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No. 65 USF Falls to No. 42 SMU

March 20, 2022

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Match Details
No. 42 SMU 5, No. 65 South Florida 2
South Florida (8-8), SMU (11-5)
Sunday, March 20, 2022 | 2 p.m.  ET
Dallas, Texas | Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex
 
DALLAS, Texas (March 20, 2022) – The University of South Florida men's tennis team closed out its weekend trip to the Lone Star State on Sunday with a tough 5-2 loss to No. 42 SMU at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex.
 
The Bulls, ranked No. 65 in the most recent ITA rankings, even their record at 8-8 while the Mustangs improve to 11-5.
 
The Bulls jumped on the Mustangs quickly in doubles, taking court one with a 6-2 win by Rithvik Bollipalli and Bruno Oliveira, before SMU tied the doubles portion up at one match apiece defeating Sergio Gomez Montesa and Alvin Tudorica, 6-4. Ivan Yatsuk and Chase Ferguson secured the point for South Florida with a 7-6 victory at the No. 2 position.

Tudorica got his revenge in singles, in impressive fashion, on court five, 6-3, 6-2 to give the Bulls a 2-0 lead. Unfortunately, for the Green and Gold that was the last point that they posted the rest of the day.
 
The Mustangs got a match back in a hard-fought three-set battle on court one, defeating Yatsuk, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, to cut the South Florida advantage to 2-1.
 
SMU continued to keep the pressure on the Bulls coming right back and getting the best of Gomez Montesa, on court four, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, to level the dual up at two-all. The Mustangs then took the lead with another three-set victory over Antonio Muniz. Muniz took the first set, 6-3, only to drop the final two sets, 4-6, 2-6, as SMU came within one point of the dual win.
 
The deciding point for the Mustangs came down to court six and South Florida's Bruno Oliveira. Oliveira won the first set, 6-4, and then found himself involved in a dogfight in the second set that came down to a tiebreaker. Oliveira had set point twice but couldn't put his opponent away falling in the tiebreaker 10-8. He then dropped the final set 6-0.
 
Up Next
South Florida returns to the USF Varsity Tennis Courts on Friday at 1:30 p.m. when it welcomes VCU to Tampa for the first of two-straight at home. The Bulls will close the two-match stretch on Sunday, March 27 against Cornell in the home finale – and Senior Day – for the Green and Gold. First serve is slated for 1:30 p.m. 
 
Match Results
Doubles
1. Rithvik Bollipalli/Bruno Oliveira (USF) def. Adam Neff/Ivan Thamma (SMU) 6-2
2. Chase Ferguson/Ivan Yatsuk (USF) def. Liam Krall/Pranav Kumar (SMU) 7-6
3. Huntley Allen/Julian Steinhausen (SMU) def. Alvin Tudorica/Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) 6-4
 
Order of finish for doubles: (1,3,2)
 
Singles
1. Adam Neff (SMU) def. Ivan Yatsuk (USF) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
2. Liam Krall (SMU) def. Chase Ferguson (USF) 7-6, 3-6, 6-4
3. Caleb Chakravarthi (SMU) def. Antonio Muniz (USF) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
4. Pranav Kumar (SMU) def. Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
5. Alvin Tudorica (USF) def. Louis Cloud (SMU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Julian Steinhausen (SMU) def. Bruno Oliveira (USF) 4-6, 7-6, 6-0
 
Order of finish for singles: (5,1,4,3,6,2)  
 
About Men's Tennis
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