No. 10 USC Men’s Tennis Falls 4-1 To No. 3 Texas To Wrap Non-Conference Play

Men’s Tennis | March 26, 2023

Austin – The No. 10 ranked USC men’s tennis team suffered a tough road loss to No. 3 Texas on Sunday, March 26, falling 4-1 to the Longhorns at the Texas Tennis Center.

With the loss, USC drops to 10-5 while Texas improves to 16-2. 

The Longhorns captured a dramatic doubles point where all three matches went to a tiebreaker, winning on courts 3 and 1, before collecting three singles victories for the clinch.

After the doubles point, USC evened the overall match at 1-1 with a 6-3, 6-4 win by No. 124 Bradley Frye over Evin McDonald at No. 6. Frye picked up the only break of each set at 3-1 in the first and 4-3 in the second and maintained those to his win.

UT’s No. 29 ranked Siem Woldeab regained the lead for Texas with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Wojtek Marek. Next, Cleeve Harper extended the UT lead to 3-1 with a 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over Lodewijk Weststrate. That left two matches close to completion in the Longhorns’ favor, and it was top ranked Eliot Spizzirri who got home first with a three-set win over No. 32 Stefan Dostanic, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4. The remaining matches were suspended. 

The Trojans continue their road work with a trip to Arizona next weekend to face ASU on Friday (6 p.m. pacific time) and Arizona on Sunday (1 p.m. pacific time).  

#3 Texas 4, #10 USC 1 

Mar 26, 2023 | Austin, Texas | Texas Tennis Center

DOUBLES

1. #4 Eliot Spizzirri/Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Bradley Frye/Peter Makk (USC) 7-6 (7-1)

2. Siem Woldeab/Pierre-Yves Bailly (UT) vs. Wojtek Marek/Samuel Rubell (USC) 6-6 (2-2) UNF. 

3. Chih Chi Huang/Evin McDonald (UT) def. Ryan Colby/Stefan Dostanic (USC) 7-6 (8-6) 

Texas wins doubles point.

Order of finish: 3,1  

SINGLES

1. #1 Eliot Spizzirri (UT) def. #32 Stefan Dostanic (USC) 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
2. #36 Pierre-Yves Bailly (UT) vs. #26 Peter Makk (USC) 7-5, 5-2, UNF.
3.  #29 Siem Woldeab (UT) def. Wojtek Marek (USC) 7-5, 6-1
4. Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
5. Nevin Arimilli (UT) vs. Ryan Colby (USC) 6-3, 3-6, 1-1, UNF.
6. #124 Bradley Frye (USC) def. Evin McDonald (UT) 6-3, 6-4 

Order of finish: 6,3,4,1*