SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.- The Pacific men's tennis team maintained its two month active winning streak after defeating San Francisco 4-3 on the road for its first conference win of the season.
The Tigers pulled off the comeback over the Dons after San Francisco clinched the doubles point to start the afternoon. Senior
Peter Alam got the Tigers on the board after a 6-4, 6-2 win over Paul Theate. Alam improved to 7-0 in singles on the season and 3-0 playing from court two.
San Francisco struck back on courts one and four to take the 3-1 edge, but the Tigers dug in deep and muscled back on the final three courts to clinch the win. Senior
Andre Rodeia was the next Tiger to strike, chipping away at USF's lead after defeating Roman Lafond 7-5, 7(8)-6(6) on court six.
Sophomore
Terence Das bounced back into the win column after his match went to three sets. He took down Giovanni Branchetti 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on court three to tie the match 3-3. Das moved to 9-1 on the year and 4-0 when playing from court three.
Senior
Ran Amar iced the match after battling Davide Cortimiglia on court five. Cortimigilia grabbed the first set 7(7)-6(1), but Amar pushed back by capturing the final two sets 6-2, 6-4 to win the match for the Tigers. He improved to 8-1 on the season, while extending his single match winning streak to seven.
Pacific returns from its weekend away for two home matches. The Tigers host UC Riverside on Thursday, March 28 at noon at the Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center before ending the week with a home match against LMU.
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