LOS ANGELES - The University of San Francisco men's tennis team opened the weekend in Southern California with a match against Loyola Marymount today. After notching the doubles point, the Dons couldn't maintain control and ultimately fell 3-4.
"Overall, I am proud of the way the Dons fought in this match," said head coach
Pablo Pires de Almeida. "We have a standard physically and mentally that is going to make us better every match. Today, the LMU team stayed in match and we made too many errors. We need to fix some things up and we will be way better."
USF was off to a great start against LMU when it took the doubles point.
Johan Garpered and
David Woodland dropped their match 1-6, but
Nitzan Ricklis and Ori Maior came back with a 6-2 win on their court.
Paul Giraud and
Phuc Huynh clinched the doubles point with a nail biting 7-5 win.
LMU tied up the score 1-1 after Giraud dropped his match 1-6, 4-6 and the Lions took the lead when Maior fell 3-6, 3-6 on his court. The score was tied at 2-2 when
Mitch Johnson took down his opponent 0-6, 6-3, 6-2, but Huynh lost 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 on his court and LMU was back in the lead.Â
The Lions clinched the match after Garpered fell 2-6, 7-6, 2-6 and while Ricklis had a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win on his court, the Dons had fallen 3-4 to LMU.
RESULTS
Doubles (order of finish: 3,2,1)
1. Giraud and Huynh def. Diego Nava and Thien Nguyen; 7-5
2. Ricklis and Maior def. Mayo Keenan and Ethan Prost; 6-2
3. Max Kaiser and Ryan Brown def. Garpered and Woodland; 6-1
Singles (order of finish: 2,5,4,3,6,1)
1. Ricklis def. Keenan; 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
2. Nava def. Giraud; 6-1, 6-4
3. Lucas Moreno def. Huynh; 1-6, 6-5, 6-4
4. Johnson def. Kaiser; 0-6, 6-3, 6-2
5. Austin Giulio def. Maior; 6-3, 6-3
6. Prost def. Garpered; 6-2, 6-7, 6-2
UP NEXT
The Dons are back in action tomorrow (Jan. 19) in Malibu, Calif. for a match against Pepperdine at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center. First serve is slated for noon PT.
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