Men’s Tennis Tops Menlo, Falls to No. 18 San Diego

Thursday, February 15

Atherton, Calif.

12:00 pm

University of San Francisco

Menlo College

Photo by: Christina Leung

2/16/2024 6:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

By: Gabby Rizzo

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Shifting their schedule due to inclement weather in the area, the University of San Francisco men's tennis team (2-2) split their two matches once again this week.

Adding the match late to their schedule due to inclement weather over the weekend, the Dons first defeated Menlo College (1-1), 7-0, on Thursday Feb. 15 to earn their second win of the young season. On Friday, Feb. 16, the green and gold squared off against their first West Coast Conference opponent of the season, No. 18 San Diego (5-1), as USF fell to the Toreros by a final of 4-0.

RESULTS VS. MENLO COLLEGE:
Doubles:

Davide Cortimiglia/Giovanni Branchetti (USF) def. David Mulas Zelenskaya/Asger IIdor (MEN) 6-4
Nikola Kuraica/Moritz Hoffmann (USF) def. Robin McalpineRuben /Russwurm (MEN) 7-5
Asaf Friedler/Roman Lafond (USF) def. Emmanuel Azam/Tanguy Calicis (MEN) 7-5

Singles:

Moritz Hoffmann (USF) def. Saar Rogovski (MEN) 6-4, 6-0
Nikola Kuraica (USF) def. David Mulas Zelenskaya (MEN) 6-4, 6-4
Giovanni Branchetti (USF) def. Robin Mcalpine (MEN) 6-3, 6-1
Paul Theate (USF) def. Asger IIdor (MEN) 6-0, 7-6
Asaf Friedler (USF) def. Ruben Russwurm (MEN) 6-1, 6-1
Roman Lafond (USF) def. Afrasiab Zand (MEN) 6-1, 6-0

Order of Finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2) Singles (6, 5, 1, 3, 4, 2)

RESULTS VS. #18 SAN DIEGO:
Doubles:

Oliver Tarvet/Iiro Vasa (USD) def. Davide Cortimiglia/Giovanni Branchetti (USF) 6-2
Nikola Kuraica/Moritz Hoffmann (USF) def. Savriyan Danilov/Lambert Ruland (USD) 6-3
Stian Klassen/Christian Kuehne (USD) def. Asaf Friedler/Roman Lafond (USF) 7-6

Singles:

Oliver Tarvet (USD) def. Moritz Hoffmann (USF) 6-1, 6-3
Lambert Ruland (USD) def. Nikola Kuraica (USF) 6-1, 6-0
Giovanni Branchetti (USF) vs. Iiro Vasa (USD) 3-6, 2-5 UF
Savriyan Danilov (USD) def. Paul Theate (USF) 6-2, 6-2
Asaf Friedler (USF) vs. Stian Klassen (USD) 6-4, 5-2
Roman Lafond (USF) vs. Neo Niedner (USD) 1-6, 3-4 UF

Order of Finish: Doubles (1, 2, 3) Singles (2, 1, 4)

UP NEXT:
San Francisco will be back in action next Saturday, Feb. 24 at 1:00 pm against San Diego State at Goldman Tennis Center in San Francisco.

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