Cal Faces USF In Mid-Week Match

Carl Emil Overbeck and the Bears head across the bay to face the Dons.

MTEN3/18/2024 3:38 PM | By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY – After opening Pac-12 Conference play with two victories over the weekend, the California men’s tennis team makes a brief detour to nonconference action Wednesday, when the Golden Bears face San Francisco at the California Tennis Club.
 
Match Details
 
Cal (6-6) vs. San Francisco (5-6)
When: Wednesday, March 20, 3 p.m. PT
Where: California Tennis Club, San Francisco, Calif.
 
Last Time Out: Cal Opens Pac-12 Slate 2-0
Cal swept No. 52 Oregon and No. 74 Washington in the Bears’ opening Pac-12 weekend at the Hellman Tennis Complex in Berkeley.
 
First, they topped the Ducks on Saturday, with Lucas Magnaudet beating Lenn Luemkemann, 6-4, 6-3, to clinch the victory. The 65th-ranked duo of Alex Chang and Mikey Wright clinched the doubles point for the Bears with a 6-4 win over the 33rd-ranked Quinn Vandecasteele and Matthew Burton on court one.
 
On Sunday against the Huskies, Magnaudet clinched another 4-1 victory, beating Jim Hendrikx, 6-3, 7-5, at court-six singles to end the match. Wright and Chang upset another ranked duo in No. 17 Cesar Bouchelaghem and Dzianis Zharyn, 6-3, to clinch the doubles point.
 
Last Time Vs. Dons
Cal defeated San Francisco, 5-1, in their last meeting as part of a Feb. 25, 2023, doubleheader, with the Bears hosting the Dons at Hellman and then playing UC Davis on the road. Siddhant Banthia bested Moritz Hoffman, 6-4, 6-4, on court three to clinch the win over USF.
 
Poll Position
New ITA rankings come out Tuesday. In the March 5 singles poll, Ryder Jackson sits at No. 67 and Carl Emil Overbeck is at No. 107. In the March 5 doubles poll, the duo of Mikey Wright and Alex Chang is ranked 65th.
 
Scouting the Bears

Scouting the Dons

• USF split its last two matches, losing to Northern Arizona, 4-3, last Monday and beating Hawaii, 4-0, last Tuesday
• Giovanni Branchetti and Davide Cortimiglia won the doubles title at the National Collegiate Tennis Classic in January
• JT Sundling is in his third season as head coach of San Francisco

Next Time
The Bears return to Pac-12 Conference play when they travel to the Grand Canyon State to take on Arizona on March 29 and Arizona State on March 31.
 
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