Sunday, March 7
Irvine, Calif.
11:00 AM
UC Irvine
5
vs
2
Weber State
'Eaters Defeat Weber State for Third-Straight Win
March 07, 2021 | Men's Tennis
Results
IRVINE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's tennis team extended its win streak to three after taking down Weber State, 5-2, Sunday at Anteater Tennis Stadium.
The 'Eaters (4-2) stuck with their same doubles lineup for the third-straight match, and it paid off as they came out with a clean sweep.
Jeremy Merville and Matthew Sah were first off the court with a 6-4 victory over Brendan Barr/Kris Van Wyk at No. 3. Mark Peneff and Thomas Smart then secured the doubles point with a 6-4 triumph over Bo-Han Li/Michiel Van Schoor at No. 2. Bjorn Hoffmann and Bruce Man-Son-Hing would finish off the dominant performance, upending Sebastian Buxman/Arthur Serafim, 7-6 (7-4), at the top of the lineup.
UCI carried the momentum into singles play, winning the first three matches to clinch the team victory before the Wildcats (2-4) got on the board.
Merville put the home team up, 2-0, after topping Serafim, 6-3, 2-0, ret. Sah also dispatched Li, 6-0, 6-3, at No. 4 before Hoffmann closed it out with an impressive 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 triumph against Van Wyk at No. 1. Sah and Hoffmann are both unbeaten in UC Irvine's last four outings.
The remaining courts finished out their matches with Jonathan Star adding a three-set (2-6, 6-4, 7-6) comeback win over Barr at the sixth position.
NOTES
• UC Irvine improved to 3-0 when claiming the doubles point.
• Those three wins have come with the same lineup in the last three matches.
• Bruce Man-Son-Hing is now tied for 20th in school history with 47 career dual-match doubles victories.
• Bjorn Hoffmann and Matthew Sah are tied for the team lead with each boasting a 5-1 singles record.
• Jonathan Star made his UCI debut in singles, and picked up his first career victory as an Anteater.
• Jeremy Merville improved to 9-3 in career dual-match singles at UC Irvine.
IRVINE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's tennis team extended its win streak to three after taking down Weber State, 5-2, Sunday at Anteater Tennis Stadium.
The 'Eaters (4-2) stuck with their same doubles lineup for the third-straight match, and it paid off as they came out with a clean sweep.
Jeremy Merville and Matthew Sah were first off the court with a 6-4 victory over Brendan Barr/Kris Van Wyk at No. 3. Mark Peneff and Thomas Smart then secured the doubles point with a 6-4 triumph over Bo-Han Li/Michiel Van Schoor at No. 2. Bjorn Hoffmann and Bruce Man-Son-Hing would finish off the dominant performance, upending Sebastian Buxman/Arthur Serafim, 7-6 (7-4), at the top of the lineup.
UCI carried the momentum into singles play, winning the first three matches to clinch the team victory before the Wildcats (2-4) got on the board.
Merville put the home team up, 2-0, after topping Serafim, 6-3, 2-0, ret. Sah also dispatched Li, 6-0, 6-3, at No. 4 before Hoffmann closed it out with an impressive 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 triumph against Van Wyk at No. 1. Sah and Hoffmann are both unbeaten in UC Irvine's last four outings.
The remaining courts finished out their matches with Jonathan Star adding a three-set (2-6, 6-4, 7-6) comeback win over Barr at the sixth position.
NOTES
• UC Irvine improved to 3-0 when claiming the doubles point.
• Those three wins have come with the same lineup in the last three matches.
• Bruce Man-Son-Hing is now tied for 20th in school history with 47 career dual-match doubles victories.
• Bjorn Hoffmann and Matthew Sah are tied for the team lead with each boasting a 5-1 singles record.
• Jonathan Star made his UCI debut in singles, and picked up his first career victory as an Anteater.
• Jeremy Merville improved to 9-3 in career dual-match singles at UC Irvine.
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