SAN FRANCISCO – The University of San Francisco men's tennis team came out of the gates strong to down the UC Davis Aggies, 5-2, at the Harbor Bay Club in Alameda, Calif., on Friday afternoon.
For the second straight match, the Dons secured the doubles point before following it up with three consecutive singles victories to seal the match.
Germain Bahri made quick work of UCD's Niranjan Ram at the No. 6 position, winning 6-4 and 6-0 before
Bernardo Saraiva and
Thai Tu nailed down the USF victory with singles triumphs of their own.
With the win, the Dons climbed back above .500 at 3-2 on the season while the Aggies fell to 4-4.
“It was a good solid performance again today,” said USF coach
Peter Bartlett. “These are the types of matches we feel really help our team grow and get confidence. Although it wasn't a perfect performance we got through the day. UC Davis put up a good fight but we were able to pull away when the match was on the line. We had solid performances from
Germain Bahri and
Bernardo Saraiva which helped our team get early momentum."
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DOUBLES:
1. Adam Levie / Toki Sherbakov (UC Davis) def.
William Schumacher /
Thai Tu (USF) 8-7(5)
2. Bernardo Saraiva /
Nils Skajaa (USF) def. Parker Kelley / Alec Haley (UC Davis) 8-4
3. Jonathon Knowlman /
Richard Bucalem (USF) def. Brett Bacharach / George Horowitz (UC Davis) 8-7(4)
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
SINGLES:
1. Thai Tu (USF) def. Toki Sherbakov (UC Davis) 6-2, 7-5
2. Kyle Miller (UC Davis) def.
William Schumacher (USF) 6-4, 6-2
3. Bernardo Saraiva (USF) def. Parker Kelley (UC Davis) 6-2, 6-4
4. Brett Bacharach (UC Davis) def.
Rich Van Hout (USF) 6-3, 6-7(3), (10-8)
5. Nils Skajaa (USF) def. George Horowitz (UC Davis) 7-6(4), 6-3
6. Germain Bahri (USF) def. Hugo Verdi-Fortin (UC Davis) 6-4, 6-1
Order of finish: 6, 3, 1, 2, 5, 4
FINAL SCORE: USF 5, UC Davis 2
