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Washington WASH (3-4)
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Winner San Diego USD-M (4-1)
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San Diego USD-M
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 18 Men’s Tennis Rolls Past Washington

SAN DIEGO – The No. 18 San Diego men's tennis program (4-1, 0-0 WCC) roared to a third consecutive home victory, downing Washington (3-4, 0-0 PAC-12), 6-1 on Saturday afternoon at the Hogan Tennis Center.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Toreros quickly jumped on the Huskies from the beginning of the match, beginning in doubles.
  • Savriyan Danilov and Lambert Ruland cruised in their opener and Oliver Tarvet and Iiro Vasa were not far behind, to put San Diego up 1-0.
  • From there, the depth of the Toreros shined in singles, as the Toreros improved to 15-2 in dual matches at No. 4 to No. 6 singles.
  • Neo Niedner made his return to the starting lineup at No. 6 singles and delivered a sterling performance, cruising to a 6-0, 6-0 victory.
  • Stian Klaassen was close behind Niedner, rolling to a 6-2, 6-1 victory, to improve to 4-0 in singles this spring and increase the lead to 3-0.
  • While the remaining matches proved to be much closer, the Toreros still jumped out to first set leads in five of six matches.
  • Ruland would continue his strong afternoon by sealing the match with a 6-4 second set win.
  • The Toreros and Huskies would play out the remainder of the matches, with Tarvet and Sacchitt Sharrma adding wins down the stretch.
 
NEXT UP
  • The Toreros head out on the road to return to WCC play, facing San Francisco on Feb. 16 at 11 a.m.
 
RESULTS
#18 San Diego 6, Washington 1
Doubles
No. 1 – No. 21 Stian Klaassen/Sacchitt Sharrma (San Diego) vs. No. 10 Cesar Bouchelaghem/Dzianis Zharyn (Washington) – 5-5 (UF)
No. 2 – Oliver Tarvet/Iiro Vasa (San Diego) def. Nedim Suko/Ivan Sodan (Washington) – 6-4
No. 3 – Savriyan Danilov/Lambert Ruland (San Diego) def. Han-Chih Lin/Brett Pearson (Washington) – 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 2
 
Singles
No. 1 – No. 3 Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) def. Cesar Bouchelaghem (Washington) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 – Lambert Ruland (San Diego) def. Dzianis Zharyn (Washington) – 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 – Han-Chih Lin (Washington) def. No. 52 Iiro Vasa (San Diego) – 6-4, 7-6 (5)
No. 4 – Sacchitt Sharrma (San Diego) def. Nedim Suko (Washington) – 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 – Stian Klaassen (San Diego) def. Ivan Sodan (Washington) – 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 – Neo Niedner (San Diego) def. Brett Pearson (Washington) – 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 2, 1, 4, 3
 
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