SAN FRANCISCO – The University of San Francisco men's tennis team fell to the visiting Boise State Broncos by a score of 6-1 Saturday afternoon at the Cal Club, snapping USF's four-match winning streak and marking the third-straight win for the Broncos.
With the win, Boise State moves to 6-7 on the year, while the Dons fall to 5-3.
Senior
Thai Tu played a tightly contested match against No. 30-ranked Andrew Bettles, narrowly falling in the third set.
Sophomore
Bernardo Saraiva notched the lone point for USF on the day in addition to advancing to 7-0 in singles play on the spring.
“'We obviously played a quality opponent in Boise State, but we felt like we had opportunities to extend matches and the team didn't do a good job taking those opportunities and capitalizing on them,” said USF coach
Peter Bartlett. “Boise State made us pay, unfortunately. Today was a good lesson for our guys and it's something to continue to work on in practice and going forward.”
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DOUBLES:
1. Andrew Bettles / Nathan Sereke (BSU) def.
Thai Tu /
William Schumacher (USF) 8-6
2. Garrett Patton / Scott Sears (BSU) def.
Bernardo Saraiva /
Nils Skajaa (USF) 8-2
3. Toby Mitchell / Filipp Pogostkin (BSU) def.
Richard Bucalem /
Jonathon Knowlman (USF) 8-4
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
SINGLES:
1. #30 Andrew Bettles (BSU) def.
Thai Tu (USF) 7-6(6), 6-7(5), 10-6
2. Bernardo Saraiva (USF) def. Nathan Sereke (BSU) 6-0, 7-6(4)
3. Scott Sears (BSU) def.
William Schumacher (USF) 6-1, 3-0 ret.
4. Filipp Pogostkin (BSU) def.
Germain Bahri (USF) 6-1, 7-6(7)
5. Garrett Patton (BSU) def.
Nils Skajaa (USF) 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
6. Toby Mitchell (BSU) def.
Richard Bucalem (USF) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 6, 4, 2, 5, 1
FINAL SCORE: Boise State 6, USF 1
