tigers dropped to 6-7 and 1-1 in West Coast Conference play, while USD improved to 7-4 and 3-0 in WCC action.

"We really had opportunities all day but USD fought hard today," said Head Coach Ryan Redondo. "It's another lesson to learn which should help us down the road."

After Pacific dropped the doubles point, the Tigers then received singles wins from Denis Stolyarov, Miguel Diaz and Alex Hamilton.

The Tigers are next in action with a home match against Idaho on Monday, March 17 at 2:00 p.m.

San Diego 4, Pacific 3
Match Results:

Singles:

No. 1 – Clarke Spinosa (USD) def. Sem Verbeek (Pacific) 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 – Uros Petronijevic (USD) def. Daniel Alameh (Pacific) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 – Denis Stolyarov (Pacific) def. Romain Kalaydijan (USD) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
No. 4 – Miguel Diaz (Pacific) def. Filip Vittek (USD) 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 – Geoffrey Fosso (USD) def. Ben Mirkin (Pacific) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
No. 6 – Alex Hamilton (Pacific) def. Aaron Addison (USD) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles:
No. 1 – Clarke Spinosa/Filip Vittek (USD) def. Alameh/Brand (Pacific) 8-3
No. 2 – Stolyarov/Verbeek (Pacific) def. Romain Kalaydijan/Uros Petronijevic (USD) 8-4
No. 3 – Ciaran Fitzgerald/Andrew Raphaelson (USD) def. Diaz/Hamilton (Pacific) 8-6