SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Competing in the third team meet in two days, the USF Dons men's tennis team picked up an impressive team victory as they knocked of the UC Davis Aggies 4-3 to pick up their seventh victory of the spring.
USF got off to a quick start with the doubles pairings of
Phuc Huynh and
Nitzan Ricklis as well as the duo of
Nikola Kuraica and
Stevie Gould each winning to get the Dons the team doubles point. San Francisco ended up needing that point as they split with the Aggies in singles as Huynh, Gould and
David Woodland each won their individual matches.
RESULTS:
Doubles:
(USF)
Phuc Huynh/
Nitzan Ricklis def. (UCD) Necz/Brinkman (6-4)
(UCD) Torres/Morgan def. (USF)
Mitch Johnson/
Nil Giraldez (6-0)
(USF)
Nikola Kuraica/
Stevie Gould def. (UCD) Hootman/Davis (7-5)
Singles:
(UCD) Torres def. (USF) Ricklis (6-4, 7-5)
(USF) Huynh def. (UCD) Necz (6-3, 6-2)
(UCD) Morgan def. (USF) Johnson (6-0, 6-2)
(USF) Gould def. (UCD) Brinkman (7-5, 6-1)
(UCD) Davis def. (USF) Kuraica (7-5, 3-6, 6-1)
(USF) Davic Woodland def. (USF) Hootman (3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5))
CATCHING UP WITH COACH SUNDLING:
"The Dons did a great job of bouncing back and sneaking out the win today versus Davis. We now have a little bit of a break before heading into the second half of our season. If we make the most of this time and learn from our mistakes we will be in good form heading into our next match."
UP NEXT:
USF now will take a week and a half away from competition as they now look ahead to facing the Stanford Cardinal on Tuesday, Mar. 22 at 2:30 p.m. in Palo Alto.
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