CLEMSON, S.C., Jan. 24, 2021?- The University of South Florida men's tennis team earned its second win of the season over Auburn, 4-3. After dropping the doubles point for the first time this season, the Bulls took the majority of wins in singles to earn the victory.  
 
Following a doubles loss from No. 38 pair Chase Ferguson (Melbourne, Australia) and Pierre Luquet (Draguignan, France), 6-3, on court two, a 6-3 win on the premier doubles court by No. 21 Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.) and Rithvik Bollipalli (Hyderabad, India) tied the fight for the doubles point at 1-1. However, Jan Galka and Tyler Stice earned the point for Clemson with a 6-4 win over Ivan Yatsuk and Manuel Goncalves on court three. Wojcik and Bollipalli continue their unbeaten streak, earning three straight wins to begin the season.
 
Sergio Gomez Montesa (Valencia, Spain) defeated opponent Spencer Gray in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5 to get the Bulls on the scoreboard, cutting Auburn's lead to 2-1. Ferguson tied the match with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory over Stice on court one. Yatsuk gave the Bulls match point with a three-set win on court four against Finn Murgett, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4). A final push from Wojcik secured the victory for the Bulls, recovering from a first set loss to take the match and the duel against Auburn's Tad Maclean, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. 
 
Quotable
Head coach Ashley Fisher on today's win ….
"So proud of our guys. We had to dig so deep to pull that one out. Things were looking rough for the first two thirds of the match but we found a way. Tremendous effort to come on the road and get two wins against quality teams."
 
Up Next
The Bulls continue their season-opening road stretch with the first battle in the War on I-4 at UCF on Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. 
 
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