LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Opening up the team's 2023 spring season on a nice note, the USF Dons men's tennis team (1-0) picked up their first victory of the season on Thursday morning with a 4-1 victory over the UC San Diego Tritons. The Dons then wrapped up their day with an exhibition match against the Point Loma Lions that won't count for the team's standings. 

The Dons took care of business in their doubles matches winning two of three matches to earn the first of the day and then went on to win four of the five completed matches against the Tritons. Nil Giraldez, Stevie Gould and Moritz Hoffmann each picked up their first individual wins of the season. 
 
RESULTS:
Doubles:
(USF) Stevie Gould/Nil Giraldez def. (UCSD) D. Traxler/W. Lan (6-4)
(UCSD) P. Lan/P. Rodriguez def. (USF) Davide Cortimiglia/Nikola Kuraica (6-2)
(USF) Moritz Hoffmann/Johan Garpered def. (UCSD) D. Tinoco/E. Silberman (6-2)
Singles:
(USF) Nil Giraldez def. (UCSD) D. Traxler (6-1, 6-3)
(USF) Stevie Gould def. (UCSD) P. Lan (6-3, 4-6, 6-2)
(USF) Davide Cortimigila vs. (UCSD) D. Tinoco (6-3, 6-6, DNF)
(USF) Moritz Hoffmann def. (UCSD) J. Cole (6-2, 6-3)
(USF) Nikola Kuraica vs. (UCSD) P. Rodriguez (6-1, 4-6, 4-5, DNF)
(UCSD) C. Qian def. (USF) Johan Garpered (6-2, 6-3)

CATCHING UP WITH COACH SUNDLING:
"We love coming to San Diego to start the year. These matches tell us where we are currently at and what we need to work on. Both UCSD and PLNU are well coached and have stronger programs this year. We look forward to our match versus SDSU on Saturday." 

UP NEXT:
The Dons will continue their swing through San Diego the rest of the weekend as they will face the San Diego Aztecs on Saturday afternoon before competing in their first WCC match of the season against the San Diego Toreros on Sunday. 

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SPONSOR THE DONS:
The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our primary sponsor - Provident Credit Union - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.