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Ryder Jackson won twice vs. USC on the first day of the Sherwood Collegiate Cup.
THOUSAND OAKS – The California men’s tennis team captured three of four doubles matches and won three times in singles on Saturday, as the Sherwood Collegiate Cup began at the Sherwood Country Club.
All of the Golden Bears’ victories came at USC’s expense. In doubles, Derrick Chen and Ryder Jackson posted a 6-3 result over Trojans Samuel Rubell and Lodewijk Westrate, Carl Emil Overbeck and Mikey Wright defeated Peter Makk and Volodymyr Iakubenko, 6-1, and Alex Chang and Timofey Stepanov bested Karl Lee and Niroop Vallabhaneni, 6-2.
In singles, Chang beat Westrate, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3, Jackson – a former Trojan – topped Karl Lee, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, and Overbeck defeated Makk, 7-6(2), 1-6, 6-1.
The Sherwood Collegiate Cup continues Saturday.
Sherwood Collegiate Cup
Jan. 13, 2024, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Sherwood Country Club
Cal Results
Doubles
Derrick Chen/Ryder Jackson (Cal) def. Samuel Rubell/Lodewijk Westrate (USC), 6-3
Carl Emil Overbeck/Mikey Wright (Cal) def. Volodymyr Iakubenko/Peter Makk (USC), 6-1
Alex Chang/Timofey Stepanov (Cal) def. Karl Lee/Niroop Vallabhaneni (USC), 6-2
Grant Lothringer/Ethan Silva (TAMU) def. Jonathan Irwanto/John Kim (Cal), 6-4
Singles
Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) def. Peter Makk (USC), 7-6(2), 1-6, 6-1
Volodymyr Iakubenko (USC) def. Derrick Chen (Cal), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Ryder Jackson (Cal) def. Karl Lee (USC), 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
Alex Chang (Cal) def. Lodewijk Westrate (USC), 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3
Samuel Rubell (USC) def. Timofey Stepanov (Cal), 6-4, 7-6(6)
Niroop Vallabhaneni (USC) def. Jonathan Irwanto (Cal), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Ethan Silva (TAMU) def. Ethan Schiffman (Cal), 6-4, 7-6(5)
Grant Lothringer (TAMU) def. John Kim (Cal), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
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