Cal Defeats Oregon 4-3 – University of Oregon Athletics

EUGENE, Ore.  – Oregon men’s tennis dropped today’s match to No. 29 California 4-3 at the Student Tennis Center.
 
Cal quickly got the first win of the day in doubles after a 6-3 win on court three. Oregon’s No.1 team went back-and-forth and looked good, but fell 7-5 to give the doubles point to Cal. The Ducks would need four wins in doubles to take the match.
 
Freshman Vlad Breazu dropped his court five match 6-3, 6-3 and it was a 2-0 Cal lead. Oregon’s Luke Vandecasteele played in place of the injured Ray Lo on court six and got the first point of the day for Oregon, a 7-5, 6-1 win. No. 30 ranked Yuta Kikuchi then clinched the next point for Cal and the Golden Bears were one point away from victory.
 
Momentum swung in favor of Oregon after that, Jesper Klov-Nilsson secured a straight-set win on court three, and Quinn Vandecasteele came from behind for a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 win. Tied at three-all, the Ducks needed a result on court four. Ivailo Keremedchiev dropped his first set before storming back to a 6-3 second-set win. In the third and final set, things were even at 5-5, before Carl Emil Overbeck clinched the match in favor of Cal, winning the third set 7-5.
 
#29 California 4, Oregon Ducks 3
Singles competition
1. #30 Yuta Kikuchi (CAL) def. Joshua Charlton (ORE) 7-5, 6-3
2. Quinn Vandecasteele (ORE) def. Ryder Jackson (CAL) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
3. Jesper Klov-Nilsson (ORE) def. Derrick Chen (CAL) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
4. Carl Emil Overbeck (CAL) def. Ivailo Keremedchiev (ORE) 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-5
5. Philip Hjorth (CAL) def. Vlad Breazu (ORE) 6-3, 6-3
6. Luke Vandecasteele (ORE) def. Lucas Magnaudet (CAL) 7-5,…