MTN | USF Drops Match on the Road - University of San Francisco Athletics

Friday, April 20

Malibu, Calif.

1:00 p.m.

University of San Francisco

Pepperdine

Photo by: Christina Leung

MTN | USF Drops Match on the Road

4/20/2018 7:17:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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MALIBU, Calif. -- The University of San Francisco men's tennis team faced Pepperdine at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center on Friday afternoon, and the Dons fell 0-4.

Doubles play started with each team getting a match point. Johan Joenhagen and Ryan Marker dropped their match 3-6, but Mert Zincirli and Oliver Poysti came back with a 6-2 win. It came down to Paul Giraud and Marco Barretto's match, but the point went to Pepperdine when the pair lost 3-6.

The Dons started singles with three dropped matches from Barretto (4-6, 1-6), Joenhagen (1-6, 6-3, 0-2) and Poysti (3-6, 3-6). Leading 4-0, the match clinched by Pepperdine and the rest of singles went unfinished.

COACHES CORNER
"This was the most disappointing loss in my history as being the coach of this program. The lack of players that played with discipline and took advantage of the occasion was astounding. My guys need to hold themselves accountable and respond with a better performance tomorrow." — Head coach Pablo Pires de Almeida.

Doubles (order of finish: 1,2,3)

Lautaro Pane and Dane Esses def. Joenhagen and Marker; 6-3
Zincirli and Poysti def. Brian Berdusco and Max Mendelsohn; 6-2
Dennis Uspensky and Scotland Garapedian def. Giraud and Barretto; 6-3

Singles (order of finish: 6,3,4)

Zincirli vs. Uspensky; 5-7, 2-3 (DNF)
Joenhagen vs. Esses; 6-1, 2-6, 2-0 (DNF)
Berdusco def. Marker; 6-4, 6-2
Pane def. Poysti; 6-3, 6-3
Giraud vs. Mendelsohn; 6-3, 4-6 (DNF)
Garapedian def. Barretto; 6-4, 6-1

UP NEXT
The Dons are in Los Angeles for a match against Loyola Marymount tomorrow, Saturday, Apr. 21. First serve is at 1 p.m. Follow the Dons on twitter @usfmenstennis.