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Winner San Diego USD-M (16-2, 3-0 WCC)
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Santa Clara SCUMTEN (14-4, 1-2 WCC)
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San Diego USD-M
(16-2, 3-0 WCC)
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Santa Clara SCUMTEN
(14-4, 1-2 WCC)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 53 Men's Tennis Falls to No. 13 San Diego in Rain Affected Match

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – No. 53 Santa Clara men's tennis and No. 13 San Diego battled in a rain affected West Coast Conference match that took two days to complete with the Toreros prevailing 4-0.  The match began with a two hour rain delay on Thursday and was halted in the late afternoon, again due to rain, with San Diego up 3-0.  It resumed on Friday morning and took six minutes to complete the match.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • Neo Niedner clinched the win for San Diego (16-2, 3-0 WCC) on court six over Lukas Maskow 6-4, 6-3 to extend the Toreros win streak to seven matches and remain undefeated in league play. 
  • Niedner was ahead 5-3 and 15-all in the second set when play was halted at 5:40 p.m. on Thursday.  When play resumed on Friday, Niedner won the first three points to secure the team victory.
  • On Thursday, San Diego narrowly took the double point that look a little over one hour to complete.  After the two teams split the first two doubles matches, Iiro Vasa and Sacchitt Sharrma edged out Guillaume Dalmasso and Christian 7-6 (7-4) on court one . 
  • The Toreros extended their lead to 3-0 on victories by Stian Klaasen on court five and Vasa, ranked No. 86 nationally, on court three. 
  • Santa Clara (14-4, 1-2 WCC) was ahead by a set on courts two and four and were on the verge of leveling things at one set apiece on court one but they went unfinished. 
NEXT UP:
  • The Broncos heads down to Malibu to face No. 43 Pepperdine in a WCC match on Sunday.  
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