Bulls Split Doubleheader with Boston and Harvard
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Feb. 4, 2018) – The USF men's tennis team split a doubleheader Sunday afternoon with a win over Boston College, 4-1, and a loss to Harvard, 4-3.
USF (2-4) kicked off the doubleheader with a 10 a.m. match against Boston College. After another doubles win for USF, the Bulls needed just three wins to clinch the match. Junior
Alberto Barroso-Campos (Montijo, Spain), senior
Peter Bertran (Santiago, Dominican Republic) and sophomore
Pierre Luquet (Draguignan, France) all worked straight-set wins to topple the Eagles.
Barroso-Campos took the top court, 6-1, 7-5, Bertran worked a 7-5, 6-2 win on court two and Luquet downed his opponent, 6-0, 6-1 to clinch the win for USF.
The Bulls continued their doubles dominance as Goldin and Barroso-Campos teamed up to defeat their opponent on court one, 6-3. Harvard split the point with a 6-1 win over sophomores
Sean Burnette (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) and Luquet on court two, but Bertran and Wojcik clinched the point defeating the Eagles' Conor Mullins (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.) and Kent Mukai (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) in a breaker on court three, 7-6.
For the second match of the day, the Bulls held the advantage as they took their singles courts. Barros-Campos took the first singles point to put USF up, 2-0, with a 6-4, 6-0, win at No. 2. Harvard answered on court six with a 6-2, 6-1, win over Burnette on six. Luquet helped the Bulls to their third point, 6-3, 6-2, at the five spot before Harvard posted three straight wins (No. 3, No. 4 and No. 1) over Bertran, Wojcik and Goldin to take the match.
USF is the only team this season to earn a doubles point from Harvard, as the Bulls No. 1 pair went 2-0 for the day after winning, 6-3, to start off the match. Harvard split the point with a 6-2 win on court three over Sophomore Burnette and Luquet. Bertran and Wojcik also went 2-0,
Quotable:
Head coach Ashley Fisher on match...
"Tough day for us as we put ourselves in a great position against a good team in a tough environment. We just weren't able to execute down the stretch. Some positives though as doubles continues to look great and Alberto and Pierre really played well today. Boston College was a good match. The guys adjusted well to the indoor conditions and took care of business against a hungry team."
Results:
USF 4, Boston College 1
Singles
1.
Alberto Barroso-Campos (USF) def. Derek Austin (BC) 6-1, 7-5
2.
Peter Bertran (USF) def. Gereon Heitmann (BC) 7-5, 6-2
3. Sean Mullins (BC) vs. Jacob Wojcik (USF) 7-6, 1-6, 1-0 dnf
4. Kent Mukai (BC) def.
Sean Burnette (USF) 6-4, 6-5
5.
Pierre Luquet (USF) def. Alexander Chieffalo (BC) 6-0, 6-1
6. Markus Nordby (BC) vs.
Jourdan Kast (USF) 6-1, 2-6, 4-4 dnf
Doubles
1.
Grayson Goldin/
Alberto Barroso-Campos (USF) def. Derek Austin/Sean Mullins (BC) 6-3
2. Max Palmer/Gereon Heitmann (USF) def.
Sean Burnette/
Pierre Luquet (USF) 6-1
3.
Peter Bertran/Jacob Wojcik (USF) def. Conor Mullins/Kent Mukai (BC) 7-6
Harvard 4, USF 3
Singles
1. Kenny Tao (H) def.
Grayson Goldin (USF), 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-2
2.
Alberto Barroso-Campos (USF) def. Jean Thirouin (H), 6-4, 6-0
3. Andy Zhou (H) def.
Peter Bertran (USF), 6-3, 7-5
4. Robert Wrzesinski (H) def.
Jakub Wojcik (USF), 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
5. Peirre Luquet (USF) def. Grant Solomon (H), 6-3, 6-2
6. Constantin Zoske (H) def.
Sean Burnette (USF), 6-2, 6-1
Order of Finish: 2, 6, 5, 3, 4, 1*
*Match-clinching point
Doubles
1.
Grayson Goldin and
Alberto Barroso-Campos (USF) def. Kenny Tao and Logan Weber (H), 6-3
2.
Peter Bertran and
Jakub Wojcik (USF) def. Jean Thirouin and Andy Zhou (H), 6-4
3. Grant Solomon and Christopher Morrow (H) def.
Sean Burnette and Peirre Luquet (USF), 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
Up Next:
Next week the Bulls head to Texas for a road swing with TCU (Feb. 9) and Baylor (Feb. 11).
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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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