OGDEN, Utah – The University of San Francisco men's tennis team earned a split on its Utah road trip, besting the Weber State Wildcats, 5-2, Saturday afternoon at the Ogden Athletic Club.
For the second time in as many days, the Dons took the doubles point behind wins from
Nils Skajaa /
Bernardo Saraiva and
Germain Bahri /
Thai Tu.
Freshman
Bernardo Saraiva advanced his undefeated streak to double digits, posting his 10
th singles victory of the spring.
The Dons (7-4, 0-1 WCC) have already surpassed last season's win total of five, marking the best record since the 2010-11 campaign, in which USF finished 11-11.
"We had a good match today and rebounded from our defeat the day before,” said USF coach
Peter Bartlett. “The were focused and ready to play today and it was important for us to pick up a road win with four home matches coming up.”
USF returns home to try to snap the Tulane Waves' (10-4, 2-1 C-USA) six-match winning streak on Wednesday, March 27 at 11 a.m. at the Olympic Club.
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DOUBLES:
1. Bernardo Saraiva /
Nils Skajaa (USF) def. Oliver Good / Caio Poitena (WSU) 8-4
2. Todd Fought / Sanjay Goswami (WSU) def.
Jonathon Knowlman /
Richard Bucalem (USF) 8-4
3. Thai Tu /
Germain Bahri (USF) def. Jakub Gewert / Ryan Garner (WSU) 8-4
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES:
1. Thai Tu (USF) def. Jakub Gewert (WSU) 6-0, 6-2
2. Bernardo Saraiva (USF) def. Todd Fought (WSU) 6-4, 7-5
3. Oliver Good (WSU) def.
William Schumacher (USF) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
4. Caio Poitena (WSU) def.
Rich Van Hout (USF) 6-3, 6-3
5. Nils Skajaa (USF) def. Sanjay Goswami (WSU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
6. Richard Bucalem (USF) def. Ryan Garner (WSU) 6-4, 6-2
Order of finish: 4, 1, 2, 5, 6, 3
FINAL SCORE: USF 5, Weber State 2
