No. 34 Bulls Outrun No. 50 Mustangs, 4-3
Tampa, Fla., March 14, 2021 – The University of South Florida men's tennis team earned its eighth consecutive win against SMU at home on Sunday. After dropping the doubles point, the Bulls gained four singles courts to secure their epic 4-3 success.
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Rithvik Bollipalli (Hyderabad, India) and
Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.) earned the only doubles point in their 6-3 win over SMU's Tomas Vaise and Juan Jose Bianchi.
The Bulls battled back in the three-hour contest to pick up four courts.
Ivan Yatsuk (Minsk, Belarus) defeated Vaise 6-3, 6-3.
Pierre Luquet (Draguignan, France) scored the second point over Julian Steinhausen 6-1, 6-3, tying the game at 2-2. Wojcik earned his sixth win in a row against Liam Krall, 7-6(6), 6-4, putting the Bulls within one.
Chase Ferguson's 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 comeback over Caleb Chakravarthi clinched the match for USF.
Quotable
Head coach Ashley Fisher on today's win….
"So proud of the fighting spirit our guys showed today. It would have been very easy to go away after a long physical day yesterday and losing a doubles point but our guys dug in and battled and whether they win or lose that's what it's all about. This team has a special record in 4-3 matches going back to 2019 and I believe has won twelve of the last thirteen that have gone the distance."
Up Next
The Bulls will stay in Tampa for the last leg of their homestretch against No. 5 TCU on Monday, March 15, at 2 p.m.
About Men's Tennis
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