SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- After being out of action for over three weeks, the USF Dons' men's tennis program was back in action competing at the 2021 UCSB Classic over the weekend. The tournament was a great opportunity for the Dons to get some work in against quality competition ahead of the upcoming regional tournament this week.

Johan Garpered had a strong weekend in singles and doubles competition playing alongside Nitzan Ricklis. Sunday was a day that the Dons' really flexed their muscles winning five of the six matches the team competed in highlighted by David Woodland and Stevie Gould's victory in doubles.

RESULTS:
Day 1:
Garpered/Ricklis def. (UNM) Samaha/Prieto (8-1)
Gould/Woodland def. (CAL) Wright/Chang (8-6)
(PEP) Luque def. Ricklis (6-2, 6-7, 6-4)
(CAL) Gampel def. Gould (6-1, 5-7, 6-3)
(SMC) Recow def. Woodland (6-3, 6-4)
Garpered def. (CPU) Crookston (6-4, 6-1)

Day 2:
Ricklis/Garpered def. Vedri/Masjuan (8-4)
Gould/Woodland def. Matta/Stratkos (8-3)
(UNM) Prieto def. Garpered (6-3, 6-1)
(CPU) Delisle def. Garpered (6-3, 6-4)
Gould def. (BYU) Jakovilic (6-4, 6-1)
(UCSB) Vedri def. Gould (6-4, 7-5)
Woodland def. (CAL) Wright (6-0, 6-2)
Woodland def. (LMU) Bellamy (7-5, 2-6, 7-5)
(UCLA) Lee def. Ricklis (6-3, 6-1)
Ricklis def. (UCSB) Tsorotiotis (1-6, 6-4, 6-1)

Day 3:
(UCSB) Brunkow/Tsorotiotis def. Garpered/Ricklis (8-4)
Garpered def. Castillo (6-4, 6-4)
Gould/Woodland def. (SMC) Rincon/Ramos
Woodland def. (UCSB) Williams (6-4, 6-2)
Gould def. (CPU) Westrate (6-1, 6-1)
Ricklis def. (UNM) Abdulsalam (6-2, 7-6)

CATCHING UP WITH COACH SUNDLING:
"We look to take what we learned from this tournament and apply that to regionals which starts in a few days. The Dons have played a good amount of matches recently and are clear as to what they need to in order to be successful on court." 

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