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No. 8 Men's Tennis falls to Stanford, 4-1
03.10.2017 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns wrap Bay Area road trip on Saturday at No. 6 California.
PALO ALTO, Calif. - No. 8 Texas (13-4) picked up a straight-sets singles win from freshman Yuya Ito, but Stanford (8-3) posted a 4-1 win over the Longhorns Friday evening at the Cardinal's Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
Stanford won two of three matches in the doubles session to take the doubles point and a 1-0 lead. Texas freshman Christian Sigsgaard and sophomore Colin Markes teamed up to post a 7-6 win over Wilczynski and Sutter at third doubles, but the Cardinal claimed the second and first positions to win the point.
Ito evened the match for Texas with his 6-3, 6-4 win over Jack Barber at fourth singles. It marked his fifth victory over an ITA top-100 opponent this season. However, Stanford answered with straight-sets wins at the second, sixth and fifth positions to close out the 4-2 victory. The remaining matches were suspended, given Stanford had clinched the team win.
Texas closes out its final non-conference road trip of the season with another stiff challenge on Saturday at No. 6 California. First serve is set for 2 p.m. local time (4 p.m. CT) in Berkeley.
No. 41 Stanford 4, No. 8 Texas 1
Doubles – Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
1 Tom Fawcett/Goldberg (Stanford) def. George Goldhoff/Leonardo Telles (UT), 7-5
2 Sameer Kumar/Michael Genender (Stanford) def. Harrison Scott/Julian Zlobinsky (UT), 6-3
3 Christian Sigsgaard/Colin Markes (UT) def. David Wilczynski/Brandon Sutter (Stanford), 7-6
Singles – Order of Finish: 4, 2, 6, 5
1 No. 13 Tom Fawcett (Stanford) vs. No. 12 Christian Sigsgaard (UT), 4-6, 6-1, 4-1, susp.
2 Sameer Kumar (Stanford) def. George Goldhoff (UT), 7-5, 6-4
3 No. 70 Harrison Scott (UT) vs. No. 92 Michael Genender (Stanford), 7-5, 3-6, susp.
4 No. 34 Yuya Ito (UT) def. No. 89 Jack Barber (Stanford), 6-3, 6-4
5 David Wilczynski (Stanford) def. No. 108 Leonardo Telles (UT), 6-4, 6-3
6 Brandon Sutter (Stanford) def. Rodrigo Banzer (UT), 6-3, 6-4
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