University of San Francisco Athletics

FORT WORTH, Texas – The San Francisco men's tennis team put together its second-straight dominating match in Texas, downing Lamar 6-1 on the campus of TCU Sunday.

The Dons improve to 5-4 on the season and have reigned victorious in four of its last five matches. Lamar, in the midst of a nine-game road swing stands at 7-4 after the loss to the Dons.

The Dons opened the day taking the doubles point with wins at the Nos. 2 and 3 positions to open with the lead. Germain Bahri's 6-3, 6-2 win over Mikko Rajamaki extended the lead and James Tallman dominated Juuso Laitenen, 6-4, 6-0 to send the match to the brink.

Playing in the No. 6 position, Timothy Tan clinched the match victory with a straight-set win over Lamar's Trey Crysel. After Lamar picked up the point at the No. 2 position, Thomas Takemoto nabbed a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Jeandre Hoogenboezem before Bernardo Saraiva capped the day with a victory at No. 1 singles.

The junior from Lisbon, Portugal, battled Michael Feucht in the day's lone three-set match. Saraiva dropped the first set to Feucht before rebounding for the 4-6, 6-3, 10-3 victory to give USF the 6-1 win.

"Bernardo came up huge for us in his matches against TCU and Lamar," head coach Pablo Pires de Almeida said. "It's great to go 2-1 on this trip and gain some confidence as we get closer to conference play,"

After a week of rest, a road trip to Sacramento State on March 8 is next on the docket for the Dons.

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San Francisco 6, Lamar 1
Feb. 23 | Friedman Tennis Courts | Fort Worth, Texas

Singles | Order of finish: 4, 3, 6*, 2, 5, 1  
No. 1 – Bernardo Saraiva (USF) def. Michael Feucht (Lamar); 4-6, 6-3, 10-3
No. 2 – Nikita Lis (Lamar) def. Nils Skajaa (USF); 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 – James Tallman (USF) def. Juuso Laitinen (Lamar); 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 – Germain Bahri (USF) def. Mikko Rajamaki (Lamar); 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 – Thomas Takemoto (USF) def. Jeandre Hoogenboezem (Lamar); 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 – Timothy Tan (USF) def. Trey Crysel (Lamar); 6-4, 6-2

Doubles | Order of finish: unknown
No. 1 – Feucht/Laitinen (Lamar) def. Saraiva/Skajaa (USF); 8-6
No. 2 – Bahri/Brockstedt (USF) def Hoogenboezem/Rajamaki (Lamar); 8-4
No. 3 – Takemoto/Tan (USF) def Crysel/Lis (Lamar); 8-3