#35 Tulane Makes Short Work of San Diego State

Saturday, March 18

San Diego, CA

1:00 PM

Tulane University

San Diego State

Sam Scherer

#35 Tulane Makes Short Work of San Diego State

Mar 18, 2023 | Men's Tennis

SAN DIEGO, CA – Tulane recorded a sweep of the bottom of the singles action after snaring the doubles points against San Diego State to shutout the Aztecs 4-0 Saturday at SDSU's Aztec Tennis Center. The match took place on the second day of competition at the Ed Collins Spring Classic.

The 35th-ranked Green Wave got on the scoreboard first after Benji Jacobson and Charlie Barry clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win at No. 1 over SDSU's 80th-ranked tandem of Johannes Seeman and Chikaya Sato. Moments earlier, Billy Suarez and Rafael de Alba were also victorious at No. 3 (6-2).

In singles, the top three matches went unfinished, but the Green Wave did plenty of damage in the bottom half. de Alba (6-1, 6-2) and Sam Scherer (6-3, 6-1) won in straight sets at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively, while Alex Bancila (6-3, 6-3) put an end to the match with his triumph at No. 4.

The Green Wave improved to 10-6 overall with the win, while San Diego State fell to 1-8.

Tulane will play its last match of the tournament at the University of San Diego against the co-host #34 Toreros on Sunday. That start time has yet to be determined.

Singles
1. No. 80 Fynn Kuenkler (Tulane) vs. Johannes Seeman (SDSU) 6-3, 4-6, unfinished
2. Chikaya Sato (SDSU) led Luka Petrovic (Tulane) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0, unfinished
3. Billy Suarez (Tulane) led Alexander Mandma (SDSU) 7-6 (5), 2-0, unfinished
4. Alex Bancila (Tulane) def. Bora Sengul (SDSU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Rafael de Alba (Tulane) def. Eugenio Gonzalez Fitzmaurice (SDSU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Sam Scherer (Tulane) def. Andre Saleh (SDSU) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
1. Charlie Barry/Benji Jacobson (Tulane) def. No. 80 Johannes Seeman/Chikaya Sato (SDSU) 6-3
2. Fynn Kuenkler/Luka Petrovic (Tulane) led Alexander Mandma/Bora Sengul (SDSU) 5-4, unfinished
3. Billy Suarez/Rafael de Alba (Tulane) def. Eugenio Gonzalez Fitzmaurice/Mathieu Josserand (SDSU) 6-2

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