Saturday at Harbor High School, UC Santa Cruz Men's Tennis won 8-1 over William Jessup. It was the Banana Slugs' second dual win in a row as they closed the regular season with a 10-9 record.
Before the match, the Banana Slugs honored seniors
Ryan Lam and captain
Andrew Tjoa. UC Santa Cruz won 2 out of the 3 double matches with both seniors having a hand. Lam and
Benjamin Wang won 8-5.
Adam Hidas and Tjoa won their doubles match 8-2.Â
The Banana Slugs won 6 out of 6 of the single matches. Tjoa won 7-5, 7-6. Wang and Lam both had scores of 6-3, 6-0 in the singles matches. Number 2
Praneet Varade had scores of 6-3, 6-3 and Number 3
Radin Sadeghi won his matches 6-4, 6-2.
Hari Raghavan completed the sweep at Number 6 with a 6-1, 6-3 score.
Afterwards, Tjoa said "today was such a special day for me. I'm so grateful to all of my friends and family that came out to celebrate Senior Day and my birthday. It really was an incredible atmosphere. Grabbing both a doubles and singles win, especially after a tough couple weeks, made it that much more special. I'm so appreciative of all of the teammates I've shared the court with over the past five years, I'm proud to be a Banana Slug."Â
Our Banana Slugs have two weeks off before their Coast-To-Coast Championship in Virginia.Â