Big sweep at Doubles gives Banana Slugs dual win at Whittier

Wednesday, March 23

Whittier, CA

3:00 PM

UC Santa Cruz Athletics

Whittier College

Senior David Jackson won long a pair of long matches to help the Banana Slugs over the Poets

Big sweep at Doubles gives Banana Slugs dual win at Whittier

3/23/2022 10:12:00 PM | Men's Tennis

WHITTIER - No. 31 UC Santa Cruz swept the three doubles matches and then pushed through a wild time at Singles to win 6-3 at Whittier on Wednesday.
The Banana Slugs improved to 6-4 in duals this season and bounced back after Monday's loss to sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins.

The Banana Slugs opened with three hard-fought doubles points, topped off by David Jackson and Andre Mardirossian winning at No. 3 8-7 after a 7-4 win on the tie breaker. Mardirossian then had another barn-burner at No. 1 singles, winning 6-0 7-6 (6). It was Mardirossian's return after being rested on Monday with a minor injury.

The other five singles all had some extra play, but both Sam Hall and Jackson won their three-set matches to clinch the dual win for the Banana Slugs.

UC Santa Cruz continues their Spring Break trip with a matchup against No. 12 Tufts Thursday at the Palm Desert Country Club.
Results

Singles
No. 1	Andre Mardirossian (UCSC) defeats Spencer Cinco (WC) 6-0, 7-6(6)
No. 2	Kieran Carroll (WC) defeats Lucas Chen (UCSC) 7-5, 7-6 (3)
No. 3	Sam Hall (UCSC) defeats Pim van der Veer (WC) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
No. 4	Prayag Ahire (WC) defeats Andrew Tjoa (UCSC) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
No. 5	David Jackson (UCSC) defeats Ahmed Amer 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5)
No. 6	Mason Lebby (WC) defeats Jay Pandit (UCSC) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
No. 1	L. Chen/A.Tjoa defeat P. Ahire/A. Amer 8-5
No. 2	S. Hall/P. Varade defeat K. Carroll/P. van der Veer 8-6
No. 3	D. Jackson/A. Mardirossian defeat M. Lebby/S. Cinco 8-7