USC, Arizona State set to compete in 2021 Pac-12 Men's Tennis Championship
No. 5 ARIZONA STATE 4 v. No. 1 STANFORD 3
Fifth-seeded ARIZONA STATE made history at yesterday’s Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Championship by making the finals for the first time ever following a semifinals win over one-seed and four time tournament champion, Stanford (4-3). After falling to the Cardinal in doubles, the Sun Devils were able to make a comeback in singles to clinch the match. Victories by Christian Lerby over Neel Rajesh (6-0 7-5), Tim Ruehl over Alexandre Rotsaert (7-5, 6-4) and Nathan Ponwith at the No. 1 spot over Axel Geller 7-5, 6-4 set up the final point needed. WIth the match tied 3-3, ASU Freshman Max Mckennon won an epic three-setter over Timothy Sah (6-2, 4-6, 7-6), saving match points in the final set tiebreaker, to lead the Sun Devils to the final round of the Pac-12 Championship final for the first time in program history.
No. 3 USC 4 v. No. 2 ARIZONA 1
Third-seeded USC took out two-seeded ARIZONA in yesterday’s Pac-12 Tennis semifinal round 4-1. The Trojans took the doubles point as Daniel Cukierman/Riley Smith took down the Wildcat’s Hassey/Ziverts (6-3). Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye also took home a win for USC, taking down Arizona’s Malbasic/Reguant (6-4). Daniel Cukierman defeated Arizona’s Gustaf Strom in a speedy match (6-1, 6-2). Arizona’s Carlos Hassey beat USC's Jake Sands (6-1, 7-6) to make the score 2-1.However Stefan Dostanic responded with a win over Filip Malbasic (4-6, 6-3, 6-4), to put USC back in a comfortable lead. Bradley Frye clinched the match for the Trojans with a 5-7, 7-3, 6-4 over Arizona’s Alejandro Ruguant. This will be the eighth Pac-12 final for the Trojans as they seek to take their fifth title for the Pac-12 Men’s tennis championships.
Men’s Semifinal
No. 5 ARIZONA STATE 4 v. No. 1 STANFORD 3
DOUBLES:
- Tim Ruehl/Makey Rakotomalala, ARIZONA STATE v. Axel Geller/Filip Kopczynski, STANFORD - 3-6
- Nathan Ponwith/Max McKennon, ARIZONA STATE def. Timothy Sah/Tristan Boyer, STANFORD - 5-3 unf.
- Christian Lerby/George Stoupe, ARIZONA STATE v. Arthur Fery/Alexandre Rotsaert, STANFORD - 2-6
Order of finish: 3,1
SINGLES:
- Nathan Ponwith, ARIZONA STATE def. Axel Geller, STANFORD - 7-5, 6-4
- Makey Rakotomalala, ARIZONA STATE v. Arthur Fery, STANFORD - 3-6, 5-7
- Tim Ruehl, ARIZONA STATE def. Alexandre Rotsaert, STANFORD - 7-5, 6-4
- George Stoupe, ARIZONA STATE v. Tristan Boyer, STANFORD - 1-6, 1-6
- Max McKennon, ARIZONA STATE def. Timothy Sah, STANFORD - 6-2, 4-6, 7-6
- Christian Lerby, ARIZONA STATE def. Neel Rajesh, STANFORD - 6-0 7-5
Order of finish: 6,3,1,5
No. 3 USC 4 v. No. 2 ARIZONA 1
DOUBLES:
- Daniel Cukierman/Riley Smith, USC def. Jonas Ziverts/Carlos Hassey, ARIZONA - 6-3
- Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye, USC def. Alejandro Reguant/Filip Malbasic, ARIZONA - 7-4
- Sean Holt/Jake Sands, USC v. Nick Lagaev/Gustaf Strom, ARIZONA - 4-3 unf.
Order of finish: 1,2
SINGLES:
- Daniel Cukierman, USC def. Gustaf Strom, ARIZONA - 6-1, 6-2
- Riley Smith, USC v. Jonas Ziverts, ARIZONA - 6-7, 6-2, 2-5 unf.
- Stefan Dostanic, USC def. Filip Malbasic, ARIZONA - 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Bradley Frye, USC def. Alejandro Reguant, ARIZONA - 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Lodewijk Weststrate, USC v. Herman Hoeyeraal, ARIZONA - 7-6, 4-6, 3-2 unf.
- Jake Sands, USC v. Hassey, ARIZONA - 1-6, 6-7
Order of finish: 1,3,4
Consolation Round
No. 4 UCLA 4 v. No 8 WASHINGTON 1
- Drew Baird/ Govind Nanda, UCLA v. Alexis Alvarez/Jack Davis, WASHINGTON - 2-6
- Bryce Pereira/Patrick Zahraj, UCLA v. Thibault Cancel/Clement Chidekh, WASHINGTON - 3-6
- Matt Tsolakyan / Roscoe Bellamy, UCLA def. Jack Pulliam/Adam Torocsik, WASHINGTON - 6-3
Order of finish: 1,3,2
SINGLES:
- Govind Nanda, UCLA v. Clement Chidekh (WASH) 2-6, 7-6 (7-1), 4-1,
- Drew Baird, UCLA v. Ewen Lumsden, WASHINGTON - 6-4, 2-6, 3-3, unf.
- Ben Goldberg, UCLA def. Jack Davis, WASHINGTON - 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
- Sam Feit, UCLA def. Han-Chih Lin, WASHINGTON - 6-0, 6-2
- Matthew Tsolakyan, UCLA def. Adam Torocsik, WASHINGTON 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
- Roscoe Bellamy, UCLA def. Jack Pulliam, WASHINGTON - 6-0, 6-2
Order of finish: 6,4,5,3
No. 6 Oregon 4 v. No. 7 Utah 3
DOUBLES:
- Joshua Charlton/Quinn Vandecasteele OREGON def. Francisco Bastias/Slava Shainyan, UTAH - 7-5
- Emmanuel Coste/Jesper Klov-Nilsson, OREGON v. Franco Capalbo/Luis Flores, UTAH - 4-6
- Brandon Lam/ Ryoma Matsushita, OREGON def. Geronimo Busleiman/Mathias Gavelin, UTAH - 6-4
Order of finish: 3,1
SINGLES:
- Emmanuel Coste, OREGON def. Franco Capalbo, UTAH - 1-6, 6-0, 6-2
- Joshua Charlton, OREGON v. Geronimo Busleiman, UTAH 3-6, 6-7
- Quinn Vandecasteele, OREGON v. Francisco Bastias, UTAH -2-6, 3-6
- Jesper Klov-Nilsson, OREGON def. Mathias Gavelin, UTAH - 6-2, 6-4
- Brandon Lam, OREGON v. Bruno Krenn, UTAH - 5-7, 0-6
- Luke Vandecasteele, OREGON def. Rian Ta, UTAH - 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish: 6,5,4,1