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SMU SMU (13-7)
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Winner San Diego USD-M (14-2)
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San Diego USD-M
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 12 Men’s Tennis Rides Doubles Point to 4-1 Win over No. 45 SMU

SAN DIEGO – The No. 12 San Diego men's tennis program (14-2, 1-0 WCC) jumped out ahead in doubles and never looked back, downing No. 45 SMU (13-7, 2-0 AAC) 4-1 on Monday afternoon at the Hogan Tennis Center.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • In the non-conference finale that was moved back one day to avoid rain, the Toreros came out of the extra-day looking fresh.
  • Stian Klaassen and Oliver Tarvet secured the first break in the opening game of the match, while Sacchitt Sharrma and Iiro Vasa followed suit shortly thereafter.
  • After Sharrma and Vasa tied the match at 3-3, they notched the last three games to jump ahead and put San Diego in front, 1-0.
  • The Mustangs rallied in singles, getting out to early breaks on courts three and two, but the Toreros quickly answered.
  • Klaassen rolled to a 6-1 win in his opening set, while Tarvet was close behind with his own 6-1 decision.
  • The Toreros found themselves up a set in five of the six singles matches, as Lambert Ruland won a marathon tiebreaker over his top-100 opponent to secure the last one.
  • Klaassen would secure the first singles match and Savriyan Danilov pulled away from his opponent to make it 3-0.
  • While the Mustangs secured their first point on court three, Tarvet rallied from 5-3 down in the second set to win 7-5 and clinch the match.
 
NEXT UP
  • The Toreros will stay home to continue the WCC title chase, hosting #39 Pepperdine on Saturday at 12 p.m., at the Hogan Tennis Center.
 
RESULTS
#12 San Diego 4, #45 SMU 1
Doubles
No. 1 – Sacchitt Sharrma/Iiro Vasa (San Diego) def. #59 Huntley Allen/Adam Neff (SMU) – 6-3
No. 2 – Stian Klaassen/Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) def. Louis Cloud/Trevor Svajda (SMU) – 6-3
No. 3 – Savriyan Danilov/Lambert Ruland (San Diego) vs. Maks Silagy/Julian Steinhausen (SMU) – 3-5 (UF)
Order of Finish: 2, 1
 
Singles
No. 1 – No. 7 Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) def. #37 Trevor Svajda (SMU) – 6-1, 7-5
No. 2 – Lambert Ruland (San Diego) vs. #89 Adam Neff (SMU) – 7-6 (6), 5-2 (UF)
No. 3 – Eric Hadigian (SMU) def. No. 100 Iiro Vasa (San Diego) – 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 – Savriyan Danilov (San Diego) def. Maks Silagy (SMU) – 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 – Stian Klaassen (San Diego) def. Julian Steinhausen (SMU) – 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 – Neo Niedner (San Diego) vs. Jerry Barton (SMU) – 6-3, 5-5 (UF)
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 3, 1
 
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