STANFORD, Calif. - No. 36 Stanford collected its seventh consecutive victory on Tuesday afternoon, holding off Fresno State 4-1 at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
The Cardinal (13-4, 4-0 Pac-12), which has not lost since Feb. 28, was opening a five-match homestand to close out the regular season.
The Bulldogs (13-9, 2-3 Mountain West) entered the contest having won four of its last five.
Stanford locked up the doubles point for a 1-0 lead and clinched the match thanks to Tom Fawcett’s 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 victory at the top spot of the lineup.
John Morrissey cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 win at the No. 2 spot against Sai Kartik Nakireddi, extending Stanford’s lead to 2-0.
Fresno State got on the scoreboard with Adam Glynn’s 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Maciek Romanowicz on court four.
Yale Goldberg contributed a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Youssef Hassan at the No. 6 spot, increasing Stanford’s lead to 3-1.
Fawcett then secured the match before Fresno State had forced the remaining two matches to a third set.
Stanford next hosts No. 15 UCLA on Friday, April 10 at 4 p.m. PT.
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No. 36 Stanford 4, Fresno State 1
DOUBLES
1) Fawcett/Romanowicz (STAN) vs. Hassan/McIntosh (FS) abandoned
2) Paige/Wilczynski (STAN) d. Kartik Nakireddi/Papic (FS) 6-3
3) Morrissey/Trey Strobel (STAN) d. Glynn/Komati (FS) 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 2
SINGLES
1) No. 41 Tom Fawcett (STAN) d. Nikolas Papic (FS) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
2) No. 100 John Morrissey (STAN) d. Sai Kartik Nakireddi (FS) 6-4, 6-2
3) David Wilczynski (STAN) vs. Euan McIntosh (FS) abandoned
4) Adam Glynn (FS) d. Maciek Romanowicz (STAN) 6-2, 6-3
5) David Hsu (FS) vs. Eric Komati (STAN) abandoned
6) Yale Goldberg (STAN) d. Youssef Hassan (FS) 6-3, 7-5
Order of Finish: 2, 4, 6, 1