Four-Time Champion Bulls Fall to Tulane, 4-3, in American Athletic Conference Title Match
DALLAS (APRIL 22, 2018) – Competing for its fifth straight league title, USF fought valiantly in a 4-3 loss to No. 2 seed Tulane in Sunday's American Athletic Conference tournament championship match.
Fifth-seeded USF made a memorable run to the title match, knocking off No. 4 seeded Wichita State and top-seeded Memphis before falling to 14-1 all-time in the American Athletic Conference Championship.
Sunday's title match at Turpin Stadium came down to the final set in the No. 6 singles spot after the Bulls clinched the doubles point early in the action. Senior
Peter Bertran (Santiago, Dominican Republic) set up the dramatic finish by pulling out a three-set win to tie the match at 3-3.
Sophomore
Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.) gave the Bulls a 2-1 lead with a
7-6 (5), 6-3 win in the fifth singles spot.
Wojcik and Bertran teamed up yet again to dominate as a pair, finishing at No. 2 doubles with a 6-4 victory over Tyler Schick and Hamish Stewart.
The sophomore duo of
Sean Burnette (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) and
Pierre Luquet (Draguignan, France) clinched the doubles point for the Bulls on court 3.
Quotable:
Head coach Ashley Fisher on the match…
"Just an incredible college tennis match with two teams leaving it all out there. I was so proud of the way our Bulls came together the last few weeks and the fight and grit they showed this week is inspiring. Congratulations to Tulane and their coaching staff on an amazing season and they really came up with some high-level tennis today. We will take so many positives from today and use this week's experience to become a better team."
Results(PDF):
Singles competition
1. #14 Constantin Schmitz (TLN) def. #67 A. Barroso-Campos (USF) 6-4, 6-3
2.
Peter Bertran (USF) def. #105 Ewan Moore (TLN) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
3. Hamish Stewart (TLN) def.
Grayson Goldin (USF) 6-3, 6-3
4. Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) def.
Pierre Luquet (USF) 6-1, 6-4
5.
Jakub Wojcik (USF) def. Tyler Schick (TLN) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
6. Tim Ruetzel (TLN) def.
Sean Burnette (USF) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5
Doubles competition
1. #52 Ewan Moore/Constantin Schmitz (TLN) vs. #76 A. Barroso-Campos/
Grayson Goldin (USF) 5-3, unfinished
2.
Pierre Luquet/
Sean Burnette (USF) def. Tyler Schick/Hamish Stewart (TLN) 6-4
3.
Peter Bertran/
Jakub Wojcik (USF) def. Luis Erlenbusch/Tim Ruetzel (TLN) 6-2
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (3,1,4,5,2,6)
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Head coach Ashley Fisher will begin his second year at the helm of the program for the 2018 season after leading the Bulls to a conference championship and the NCAA tournament in his first year as head coach during the 2017 season. The USF men's tennis program has won four consecutive American Athletic Conference Championships and advanced to four straight NCAA tournaments.
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