Tulane University
#12 Stanford
No. 22 Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 12 Stanford at ITA Kickoff
Jan 29, 2018 | Men's Tennis
BERKELEY, Calif. - One day after topping its highest ranked opponent in the post-Katrina era, the 22nd-ranked Tulane men's tennis team suffered a 4-1 setback to 12th-ranked Stanford on Monday afternoon at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
With the win, the Cardinal locked up an automatic bid to the ITA National Indoor Team Championships which will be held Feb. 16-19 in Seattle.
Stanford (3-0) got off to a fast start in doubles with a 6-0 win on court two, before locking up the first team point of the match in a 6-2 victory on court three. The lost doubles point was the first of the season for Tulane (2-1).
The Cardinal kept the momentum with the start of singles play, winning the first set on four of six courts. Stanford pulled ahead 2-0 in the overall match with a straight set win from the No. 3 position, but junior and 107th-ranked Tyler Schick put the Green Wave on the scoreboard with a 6-1, 6-4 victory from the the No. 5 spot.
Tulane was unable to steal any more momentum however, as Stanford closed out the No. 2 and No. 1 singles matches in straight sets to seal the 4-1 win.
The Green Wave returns to action Friday, Feb. 2 for its first match against an American Athletic Conference opponent on a trip to Tulsa. First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m. (CT).
No. 12 Stanford def. No. 22 Tulane, 4-1
Doubles
1. Sameer Kumar/Michael Genender (Stanford) vs. Constantin Schmitz/Ewan Moore (Tulane), 4-3 Unfinished
2. Tom Fawcett/Axel Geller (Stanford) def. #16 Tyler Schick/Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane), 6-0
3. Timothy Sah/David Wilczynski (Stanford) def. #47 Hamish Stewart/Tim Ruetzel (Tulane), 6-2*
*Clinched the doubles point
Order of Finish – 2, 3*
Singles
1. #101 Tom Fawcett (Stanford) def. #21 Constantin Schmitz (Tulane), 6-3, 7-5^
2. Axel Geller (Stanford) def. #112 Ewan Moore (Tulane), 6-4, 6-3
3. Sameer Kumar (Stanford) def. Hamish Stewart (Tulane), 6-3, 6-3
4. #46 Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane) vs. David Wilczynski (Stanford), 7-5, 4-3 Unfinished
5. #107 Tyler Schick (Tulane) def. Michael Genender (Stanford), 6-1, 6-4
6. Eric Fomba vs. Tim Ruetzel (Tulane), 6-4, 5-4 Unfinished
^Clinched the overall match
Order of Finish – 3, 5, 2, 1^
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