SAN DIEGO – The University of San Diego men's tennis team hosted the Hagedorn Hidden Dual at the Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center over the weekend. The event honored former USD head coach Tom Hagedorn, who passed away in 2009 after an 18-month battle with leukemia at the age of 43.
Freshman
Oliver Tarvet went 3-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles, including wins over Michigan's #48 Bickersteth and Arizona's #46 Strom.
Stian Klaassen and
Blake Kasday also went 3-0 in singles play.
"It was a great weekend for our entire team to experience what a spring dual match really feels like," said head coach
Ryan Keckley. "We had some of the most intense teams in the nation on our courts competing for every point. It's difficult to simulate that kind of environment in a practice setting, so to see what it takes to be successful against this level is a great step in the right direction for this young program. We will build off of the past weekend's successes and failures and get back to work these week."
HOW IT HAPPENED
Friday
Singles
#42 Fenty (UM) defeats
Iiro Vasa (USD): 6-2, 6-2
#75 Young (UM) defeats #116
Sacchitt Sharrma (USD): 6-3, 6-3
Oliver Tarvet (USD) defeats #48 Bickersteth (UM): 6-1, 6-4
Marvin Schaber (USD) defeats Cooksey (UM): 7-5, 6-4
Swenson (UM) defeats
Neo Niedner (USD): 6-4, 6-3
Hanchaikal (UM) defeats
Lambert Ruland (USD): 6-1, 6-3
Stian Klaassen (USD) defeats Steiglehuel (UM): 6-3, 6-1
Blake Kasday (USD) defeats Oral (UM): 6-4, 6-2
Christian Kuehne (USD) defeats Padgham (AZ): 6-4, 6-2
Horwood (AZ) defeats
Nikhil Niranjan (USD): 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
Fenty/Swenson (UM) defeats Vasa/Sharrma (USD): 6-4
Young/Cooksey (UM) defeats Klaassen/Ruland (USD): 6-4
Kasday/Schaber (USD) defeats Steiglehuel/Bickersteth (UM): 6-2
Oral/Hanchaikal (UM) defeats Niedner/Tarvet (USD): 6-3
Saturday
Singles
Iiro Vasa (USD) defeated #86 Colton Smith (AZ): 6-1, 6-2
Lagaev (AZ) defeated #116
Sacchitt Sharrma (USD): 6-1, 6-3
Oliver Tarvet (USD) defeated #46 Strom (AZ): 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
Neo Niedner (USD) defeated Friend (AZ): 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
#77 Hoeyeraal (AZ) defeated
Marvin Schaber (USD): 6-3, 6-2
Lambert Ruland (USD) defeated Padgham (AZ): 6-4, 6-3
Stian Klaassen (USD) defeated Horwood (AZ): 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
Blake Kasday (USD) defeated Sakagawa (AZ): 6-4, 6-4
Rolland (AZ) defeated
Nikhil Niranjan (USD): 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
#13 Ziverts/Hoeyeraal (AZ) defeated Sharrma/Vasa (USD): 6-3
Tarvet/Ruland (USD) defeated Smith/Horwood (AZ): 6-2
Lagaev/Friend (AZ) defeated Kasday/Schaber (USD): 6-3
Padgham/Sakagawa (AZ) defeated Niedner/Klaassen (USD): 7-6
Sunday
Singles
Iiro Vasa (USD) defeated Seeman (SDSU): 1-6, 7-5, 7-6
Oliver Tarvet (USD) defeated Koshis (ASU): 6-4, 6-3
Cigna (ASU) defeated
Neo Niedner (USD): 7-6, 6-4
Bullard (ASU) defeated #116
Sacchitt Sharrma (USD): 7-5, 7-6, 6-4
Lambert Ruland (USD) defeated Mandma (SDSU): 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Marvin Schaber (USD) defeated Brachman (ASU): 6-3, 6-4
Blake Kasday (USD) defeated Wilson (ASU): 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Stian Klaassen (USD) defeated Sato (SDSU): 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
Padgham (AZ) defeated
Nikhil Niranjan (USD): 6-2, 7-6
Doubles
Vasa/Sharrma (USD) defeated Mandma/Seeman (SDSU): 6-3
Ruland/Tarvet (USD) defeated Bullard/Koshis (ASU): 7-6
Kasday/Klaassen (USD) defeated Wilson/Cigna (ASU): 7-5
UP NEXT
USD will head to the ITA Southwest Regional Championships in Malibu from Thursday, October 20 to Monday, October 24.