University of South Florida
University of Arizona
Bulls Manage Weekend Split in Arizona
February 08, 2009 | Men's Tennis
TAMPA -- The University of South Florida men's tennis team managed a spilt of its dual matches in Tucson, Arizona this weekend. The Bulls fell on Friday afternoon to the No. 45 ranked Arizona Wildcats,5-2, but bounced back to defeat No. 55 St. Mary's University, by a decisive 6-1 margin.
On Friday, the Bulls would not have much luck against
The Bulls came within a tiebreak of claiming the doubles point, but the No. 15 duo of Lucas Jovita and Thomas Estrada fell to the No. 18 pairing of Pat Metham and Francois VanderMerwe 9-8(7-3).
The Bulls would head into singles action trailing, 1-0.
Needing four singles wins to win the dual, the Bulls leader and the nation's 27th ranked singles player, Lucas Jovita, would get the Bulls a point in the No. 1 slot by disposing of Jay Goldman in straight sets 6-2, 6-4.
The Bulls would also get a point from freshman Wael Kilani in the No. 4 postion, as he defeated Andres Carrasco, 6-2, 6-0, but that would be all as the Bulls would drop four of the six singles matches.
With the sunrise on Saturday came a new day and for that matter a new team... a dominant Bulls team.
Beginning with the opening serve, the Bulls completely overwhelmed St. Mary's in doubles play. As Estrada and Jovita took care of Olivan, Maxime/Tirelli (SMC) 8-6 in the No. 1 slot. Then the No. 58 duo Kilani and Deridder won, 6-4, over Christiner and Dawson-Roberts, 8-4.
Adderley and Yoshizawa capped off the doubles point with a 8-4 win.
With the doubles point in hand, the Bulls would continue to roll through the Gaels singles line-up. USF won five of the possible six singles points.
Jovita would go 2-0 on the weekend by battling back to beat Lucas Tirelli, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2.
After being the Bulls lone singles win a day earlier, Kilani would bump up to the second position to take care of Max Olivan, 6-4, 6-2. Senior Mahmoud Hamed, who has provided steady play so far, would hold down the No. 3 position with a 6-0,6-2 victory over Achim Christner. Romain Deridder need three sets to take care of Gavin
Pushing into the back end of the starting line-up was freshman Mark Olijaca and in doing so, he made a case to stay by registering a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 win over Sherif Hamdy.
With the win over the Gaels on Saturday afternoon coach Don Barr's No. 34-ranked Bulls push their record to 3-2 on the season. After two consecutive weekends on the road, the Bulls will return to the friendly confines of the USF Varsity Tennis Courts February 15 when they welcome
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Doubles:
1) No. 18 Pat Metham/Francois VanderMerwe (UA) def. No. 15 Lucas Jovita/Thomas Estrada (USF) Metham/Francois VanderMerwe 9-8(7-3)
2) Ravid Hazi/Andres Arango (UA) def. Romain Deridder and Wael Kilani (USF) 8-4
3) Jamal Adderley/Yannick Yoshizawa (USF) def. Jay Goldman/Jason Zafiros (UA) 9-7
Order: 2, 3, 1
Singles:
1) Lucas Jovita (USF) def. Jay Goldman (UA) 6-2, 6-4
2) Andres Arango (UA) def. Mahmoud Hamed (USF) 6-0, 6-4
3) Ravid Hazi (UA) def. Romain Deridder (USF) 6-3, 6-4*
4) Wael Kilani (USF) def. Andres Carrasco (UA) 6-2, 6-0
5) Pat Metham (UA) def Jamal Adderley (USF) 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
6) Jason Zafiros (UA) def. Thomas Estrada (USF) 6-4, 7-5
Order: 2, 4, 6, 3, 5, 1
No. 34 USF 6, No. 55
Singles:
1. JOVITA, Lucas (SF) def. TIRELLI, Lucas (SMC) 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
2. KILANI, Wael (SF) def. OLIVAN, Maxime (SMC) 6-4, 6-2
3. HAMED, Mahmoud (SF) def. CHRISTNER, Achim (SMC) 6-0, 6-2
4. DERIDDER, Romain (SF) def. LEON, Gavin (SMC) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
5. ZANNONI, Andrea (SMC) def. YOSHIZAWA, Yannick (SF) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
6. OLJACA, Mark (SF) def. HAMDY, Sherif (SMC) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Doubles:
1. ESTRADA, Thomas/JOVITA, Lucas (SF) def. OLIVAN, Maxime/TIRELLI, Lucas (SMC) 8-6
2. KILANI, Wael/DERIDDER, Romain (SF) def. CHRISTNER, Achim/DAWSON-ROBERTS, Stev (SMC) 8-4
3. ADDERLEY, Jamal/YOSHIZAWA, Yannick (SF) def. LUCK, Mike/LEON, Gavin (SMC) 8-4
