MANOA, Hawaii – The San Francisco men's tennis team was overpowered by the 18th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys, 7-0, Monday in a neutral court match at Hawaii Tennis Center.
After the loss, the Dons stand at 8-7 on the year. OSU moves to 16-2 on the season and the Cowboys are riding a five-match streak without conceding a point to its opponents. OSU marks the second top-20 team and the fifth ranked opponent the Dons have dealt with in the dual match season.
Germain Bahri, playing from the No. 4 singles position, extended his match to three sets against OSU's Lucas Gerch. After falling behind 6-0 in the match, Bahri, a senior from Gosselies, Belgium, knotted the match after pulling out a 7-6 second-set victory. Gerch went on to finish the third 6-2 to keep OSU's clean sheet intact as Bahri has yet to take a three-set victory on the season.
Bernardo Saraiva battled No. 72 Jakob Sude from the top singles spot before falling 6-4, 6-4, and freshman
Timothy Tan thretened OSU's Chris Haworth before succumbing 7-5, 6-4 to stand and USF's closest opportunities for points against the Cowboys.
USF continues its trip to the island state of Hawaii, facing off with the Rainbows Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT, kicking off a four-match road swing to close out the month of March.
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No. 18 Oklahoma State 7, San Francisco 0
March 17 | Manoa, Hawaii | Hawaii Tennis Center
Singles |
Order of finish: unknown
No. 1 – #72 Jakob Sude (OSU) def.
Bernardo Saraiva (USF); 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 – Sebastian Sachs (OSU) def.
Nils Skajaa  (USF); 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 – Brady Bohrnstedt (OSU) def.
Christian Brockstedt (USF); 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 – Lucas Gerch (OSU) def.
Germain Bahri (USF); 6-0, 6-7, 6-1
No. 5 – Chris Haworth (OSU) def.
Timothy Tan (USF); 7-5, 6-4
No. 6 – Nicolai Ferrigno (OSU) def.
Johan Samuelsson (USF); 6-1, 6-0
Doubles |
Order of finish: unknown
No. 1 – Saraiva/Skajaa (USF) vs. Kadhe/Sude (OSU); DNF
No. 2 – Gerch/Sachs (OSU) def. Bahri/Tan (USF); 8-2
No. 3 – Bohrnstedt/Haworth (OSU) def. Takemoto/Tallman (USF); 8-1
