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No. 7 USC Men’s Tennis Punches its Ticket to the ITA National Indoor Team Championship

No. 7 USC Men's Tennis Punches its Ticket to the ITA National Indoor Team Championship


Men’s Tennis | January 28, 2024

LOS ANGELES – The No. 7 ranked USC men’s tennis (3-0) won its ITA Kickoff Weekend Regional Championship and picked up its 17th straight trip to the ITA National Indoor Championships after a 4-3 victory over San Diego (1-1) on Sunday, January 28th at Marks Tennis Stadium. 
 
Freshman Volodymyr Iakubenko and graduate student Samuel Rubell started the Trojans off with a 6-3 doubles win. Graduate student Sefan Dostanic and Sophomore Oscar Weightman had a decisive 6-4 doubles win after they were down by four games before their six-game win streak, clinching the doubles point for the Trojans. Dostanic and Weightman are now 2-0 as a double squad. 
 
#39 Junior Peter Makk was the first to finish up his singles match. He breezed through it from No. 2 singles spot, as he faced #31 Iiro Vasa, winning in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0. 
 
#73 Lodewijk Weststrate defeated his opponent 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. 
 
USC’s Iakubenko clinched the match, as he won from the No. 5 singles spot 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. This is the second-straight time that Iakubenko has clinched it for the Trojans, as he was the decider in the first match of the ITA Kickoff Weekend against SMU. 
 
USC men’s tennis punched their ticket to the ITA National Indoor championship on Friday, February 16th, hosted by Columbia University in New York City. 
 
#7 USC 4, USD 3
Sunday, January 28, 2024
 Marks Tennis Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. 
 
DOUBLES

  1. Stefan Dostanic /Oscar Weightman (USC) def. #15 Sacchitt Sharma/Stian Klaassen (USD) 6-4 
  2. Peter Makk/Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) vs. Iiro Vasa/Oliver Tarvet (USD) 4-5 unf.
  3. Volodymyr Iakubenko/ Samuel Rubell (USC) def. Savriyan Danilov/Lambert Ruland (USD) 6-3 

 
Order of finish: 3, 1
USC wins the doubles point. 
 
SINGLES

  1. #8 Oliver Tarvet (USD) def. Stefan Dostanic (USC) vs. 6-2, 6-4
  2. #39 Peter Makk (USC) def. #31 Iiro Vasa (USD) 6-4, 6-0
  3. #73 Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) def. Lambert Ruland (USD) 6-1, 6-3 
  4. Saviryan Daniiov (USD) def. Oscar Weightman (USC) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
  5. Volodymyr Iakubenko (USC) def. Sacchitt Sharma (USD) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
  6. Karl Lee (USC) def. Stian Klaassen (USD) 3-6, 7-5, 2-6

 
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1, 4, 6, 5

 

 

 

 

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