SAN FRANCISCO - The University of San Francisco men's tennis team is at the Olympic Club on Thursday, January 23 for a match against UC Davis.

"The Dons are looking forward to a great match against a tough UC Davis team," said head coach Pablo Pires de Almeida. "UC Davis is a well coached team with a fighting spirit and we always look forward to a battle."

LAST TIME OUT

The Dons faced Pepperdine over the weekend that resulted in a 2-4 loss. The doubles point was dropped by USF when doubles pair Johan Garpered and Mitch Johnson (2-6), and Phuc Huynh and Paul Giraud (3-6) fell on their courts. Because the point had already gone to the Wave, Nitzan Ricklis and Ori Maior's match went unfinished (4-4).

USF trailed 0-3 during singles when Garpered (4-6, 1-6) and Huynh (5-7, 6-2) dropped their matches. The Dons were finally on the board after wins from Maior (6-4, 6-2) and Ricklis (6-2, 5-7, 6-1), but the 4-2 victory went to the Waves when Giraud fell 4-6, 6-7 and Johnson's match went unfinished (4-6, 6-4, 5-2).

LAST TIME OUT VS. UC DAVIS

The Dons last faced the Aggies in the 2017-2018 season when USF was downed 2-4.

At first serve for doubles, USF had a win from former Dons Mert Zincirli and Johan Joenhagen winning their battle 6-2. Former Dons Ryan Marker and Paul Giraud lost their match and the doubles point went to UC Davis when former Dons Lucas Marinelli and Oliver Poysti fell on their court, 6-7.

In singles play, USF fell behind 0-3 when Giraud (4-6, 2-6) and Marinelli (4-6, 0-6) dropped their matches. The Dons had comeback wins from Poysti (6-4,6-4) and Zincirli (6-2, 7-5), but UC Davis took the last two matches and the Dons fell 2-4.

UP NEXT

First serve for Thursday's match is set for noon PT.

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