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No. 3 USC Men Maneuver To 6-1 Win At No. 11 Stanford
January 31, 2020 | Men's Tennis, Features
Senior captain Brandon Holt comes through with the clincher on court one.
STANFORD, CALIF. — The No. 3 USC men's tennis team gathered up a good road win today, turning a once-tied affair into a 6-1 victory over No. 11 host Stanford. The nonconference win improves the Trojans to 3-0 on the year. After the Cardinal had it tied, USC rattled off three straight-set wins, capped by a clincher from #25 Brandon Holt, to lock in on the Trojan victory.
USC captured a tight doubles point thanks to wins on courts three and two sandwiching a loss on court one. Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye teamed up to success at the No. 3 spot in beating Stanford's Kopczynski/Rotsaert 6-2 for an early leg up. The Cardinal struck back with a 6-4, win from Geller/Rajesh over USC's Daniel Cukierman and Riley Smith, only to see the Trojans secure the opening point on Mor Bulis and Brandon Holt's 6-4 on court two over Sah/Sridhar.
Down 1-0, Stanford eked out the first point of singles action when Neel Rajesh topped USC freshman Stefan Dostanic 6-4, 6-1 on court five. That snarled things up 1-1, but USC had two Trojans chomping at their bits to snag the next point for their team. While the court two battle between #1 Daniel Cukierman and #18 Alex Rotsaert stretched into a third set, freshman Ryder Jackson tallied that go-ahead win for USC. Match point had eluded the freshman the first time, but a game later he'd hold his ground and hold serve to beat Filip Kolasinski 6-3, 6-2 on court six. On court four, #9 Mor Bulis also had match point slip away early on, but the sophomore dug in and delivered a 6-3, 6-4 win over Timothy Sah to take the Trojans ahead 3-1 with USC leading on the remaining three courts. Back in the lineup after a short stint on the injured list, USC's #25 senior Brandon Holt notched the clincher from court one, taking down Axel Geller 7-5, 6-2 to ensure the road win for the Trojans.
The match played on, and Cukierman closed in next to complete a three-set win on court two over #18 Rotsaert -- 6-0, 5-7, 6-3. Topping off the day's action was #26 Riley Smith on court three, where he hauled in two tiebreakers to claim a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) win over #54 Sangeet Sridhar and make it a 6-1 USC decision.
USC now heads to Berkeley to clash with No. 15 California in a 1 p.m. match tomorrow (Feb. 1).
#3 USC 6, #11 Stanford 1
Jan. 31, 2020 | Stanford, Calif.
DOUBLES
(1) Geller/Rajesh (STAN) def. Cukierman/R. Smith (USC) - 6-4
(2) Bulis/Holt (USC) def. Sah/Sridhar (STAN) - 6-4
(3) Dostanic/Frye (USC) def. Kopczynski/Rotsaert (STAN) - 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
USC wins doubles point.
SINGLES
(1) #25 Brandon Holt (USC) def. Axel Geller (STAN) - 7-5, 6-2*
(2) #1 Daniel Cukierman (USC) def. #18 Alex Rotsaert (STAN) - 6-0, 5-7, 6-3
(3) #26 Riley Smith (USC) def. #54 Sangeet Sridhar (STAN) - 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
(4) #9 Mor Bulis (USC) def. Timothy Sah (STAN) - 6-3, 6-4
(5) Neel Rajesh (STAN) def. #37 Stefan Dostanic (USC) - 6-4, 6-1
(6) #64 Ryder Jackson (USC) def. Filip Kolasinski (STAN) - 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 5, 6, 4, 1*, 2, 3
USC captured a tight doubles point thanks to wins on courts three and two sandwiching a loss on court one. Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye teamed up to success at the No. 3 spot in beating Stanford's Kopczynski/Rotsaert 6-2 for an early leg up. The Cardinal struck back with a 6-4, win from Geller/Rajesh over USC's Daniel Cukierman and Riley Smith, only to see the Trojans secure the opening point on Mor Bulis and Brandon Holt's 6-4 on court two over Sah/Sridhar.
Down 1-0, Stanford eked out the first point of singles action when Neel Rajesh topped USC freshman Stefan Dostanic 6-4, 6-1 on court five. That snarled things up 1-1, but USC had two Trojans chomping at their bits to snag the next point for their team. While the court two battle between #1 Daniel Cukierman and #18 Alex Rotsaert stretched into a third set, freshman Ryder Jackson tallied that go-ahead win for USC. Match point had eluded the freshman the first time, but a game later he'd hold his ground and hold serve to beat Filip Kolasinski 6-3, 6-2 on court six. On court four, #9 Mor Bulis also had match point slip away early on, but the sophomore dug in and delivered a 6-3, 6-4 win over Timothy Sah to take the Trojans ahead 3-1 with USC leading on the remaining three courts. Back in the lineup after a short stint on the injured list, USC's #25 senior Brandon Holt notched the clincher from court one, taking down Axel Geller 7-5, 6-2 to ensure the road win for the Trojans.
The match played on, and Cukierman closed in next to complete a three-set win on court two over #18 Rotsaert -- 6-0, 5-7, 6-3. Topping off the day's action was #26 Riley Smith on court three, where he hauled in two tiebreakers to claim a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) win over #54 Sangeet Sridhar and make it a 6-1 USC decision.
USC now heads to Berkeley to clash with No. 15 California in a 1 p.m. match tomorrow (Feb. 1).
#3 USC 6, #11 Stanford 1
Jan. 31, 2020 | Stanford, Calif.
DOUBLES
(1) Geller/Rajesh (STAN) def. Cukierman/R. Smith (USC) - 6-4
(2) Bulis/Holt (USC) def. Sah/Sridhar (STAN) - 6-4
(3) Dostanic/Frye (USC) def. Kopczynski/Rotsaert (STAN) - 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
USC wins doubles point.
SINGLES
(1) #25 Brandon Holt (USC) def. Axel Geller (STAN) - 7-5, 6-2*
(2) #1 Daniel Cukierman (USC) def. #18 Alex Rotsaert (STAN) - 6-0, 5-7, 6-3
(3) #26 Riley Smith (USC) def. #54 Sangeet Sridhar (STAN) - 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
(4) #9 Mor Bulis (USC) def. Timothy Sah (STAN) - 6-3, 6-4
(5) Neel Rajesh (STAN) def. #37 Stefan Dostanic (USC) - 6-4, 6-1
(6) #64 Ryder Jackson (USC) def. Filip Kolasinski (STAN) - 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 5, 6, 4, 1*, 2, 3
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