March 28, 2015 Complete Results
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The No. 21 University of San Diego men's tennis team (13-4, 3-0 WCC) continued their undefeated mark against conference competition Saturday afternoon at the San Diego Tennis & Racquet Club. After a tight doubles point, the Toreros' comfortably took care of singles to defeat the No. 55 San Francisco Dons 4-0.
The Dons' James Tallman and Christan Brockstedt came out the gate with high intensity, picking up the first set of the day against juniors Uros Petronijevic and Romain Kalaydjian. The Toreros answered as 41st-ranked junior Jordan Angus and sophomore Filip Vittek took down San Francisco's Nils Skajaa and Bernardo Saraiva 6-1. The pair post an impressive record of 9-3 for the dual season. With the doubles point up for grabs, senior Ciaran Fitzgerald and sophomore Geoffrey Fosso came through for the Toreros. The duo narrowly ousted Dons' Thomas Takemoto and Vasco Valverde 7-5.
After the exciting clinch, the Toreros carried that momentum into singles. Alexandros Araouzos got the squad on the board in singles, knocking off Dons' Christian Brocksedt 6-4, 6-1 at the No. 6 spot. Today's victory was Araouzos' first-career conference win. Angus extended the Toreros' lead to three, getting his sixth-straight singles victory and defeating James Tallman 6-4, 6-4.
Fitzgerald would secure the match for San Diego, cruising past Dons' Vasco Valverde 6-4, 6-3 at the No. 5 spot. Fitzgerald continued to stay undefeated in conference competition in both singles and doubles play.
"Great to get this win today," head coach Brett Masi expressed. "I think we could have done better with our intensity today, but nonetheless the guys did a great job adjusting to a different facility. I wanted them to get out of their comfort zone of our home courts and they handled it well against a solid team. Conference competition can always be tough. So, tomorrow we have to be ready to play Santa Clara and stay strong for the rest of league play."
The Toreros return to action on their home courts against Santa Clara, tomorrow, March 29th at 2:30 p.m. -- PT.
#21 San Diego (13-4, 3-0 WCC) vs. #55 San Francisco (9-6, 2-2 WCC)
March 28, 2015
San Diego Tennis & Racquet Club
San Diego, Calif.
Final Results
San Diego 4 def. San Francisco 0
Singles Competition
- #46 Uros Petronijevic (USD) vs. Bernardo Saraiva (USF) unfinished
- #57 Filip Vittek (USD) vs. Nils Skajaa (USF) unfinished
- Jordan Angus (USD) def. James Tallman (USF) 6-4, 6-4
- Romain Kalaydjian (USD) vs. Thomas Takemoto (USF) unfinished
- Ciaran Fitzgerald (USD) def. Vasco Valverde (USF) 6-4, 6-3
- Alexandros Araouzos (USD) def. Christian Brockstedt (USF) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles Competition
- #41 Jordan Angus/Filip Vittek (USD) def. Nils Skajaa/Bernardo Saraiva (USF) 6-1
- James Tallman/Christian Brockstedt (USF) def. Uros Petronijevic/Romain Kalaydjian (USD) 6-0
- Ciaran Fitzgerald/Geoffrey Fosso (USD) def. Thomas Takemoto/Vasco Valverde (USF) 7-5
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 1, 3*) Singles (6, 3, 5*)
*Clinched the match