Saturday, January 27
Los Angeles, CA
2:00 PM
USC
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Championship Match: USC vs. UC Santa Barbara
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No. 5 USC Men Lock Up Another Winning ITA Kick-Off Weekend
January 27, 2018 | Men's Tennis, Features
Trojans top UC Santa Barbara 6-1 to secure a 10th straight trip to ITA National Indoors.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — The No. 5 USC men's tennis team punched a 10th straight ticket to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships with a strong 6-1 win over visiting UC Santa Barbara in ITA Kick-Off Weekend competition at Marks Stadium today. For the second straight match, USC freshman Daniel Cukierman came through with the singles clincher to secure victory for his Trojan team. USC is now 3-0 overall on the year with this winning effort on its home courts.
USC first made a power move to a 1-0 lead with doubles wins on courts one and two. Top guns Brandon Holt and Riley Smith recorded their first win of the new season with a 6-3 decision over UC Santa Barbara's Holm/Moreno de Alboran. Soon after, Jack Jaede and Laurens Verboven continued their winning ways, claiming an eighth straight victory while taking the Trojans to a 1-0 lead with a 6-4 victory on court two over Gauchos Freund/Rotheram.
In singles play, USC's Logan Smith sprinted to a 6-1, 6-4 win on court three over Anders Holm to give USC a lift to a 2-0 lead. As matches tightened up on other courts, Thibault Forget worked up a 3-0 advantage for the Trojans with his 6-2, 6-4 finish over UCSB's Hironori Koyanagi on court six. The Gauchos would fire back with a win on court five, however, ensuring that the match would rage on as Victor Krustev managed a 6-3, 7-5 (3) win over Jake DeVine at the No. 5 spot. That left three-setters going on the remaining courts. On court two, however, USC freshman Daniel Cukierman would recover from a first-set slip to roar to a 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 comeback that clinched the match for USC with his victory over Simon Freund on court two. So, too, would Laurens Verboven finish off a comeback effort on court five, as just moments later he claimed a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Joseph Huillin on court four to make it 5-1 Trojans. The match on court one would play on, and USC's Brandon Holt would shrug off a second set tiebreaker loss to wrap the day's action with a 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-4 win over UCSB's Nicolas Moreno de Alboran that made it a 6-1 final in USC's favor.
Earlier in the day, Indiana claimed a 4-0 win over SMU in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend consolation match at Marks Stadium. Full scores from that match are below.
The Trojans' next action takes them to Palo Alto next week for a faceoff against Stanford at 3 p.m. on Friday (Feb. 2).
ITA Kick-Off Weekend (Marks Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif.)
Championship Match
#5 USC 6, UC Santa Barbara 1
Jan. 27, 2018 | Marks Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
DOUBLES
(1) #6 Holt/R. Smith (USC) def. Holm/Moreno de Alboran (UCSB) — 6-3
(2) Jaede/Verboven (USC) def. Freund/Rotheram (UCSB) — 6-4
(3) Cukierman/T. Smith (USC) vs. Guillen/Krustev (UCSB) — 5-5 susp.
USC wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 1, 2
SINGLES
(1) #11 Brandon Holt (USC) def. Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (UCSB) — 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-4
(2) Daniel Cukierman (USC) def. Simon Freund (UCSB) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-0*
(3) #54 Logan Smith (USC) def. Anders Holm (UCSB) — 6-1, 6-4
(4) Laurens Verboven (USC) def. Joseph Guillin (UCSB) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
(5) Victor Krustev (UCSB) def. Jake DeVine (USC) — 6-3, 7-6(3)
(6) #96 Thibault Forget (USC) def. Hironori Koyanagi (UCSB) — 6-2, 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 6, 5, 2*, 4, 1
Consolation Match
Indiana 4, SMU 0
Jan. 27, 2018 | Marks Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
DOUBLES
(1) Vaise/Vrbsky (SMU) vs. Manji/Tabrizi (IU) — 4-3 susp.
(2) Cembellin/Salgado (IU) def. Nettlefold/Rosales (SMU) — 6-4
(3) Ahmadi/Crane (IU) def. Fabregas/Perotti (SMU) — 6-1
IU wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 3, 2
SINGLES
(1) #125 Raheel Manji (IU) vs. Jan-Simon Vrbsky (SMU) — 6-3, 1-3 susp.
(2) Antonio Cembellin (IU) def. Tomas Vaise (SMU) — 6-0, 6-2
(3) Keivon Tabrizi (IU) vs. Charles Nettlefold (SMU) — 6-3, 5-0 susp.
(4) Bennett Crane (IU) def. Eladio Fabregas (SMU) — 6-1 ret.
(5) Brandon Lam (IU) vs. Roberto Rosales (SMU) — 6-1, 4-4 susp
(6) Zac Brodney (IU) def. Gardiner Perotti (SMU) — 6-2, 6-1*
Order of finish: 4, 2, 6*
USC first made a power move to a 1-0 lead with doubles wins on courts one and two. Top guns Brandon Holt and Riley Smith recorded their first win of the new season with a 6-3 decision over UC Santa Barbara's Holm/Moreno de Alboran. Soon after, Jack Jaede and Laurens Verboven continued their winning ways, claiming an eighth straight victory while taking the Trojans to a 1-0 lead with a 6-4 victory on court two over Gauchos Freund/Rotheram.
In singles play, USC's Logan Smith sprinted to a 6-1, 6-4 win on court three over Anders Holm to give USC a lift to a 2-0 lead. As matches tightened up on other courts, Thibault Forget worked up a 3-0 advantage for the Trojans with his 6-2, 6-4 finish over UCSB's Hironori Koyanagi on court six. The Gauchos would fire back with a win on court five, however, ensuring that the match would rage on as Victor Krustev managed a 6-3, 7-5 (3) win over Jake DeVine at the No. 5 spot. That left three-setters going on the remaining courts. On court two, however, USC freshman Daniel Cukierman would recover from a first-set slip to roar to a 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 comeback that clinched the match for USC with his victory over Simon Freund on court two. So, too, would Laurens Verboven finish off a comeback effort on court five, as just moments later he claimed a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Joseph Huillin on court four to make it 5-1 Trojans. The match on court one would play on, and USC's Brandon Holt would shrug off a second set tiebreaker loss to wrap the day's action with a 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-4 win over UCSB's Nicolas Moreno de Alboran that made it a 6-1 final in USC's favor.
Earlier in the day, Indiana claimed a 4-0 win over SMU in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend consolation match at Marks Stadium. Full scores from that match are below.
The Trojans' next action takes them to Palo Alto next week for a faceoff against Stanford at 3 p.m. on Friday (Feb. 2).
ITA Kick-Off Weekend (Marks Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif.)
Championship Match
#5 USC 6, UC Santa Barbara 1
Jan. 27, 2018 | Marks Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
DOUBLES
(1) #6 Holt/R. Smith (USC) def. Holm/Moreno de Alboran (UCSB) — 6-3
(2) Jaede/Verboven (USC) def. Freund/Rotheram (UCSB) — 6-4
(3) Cukierman/T. Smith (USC) vs. Guillen/Krustev (UCSB) — 5-5 susp.
USC wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 1, 2
SINGLES
(1) #11 Brandon Holt (USC) def. Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (UCSB) — 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-4
(2) Daniel Cukierman (USC) def. Simon Freund (UCSB) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-0*
(3) #54 Logan Smith (USC) def. Anders Holm (UCSB) — 6-1, 6-4
(4) Laurens Verboven (USC) def. Joseph Guillin (UCSB) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
(5) Victor Krustev (UCSB) def. Jake DeVine (USC) — 6-3, 7-6(3)
(6) #96 Thibault Forget (USC) def. Hironori Koyanagi (UCSB) — 6-2, 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 6, 5, 2*, 4, 1
Consolation Match
Indiana 4, SMU 0
Jan. 27, 2018 | Marks Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
DOUBLES
(1) Vaise/Vrbsky (SMU) vs. Manji/Tabrizi (IU) — 4-3 susp.
(2) Cembellin/Salgado (IU) def. Nettlefold/Rosales (SMU) — 6-4
(3) Ahmadi/Crane (IU) def. Fabregas/Perotti (SMU) — 6-1
IU wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 3, 2
SINGLES
(1) #125 Raheel Manji (IU) vs. Jan-Simon Vrbsky (SMU) — 6-3, 1-3 susp.
(2) Antonio Cembellin (IU) def. Tomas Vaise (SMU) — 6-0, 6-2
(3) Keivon Tabrizi (IU) vs. Charles Nettlefold (SMU) — 6-3, 5-0 susp.
(4) Bennett Crane (IU) def. Eladio Fabregas (SMU) — 6-1 ret.
(5) Brandon Lam (IU) vs. Roberto Rosales (SMU) — 6-1, 4-4 susp
(6) Zac Brodney (IU) def. Gardiner Perotti (SMU) — 6-2, 6-1*
Order of finish: 4, 2, 6*
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