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Men’s Tennis Drops Close Matches Against San Diego State and UC Davis

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The University of San Francisco men's tennis team (2-4) continued their home stand at Goldman Tennis Center this past weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 24, the Dons competed against San Diego State (7-1) but ultimately fell to the Aztecs by a final score of 4-3. Two days later, USF fell to UC Davis (5-5), 4-2, on Monday, Feb. 26.
 
On Saturday against the Aztecs, San Francisco started strong earning the doubles point. In the singles category, five matches went into a third set to determine a winner. Notably, Moritz Hoffmann took both his doubles match and singles match to add to his individual record. Against the Aggies, Asaf Friedler had a solid performance, as he won both his doubles match with Roman Lafond in addition to taking his singles match.  
 
RESULTS VS. SAN DIEGO STATE
Doubles:
  1. Robin Parts/Alexander Mandma (SDSU) def. Davide Cortimiglia/Giovanni Branchetti (USF) 6-2
  2. Nikola Kuraica/Moritz Hoffmann (USF) def. Johannes Seeman/Chikaya Sato (SDSU) 6-4
  3. Asaf Friedler/Roman Lafond (USF) def. Eugenio Gonzalez/Bora Sengul (SDSU) 6-4
Singles:
  1. Moritz Hoffmann (USF) def. Bora Sengul (SDSU) 6-4, 6-4,
  2. Johannes Seeman (SDSU) def. Nikola Kuraica (USF) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
  3. Paul Theate (USF) def. Chikaya Sato (SDSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
  4. Eugenio Gonzalez (SDSU) def. Giovanni Branchetti (USF) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
  5. Robin Parts (SDSU) def. Asaf Friedler (USF) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
  6. Alexander Mandma (SDSU) def. Roman Lafond (USF) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,3,2) Singles (1, 2, 5, 2, 6, 4)
 
RESULTS VS. UC DAVIS
Doubles:
  1. Lucas Bollinger/Max Fardanesh (UCD) def. Davide Cortimiglia/Giovanni Branchetti (USF) 6-3
  2. Ivan Savkin/Ryan Torres (UCD) def. Nikola Kuraica/Moritz Hoffmann (USF) 6-4
  3. Asaf Friedler/Roman Lafond (USF) def. Brett Brinkman/Antreas Djakouris (UCD) 6-1  
Singles:
  1. Constantinos Djakouris (UCD) def. Moritz Hoffmann (USF) 6-4, 6-4
  2. Ryan Torres (UCD) def. Paul Theate (USF) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
  3. Nikola Kuraica (USF) vs. Antreas Djakouris (UCD) 5-7, 7-6 UF
  4. Giovanni Branchetti (USF) def. Sam De Vries (UCD) 6-1, 6-4
  5. Asaf Friedler (USF) def. Max Fardanesh (UCD) 6-4, 6-4
  6. Lucas Bollinger (UCD) def. Roman Lafond (UCD) 7-5, 7-5 
Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 1, 2) Singles (4, 5, 1, 6, 2)

UP NEXT:
San Francisco is back in action this Friday, March 1 at 11:00am as they continue their home stand at Goldman Tennis Center against Cal Poly.

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Players Mentioned

Nikola Kuraica

Nikola Kuraica

Sophomore
Davide Cortimiglia

Davide Cortimiglia

Graduate Student
Paul Theate

Paul Theate

Graduate Student
Asaf Friedler

Asaf Friedler

Freshman
Giovanni Branchetti

Giovanni Branchetti

Sophomore
Moritz Hoffmann

Moritz Hoffmann

Senior
Roman Lafond

Roman Lafond

Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Nikola Kuraica

Nikola Kuraica

Sophomore
Davide Cortimiglia

Davide Cortimiglia

Graduate Student
Paul Theate

Paul Theate

Graduate Student
Asaf Friedler

Asaf Friedler

Freshman
Giovanni Branchetti

Giovanni Branchetti

Sophomore
Moritz Hoffmann

Moritz Hoffmann

Senior
Roman Lafond

Roman Lafond

Graduate Student