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University of the Pacific

Liam Sendoff
Timothy Thymes
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Winner University of San Diego USD-M
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Pacific PAC
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University of San Diego USD-M
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Pacific PAC

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Zachary Karbach

Tigers Take Conference Leading Toreros Down to the Wire

STOCKTON, Calif. – Facing the number one team in the conference and coming off a win against BYU, the Tigers were prepared for San Diego. In a close game throughout, the two teams battled to the final match, with the Toreros taking the 4-3 win. 

Prior to the match, the Tiger's lone senior, Liam Puttergill, was honored by the team. Puttergill joined the team this season, and the team gave him a proper send-off before the match. 

The Tigers struck first, as Ran Amar and Brandon Park won their singles match 6-3. Peter Alam and Manroop Saini, Aleska Mardjonovic, and Puttergill fell 6-4 to give San Diego the 1-0 lead heading into singles. 

Saini quickly tied the match up in singles, winning (6-2, 6-1). Alam and Mardjonovic were defeated in their matchups as San Diego took a 3-1 lead. \

Park kept the Tigers alive with a (6-4, 7-5) win to bring the Tigers one closer. The final two matches went three sets as Amar and Puttergill were battling to help the Tigers complete the comeback. Amar won his matchup first, coming back after losing the first set (4-6, 7-6, 6-4). With the final match being the deciding match, both teams were cheering on the final two players. Puttergill lost the first set 6-2, came back and won the second set 7-5 to set up the final game. Puttergill won three games but could not finish the match off, losing 6-3 and giving the Toreros the win. 

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