Austin, Texas, March 27, 2021 – The University of South Florida men's tennis team fell to defending National Champions No. 7 Texas, 6-1. 
 
No. 14 Rithvik Bollipalli (Hyderabad, India) and Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.) suffered a ranked loss against No. 18 Eliot Spizzirri and Siem Woldeab, 5-7. Similarly, on court two, Chase Ferguson (Melbourne, Australia) and Manuel Goncalves (Porto, Portugal) fell to Cleeve Harper and Chih Chi Huang, 3-6, placing USF in a deficit heading into singles.
 
Newly ranked No. 69 Wojcik defeated No. 85 Woldeab 6-3, 6-7, 10-7, earning the lone point for the Bulls. Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo pushed back to force a third set but ultimately dropped the match to Evin McDonald, 5-7, 6-3, 7-10. No. 45 Ferguson fell to No. 32 Spizzirri, 6-3, 6-2, and Ivan Yatsuk's (Minsk, Belarus) loss to No. 18 Michal Braswell sealed a Longhorn victory.
 
Quotable
Head coach Ashley Fisher on today's loss...
"Have to give Texas credit for outplaying us on most courts today. We put ourselves in a good position in doubles, and we're not aggressive enough as coaches with our play calling. Texas took their opportunities and played on their terms and rode that momentum into singles. They are well-coached, play with aggressive patterns and ultimately were too good today. Tomorrow will be a terrific test for us to show not only how good we are but, more importantly, how tough we are because we will have plenty of reasons to look for a way out." 
 
 
Up Next
The Bulls travel to Tennessee for their last road match of the season to face No. 46 Middle Tennessee State on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
 
About Men's Tennis
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