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USC Men's Tennis Take Singles Semifinal Losses At ITA Southwest Regional Championships

Oct 26, 2021

MALIBU, CALIF. — Two days after winning it all on the doubles courts at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, USC juniors Stefan Dostanic and Samuel Rubell were back at it today in singles semifinals at the event in Malibu. Rain postponed yesterday's action to today, allowing this morning's semifinals to be played under clear skies.

Both Trojans were eyeing spots in the title match, but each had to get past a Pepperdine opponent playing on their own home courts. Dostanic started out strong against Andrew Rogers, but an injury in the second set forced the #68 Trojan to retire from the match. That left his doubles partner Rubell up against another Wave, Pietro Fellin. Rubell also got out ahead of his Pepperdine foe, but Fellin battled back to win it 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 to make it an all-Pepperdine singles final.

Next up for the Trojans is competition at the Southern California Intercollegiates, which will play out at USC's Marks Stadium later this week, running Oct. 28-31.

Complete USC results at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships are listed below.

2021 ITA SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Malibu, Calif.)
TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: https://pepperdinewaves.com/sports/2019/10/15/sports-w-tennis-spec-rel-ncaa-18-tournament-html.aspx

SINGLES
Round of 128 - Oct. 22
Samuel Rubell (USC) def. Eric Hadigian (PEP) - 6-2, 6-2
Paul Barretto (USC) def. Wyatt Anderson (GCU) - 6-2, 6-1
[4] #107 Bradley Frye (USC) - bye
[7] #119 Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) - bye
Peter Makk (USC) def. Blaine Hovenier (UCLA) - 6-0, 6-3
[3] #68 Stefan Dostanic (USC) - bye
Ryder Jackson (USC) - bye

Round of 64 - Oct. 22
Samuel Rubell (USC) def. Kai Brady (UCSB) - 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
[6] #118 Drew Baird (UCLA) def. Paul Barretto (USC) -  6-1, 7-5
[4] #107 Bradley Frye (USC) def. Judson Blair - 6-1, 6-3
[7] #119 Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) def. Ian Esses (LMU) - 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
Peter Makk (USC) def. Victor Castro  (SDSU) - 6-2, 6-1
[3] #68 Stefan Dostanic (USC) def. William Lan (UCSD) - 6-1, 6-3
Noah Berry (CP) def. Ryder Jackson (USC) - 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Round of 32 - Oct. 23
Samuel Rubell (USC) def. Johannes Seeman (SDSU) - 6-2,6-3
[4] #107 Bradley Frye (USC) def. Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) - 6-2, 6-2
[7] #119 Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) def. Karl Lee (UCLA) - 6-1,  4-6,  6-4
#117 Daniel De Jonge (PEP) def. Peter Makk (USC) - 6-2, 6-2
[3] #68 Stefan Dostanic (USC) def. Giacomo Revelli (UCLA) - 6-2, 6-2

Round of 16 - Oct. 23
Samuel Rubell (USC) def. [1] #32 Jonas Eriksson Ziverts (ARIZ) - 6-4, 6-4
[4] #107 Bradley Frye (USC) def. Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) - 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Pietro Fellin (PEP) def. [7] #119 Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) - 6-4, 6-4
[3] #68 Stefan Dostanic (USC) def. Colton Smith (ARIZ) - 6-4, 6-1

Quarterfinals - Oct. 24
Samuel Rubell (USC) def. Herman Hoeyeraal (ARIZ) - 6-3, 7-5
Pietro Fellin (PEP) def. [4] #107 Bradley Frye (USC) - 6-2, 6-7 (7) ,6-3
[3] #68 Stefan Dostanic (USC) def. Alexander Hoogmartens (UCLA) - 6-4, 6-4

Semifinals - Oct. 26
Pietro Fellin (PEP) def. Samuel Rubell (USC) - 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
Andrew Rogers (PEP) def. [3] #68 Stefan Dostanic (USC) - 1-6, 4-1 ret (inj.)

DOUBLES
Round of 64 - Oct. 22
[16] Barretto/Jackson (USC) def. Malbasic/Sakagawa (ARIZ) - 8-2
Devineni/Rodriguez (UCSD) vs. Holt/Weststrate (USC) - w/o
[3] Dostanic/Rubell (USC) - bye
[2] Frye/Makk (USC) - bye

Round of 32 - Oct. 22
[16] Barretto/Jackson (USC) def. Fonseca/Vardanyan (CP) - 8-5
[3] Dostanic/Rubell (USC) def. Di Giulio/Torlic (LMU) - 8-3
[2] Frye/Makk (USC) def. Middleton/Olsen (ARIZ) - 8-2

Round of 16 - Oct. 23
[16] Barretto/Jackson (USC) def. [1] #53 Coste/Roberto (UCI) - 8-2
[3] Dostanic/Rubell (USC) def. Norfeldt/Schaber (USD) - 8-7 (2)
[2] Frye/Makk (USC) def. Hadigian/Rico (PEP) - 8-2

Quarterfinals - Oct. 24
[16] Barretto/Jackson (USC) def. [5] Baird/Hoogmartens (UCLA) -  8-2
[3] Dostanic/Rubell (USC) def. Castro/Tyler (SDSU) - 8-6
[2] Frye/Makk (USC) def. Brady/Jordan  (UCSB) - 8-7(5)

Semifinals - Oct. 24
[3] Dostanic/Rubell (USC) def. [16] Barretto/Jackson (USC) - 6-1, 6-2
Revelli/Zahraj (UCLA) def. [2] Frye/Makk (USC) - 6-2, 2-0 ret. 

Championship - Oct. 24
[3] Dostanic/Rubell (USC) def. Revelli/Zahraj (UCLA) - 6-3, 6-4