Friday, February 23
San Francisco
1:00 p.m.
University of San Francisco
3
vs
4
UC Irvine
Photo by: Stephanie Trapp
MTN | USF Drops First Home Match to UC Irvine
2/23/2018 10:54:00 PM | Men's Tennis
SAN FRANCISCO -- The University of men's tennis team faced UC Irvine in its first home match of the season at the Cal Club on Friday afternoon. In a close match, the Dons fell 3-4 to the Anteaters.
"It was a tough loss," said head coach Pablo Pires de Almeida. "Everything looked good [at one point], but then UC Irvine came back and fought hard. [The Anteaters] were able to convert on deuce points in all positions and did a better job than [the Dons] on the close moments. It was a good battle, but we ended up losing."
The Dons opened the match strong securing the doubles point. After Paul Giraud and Oliver Poysti fell in their double match 2-6, Mert Zincirli and Johan Joenhagen came back with a 6-3 win. Lucas Marinelli and Ryan Marker sealed the deal with a 6-4 win to give the Dons the lead.
In singles, USF got a quick 6-2, 6-3 win from Giraud. Marco Barretto (6-3, 6-4) and Zincirli (6-4, 7-5) fell in their matches, making it an even score of 2-2 for both teams. The Dons fell behind when Marker dropped his match in the third set
4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Poysti came back for his team with a 6-3, 7-6 tiebreaker win, but Joenhagen finished his match with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 loss for the Dons.
Doubles (order of finish: 2,1,3)
Singles (order of finish: 5,6,1,4,3,2)
UP NEXT
The Dons are on the road starting Saturday, Mar. 3-4 in Albuquerque, N.M. for the Mountain Pacific Invitational.
"It was a tough loss," said head coach Pablo Pires de Almeida. "Everything looked good [at one point], but then UC Irvine came back and fought hard. [The Anteaters] were able to convert on deuce points in all positions and did a better job than [the Dons] on the close moments. It was a good battle, but we ended up losing."
The Dons opened the match strong securing the doubles point. After Paul Giraud and Oliver Poysti fell in their double match 2-6, Mert Zincirli and Johan Joenhagen came back with a 6-3 win. Lucas Marinelli and Ryan Marker sealed the deal with a 6-4 win to give the Dons the lead.
In singles, USF got a quick 6-2, 6-3 win from Giraud. Marco Barretto (6-3, 6-4) and Zincirli (6-4, 7-5) fell in their matches, making it an even score of 2-2 for both teams. The Dons fell behind when Marker dropped his match in the third set
4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Poysti came back for his team with a 6-3, 7-6 tiebreaker win, but Joenhagen finished his match with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 loss for the Dons.
Doubles (order of finish: 2,1,3)
- Zincirli and Joenhagen def. Luca Marquard and Mason Hansen; 6-3
- Daniel Gealer and Luis Lopez def. Giraud and Poysti; 6-2
- Marinelli and Marker def. Vatsal Bajpai and Bruce Man-Son-Hing; 6-4
Singles (order of finish: 5,6,1,4,3,2)
- Lopez def. Zincirli; 6-4, 7-5
- Marquard def. Joenhagen; 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
- Poysti def. Sasha Krasnov; 6-3, 7-6
- Bajpai def. Marker; 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Giraud def. Gealer; 6-2, 6-3
- Man-Son-Hing def. Marco Barretto; 6-3, 6-4
UP NEXT
The Dons are on the road starting Saturday, Mar. 3-4 in Albuquerque, N.M. for the Mountain Pacific Invitational.
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