BERKELEY / PALO ALTO, Calif. - Facing two Bay Area teams away from home today, the University of San Francisco Dons men's tennis team (1-6) battled hard but couldn't get a win in either of their matches today. The Dons first competed against the Cal Golden Bears (6-2) this morning at 10:30 a.m. and fell short with a final score of 5-1 from only playing singles matches. Shortly after they traveled to take on the Stanford Cardinal (8-4) at 3:00 p.m. and finished with a final score of 4-0. The lone scorer for USF in today's matches was Stevie Gould who was able to collect an individual win in his singles game against Cal.
RESULTS VS. BERKELEY:
Singles:
Kikuchi (CAL) def. Nil Giraldez (USF), 6-2, 6-2
Stevie Gould (USF) def. Overbeck (CAL), 5-7, 6-4, 2-1
Banthia (CAL) def. Moritz Hoffmann (USF), 6-4, 6-4
Chen (CAL) def. Nikola Kuraica (USF), 6-2, 7-6
Hjorth (CAL) def. Davide Cortimiglia (USF), 6-4, 6-0
Magnaudet (CAL) def. Johan Garpered (USF), 6-2, 7-6
Order of Finish: (1, 5, 3, 4, 2, 6)
RESULTS VS. STANFORD:
Doubles:
Basavareddy/Fery (STAN) def. Johan Garpered/ Nil Giraldez (USF), 6-0
Banerjee/Kolasinski (STAN) def. Moritz Hoffman/ Nikola Kuraica (USF), 6-1
Basing/Chaudhary (STAN) vs. Davide Cortimiglia/ Stevie Gould (USF), 5-2 (DNF)
Singles:
Fery (STAN) vs. Nil Giraldez (USF), 6-2, 4-6 (DNF)
Basing (STAN) vs. Stevie Gould (USF), 7-6 (7) (DNF)
Banerjee (STAN) def. Moritz Hoffman (USF), 6-4, 6-2
Chaudhary (STAN) vs. Nikola Kuraica (USF), 7-5, 3-3 (DNF)
Rajesh (STAN) def. Davide Cortimiglia (USF), 6-0, 6-1
Gorelik (STAN) def. Johan Garpered (USF), 6-2, 6-0
Order of Finish: Doubles: (1, 2) Singles: (5, 6, 3)
UP NEXT:
The Dons will play Sacramento State on March 10, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. for the Sac State Tournament that weekend at the Sacramento State Tennis Courts.
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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.
