Men’s Tennis | March 17, 2024
LOS ANGELES – USC men’s tennis (5-9) dropped its final non-conference matchup as it fell to No. 9 Texas (12-3) 6-1, on Sunday, Mar. 17 at Marks Tennis Stadium.
The Trojans kept most of their matches close, but were unable to deliver, as they lost all seven finishing matches. The lone match that went unfinished was No. 4 Karl Lee, as he went into the third set with the #51 player in the country. That match would eventually be called, while the sixth point was claimed for the Longhorns.
USC was the closest to a point with Samuel Rubell, who dropped his match in the No. 5 spot 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Rubell overcame a 3-0 deficit in the third set, and forced an extra game before he would be the second to last person to fall to Texas.
The Trojans head into conference play, as they open their final Pac-12 slate with Arizona at 4 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 22 at Marks Tennis Stadium.
#9 Texas 6, USC 0
Sunday, March 17
Marks Tennis Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif.
DOUBLES
(1) Peter Makk/Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) vs. Siem Woldeab/Eshan Talluri (UT) 5-5 UNF
(2) Gilles-Arnaud Bailly/Pierre-Yves Bailly (UT) def. Samuel Rubell/Niroop Vallabhaneni (USC) 6-3
(3) Micah Braswell/Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Volodymyr Iakubenko/Karl Lee (USC) 6-3
Texas wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 2, 3
SINGLES
- #2 Micah Braswell (UT) def. #50 Peter Makk (USC) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
- #48 Gilles-Arnaud Bailly (UT) def. Volodymyr Iakubenko (USC) 6-2, 6-4
- Pierre-Yves Bailly (UT) def. #102 Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- #51 Jonah Braswell (UT) vs. Karl Lee (USC) 5-7, 6-2, 4-1 UNF
- Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Samuel Rubell (USC) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Lucas Brown (UT) def. Niroop Vallabhaneni (USC) 6-0, 6-1
Order of finish: 6, 2, 1, 5, 3
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