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No. 37 Bulls Host No. 27 Memphis and No. 38 Tulsa in Regular Season Finale

April 15, 2021

MATCHUP: No. 27 Memphis at No. 37 South Florida; No. 38 Tulsa at No. 37 South Florida
WHEN: Friday, April 16 at 1:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 18 at 1:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Tampa, Fla., USF Varsity Tennis Courts
LIVE STATS: bit.ly/3ukE19E
WATCH: ESPN+
 
TAMPA, Fla., April 15, 2021 – The No. 37 University of South Florida men's tennis team will close out conference play at home against No. 27 Memphis and No. 38 Tulsa on Friday and Sunday, respectively.
 
USF is coming off a 4-1 success over FAU last weekend. Singles wins from No. 44 Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.), No. 60 Chase Ferguson (Melbourne, Australia), Ivan Yatsuk (Minsk, Belarus), and Sergio Gomez-Montesa (Valencia, Spain) secured the match. 
 
Seniors Wojcik, Pierre Luquet (Draguignan, France) and Tobias Sonne (Buenos Aires, Argentina) will be recognized in a Senior Day celebration on Friday before the match against Memphis. 
 
Wojcik joined the Bulls during the 2017 season and went 4-2 at the No. 6 spot. Since, he has gradually climbed the ladder to court one singles and in the national ITA Ranking. Honorably, he took the first set versus No. 3 Gabriel Decamps, 7-6 and officially clinched the match after a default, labeling the score 7-6, 1-3. Currently, he ranks No. 44 and boasts a 15 -5 record. Wojcik shares the No. 22 doubles ranking with partner Rithvik Bollipalli where they have gone 7-6 for the 2020-21 season.  
 
Luquet earned his horns in 2016-17 where he went 3-8 at the No. 6 spot. This season he's rotated from courts three to five with an 8-9 record in singles overall. He entered this season pre-ranked with Ferguson and No. 38; the pair stands at 6-8. 
 
Sonne joined the herd in 2018-19 and officially made his mark during the 2019 season, going 3-2 in singles against Stetson, Mercer, and George Washington at the No. 6 spot. His limited doubles action during the season equated to a 1-3 record.
 
Scouting Memphis
The No. 27 Tigers (9-5) travel south to meet USF after defeating No. 48 Middle Tennessee State, 4-1 last weekend. 
 
Memphis earned the doubles point after wins from No. 28 David Stevenson and Oscar Cutting. 6-3, and Patrick Sydow and Jan Pallares 6-2. In singles play, No. 106 Stevenson won the second point on court three with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Tom Moonen. No. 50 James Story defeated No. 55 Francisco Rocha 6-3, 6-4, on court one. Jeremy Taylor clinched the match with his 7-5, 6-1 success over Pavel Motl. 
 
The last matchup between USF and Memphis concluded in a 4-3 win in favor of the Bulls. USF currently leads the series 9-3.
 
Scouting Tulsa
The No. 38 Hurricanes continue their final road stretch after falling to No. 47 SMU, 3-4. Head Coach Vince Westbrook continues his 22nd season at Tulsa.
 
Tulsa fell in doubles after losses from Stefan Hampel and Boriss Kamdem, 1-6, and Daniel Siddall and Tom Thelwall-Jones, 3-6. Callum Gale earned the first point for the Hurricanes by defeating Julian Steinhausen, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. No. 82 Kody Pearson's victory over Tomas Vaise, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, tied the score at two all. A win from Stefan Hampe over Jan-Simon Vrbsky, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6, put Tulsa within striking distance. Juan Pablo Cenoz forced a third set tiebreak against Clarke Wilson but ultimately fell, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7(5). 
 
The Bulls currently lead the series versus Tulsa, 7-4. Their last 2019 matchup resulted in a USF victory, 5-2.
 
 
Quotable
Head coach Ashley Fisher on the upcoming weekend….
"This is an exciting time of the year and a time where we have always played our best tennis. Memphis and Tulsa are two quality programs having great seasons, but we get them in our house and are primed to play some great tennis. It all starts with playing good, fundamental, aggressive doubles on Friday."
 
Due to virus mitigation measures and the size of our venues, USF will not have fan attendance at home tennis events this spring. 
 
This weekend's contest will be streamed live and can be viewed on the ESPN+ digital platform.
 
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About Men's Tennis
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