POMONA (3-24) – The Banana Slugs opened their spring break road trip as they took on Division III #14 Pomona-Pitzer in Pomona. The Banana Slugs won one singles match but lost the dual match 8-1.
In their last match, the Banana Slugs lost 7-0 to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on March 4th in San Luis Obispo while the Poets won 7-2 over California Lutheran University in Pomona earlier today.
The Sagehens won five singles matches while the Banana Slugs won one. In the #3 singles match between Chad Stone of UC Santa Cruz and Josh Gearou of Pomona-Pitzer, Stone defeated Gearou 6-2, 7-6.
The Sagehens won all three doubles matches that were played. The tightest doubles match was the #2 doubles match between Flora and Ibh of UC Santa Cruz and Avery Bicks and Mandic of Pomona-Pitzer the Pomona pair won 9-7.
The next match for the Banana Slugs will be Monday as they take on NCAA Division III/ITA Tennis #4 Middlebury College in Claremont. The first serve is set for 10 am.
Below are the full results:
#1 Singles Jed Kronenberg (PP) def. Chad Le Duff (UCSC) 6-4, 6-3
#2 Singles Octave Bellet (PP) def. Magnus Ibh (UCSC) 6-4, 7-5
#3 Singles Chad Stone (UCSC) def. Josh Gearou (PP) 6-2, 7-6
#4 Singles Marko Mandic (PP) def. A.J. Flora (UCSC) 6-3, 7-6
#5 Singles Sam Malech (PP) def. Ryan Dugan (UCSC) 6-1, 6-1
#6 Singles Jacob Schoenherr (PP) def. Floyd Penners (UCSC) 6-3, 6-0
#1 Doubles Bellet/Chadalavada (PP) def. Dugan/Stone (UCSC) 8-5
#2 Doubles Bicks/Mandic (PP) def. Flora/Ibh (UCSC) 9-7
#3 Doubles Bernstein/Hirsohn (PP) def. Le Duff/Penners (UCSC) 8-6
