Saturday, March 11
Irvine, Calif.
2:00 PM
UC Irvine
4
vs
2
Utah State
Photo by: Matt Brown
UC Irvine Takes Down Utah State for Third-Straight Win
March 11, 2023 | Men's Tennis
IRVINE, Calif. - After dropping the doubles point, UC Irvine came storming back in singles for a 4-2 victory over Utah State Saturday at Anteater Tennis Stadium.
The 'Eaters extended their win streak to three matches and improved to 4-6 on the season.
In doubles action, Matthew Sah and Lawee Sherif fell behind 2-0 to Stijn Paardekooper/Nuno Pinherio at No. 2. The UCI duo won the next two to pull even and a back-and-forth battle ensued before Sah/Sherif took the last three games for the 6-4 victory.
The Aggies tied it up on court one with David Cierny/Bodin Zarkovic handing Brandon Park and Noah Zamora their first loss of the year. Park/Zamora fought back from a 4-1 deficit to knot the score but was unable to close it out in a 6-4 defeat. The Anteaters had won six in a row prior to today's match.
The doubles point then came down to the third position where Jack Ninteman/Roko Savin edged Ali Amiri and Thomas Smart in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (5).
In singles, Enrique Luque Rico made quick work of Cierny, 6-0, 6-1, at the top of the lineup. Amiri followed with an impressive 6-4, 6-0 victory over Pinherio to give the home team the lead.
Rithvik Krishna made it a 3-1 advantage with another straight-set win at No. 4. Krishna came from behind in the second frame to upend Savin, 6-2, 7-5.
Utah State (5-9) stayed alive with a hard-fought victory at No. 2 before Smart clinched the match at the sixth spot where he outlasted Javier Ruiz, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.
UC Irvine is scheduled to wrap up a season-long five-match homestand on Wednesday, March 15, against the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
The 'Eaters extended their win streak to three matches and improved to 4-6 on the season.
In doubles action, Matthew Sah and Lawee Sherif fell behind 2-0 to Stijn Paardekooper/Nuno Pinherio at No. 2. The UCI duo won the next two to pull even and a back-and-forth battle ensued before Sah/Sherif took the last three games for the 6-4 victory.
The Aggies tied it up on court one with David Cierny/Bodin Zarkovic handing Brandon Park and Noah Zamora their first loss of the year. Park/Zamora fought back from a 4-1 deficit to knot the score but was unable to close it out in a 6-4 defeat. The Anteaters had won six in a row prior to today's match.
The doubles point then came down to the third position where Jack Ninteman/Roko Savin edged Ali Amiri and Thomas Smart in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (5).
In singles, Enrique Luque Rico made quick work of Cierny, 6-0, 6-1, at the top of the lineup. Amiri followed with an impressive 6-4, 6-0 victory over Pinherio to give the home team the lead.
Rithvik Krishna made it a 3-1 advantage with another straight-set win at No. 4. Krishna came from behind in the second frame to upend Savin, 6-2, 7-5.
Utah State (5-9) stayed alive with a hard-fought victory at No. 2 before Smart clinched the match at the sixth spot where he outlasted Javier Ruiz, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.
UC Irvine is scheduled to wrap up a season-long five-match homestand on Wednesday, March 15, against the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
David Cierny / 0 [USU]
01
66
#2 Singles Match
12
Bodin Zarkovic / 0 [USU]
76
53
#3 Singles Match
1234
Stijn Paardekooper / 0 [USU]
6230
462UF
#4 Singles Match
12
Roko Savin / 0 [USU]
25
67
#5 Singles Match
12
Nuno Pinheiro / 0 [USU]
40
66
#6 Singles Match
123
Javier Ruiz / 0 [USU]
362
616
Order of Finish:
1,5,4,2,6
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