Saturday, May 4
Fredericksburg, VA
7:00 AM Pacific
UC Santa Cruz Athletics
2
vs
5
Christopher Newport
Men's tennis falls in C2C Semifinal
5/4/2024 5:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Saturday in Fredericksburg, Virginia, UC Santa Cruz Men's Tennis completed their match against Christopher Newport with a 5-2 loss in the Coat-To-Coast Tournament semifinal. The Banana Slugs finish the regular season 10-10 while the Captains advance to Sunday's final against host Mary Washington.
UC Santa Cruz won 2-3 of the doubles matches. No. 2 finished with a win for Andrew Tjoa and Adam Hidas by a score of 8-4. In the #1 doubles match, Ryan Lam and Benjamin Wang lost by a score of 5-8. In the last match, #3 Praneet Varade and Radin Sadeghi defeated the Captains with a final score of 8-6.
Starting off with the singles with a 2-1 lead, the Banana Slugs lost at #4 which tied the match. After the Captains won two more matches in straight sets, Radin Sadeghi rallied in the second set to tie at match #3 and keep UC Santa Cruz's hopes alive. However, with matches #5 and #6 also going to a third set, the Captains finished with a win at #5 for the fifth point needed to clinch the match.
UC Santa Cruz won 2-3 of the doubles matches. No. 2 finished with a win for Andrew Tjoa and Adam Hidas by a score of 8-4. In the #1 doubles match, Ryan Lam and Benjamin Wang lost by a score of 5-8. In the last match, #3 Praneet Varade and Radin Sadeghi defeated the Captains with a final score of 8-6.
Starting off with the singles with a 2-1 lead, the Banana Slugs lost at #4 which tied the match. After the Captains won two more matches in straight sets, Radin Sadeghi rallied in the second set to tie at match #3 and keep UC Santa Cruz's hopes alive. However, with matches #5 and #6 also going to a third set, the Captains finished with a win at #5 for the fifth point needed to clinch the match.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
42
Vincent Truong / 0 [CNU]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
62
Eddy Porsmyr Hansen / 0 [CNU]
76
#3 Singles Match
1234
2710
Nesh Kumaresan / 0 [CNU]
662UF
#4 Singles Match
12
02
Ashton Legum / 0 [CNU]
66
#5 Singles Match
123
463
Ryan Monroe / 0 [CNU]
636
#6 Singles Match
1234
6460
Alex Seretis / 0 [CNU]
165UF
Order of Finish:
4,1,2,5
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