TUSCON, Ariz. - No. 43 Stanford notched its first conference win of the season on Friday afternoon, topping Arizona 4-1 at LaNelle Robson Tennis Center.
Stanford (9-6, 1-0 Pac-12) went ahead 1-0 after capturing the doubles point, as the Cardinal and ‘Cats split wins at the 1 and 2 spots before Yale Goldberg and Sameer Kumar clinched the point with a 6-3 win over Jason Jaruvang and Shoki Kasahara.
Arizona (8-11, 0-1 Pac-12) fought back in singles with Will Kneale besting Sameer Kumar at No. 3, but David Wilczynski and Maciek Romanowicz both collected straight-set wins at Nos. 2 and 5 to make it 3-1 Stanford.
Nolan Paige came through with his eighth career clinching point, defeating Trent Botha 1-6, 6-0, 6-2 at the No. 4 spot.
Stanford returns to action at Utah on Sunday, March 27 at 11 a.m. PT.
No. 43 Stanford 4, Arizona 1
DOUBLES
1) Fawcett/Romanowicz (STAN) d. Kneale/Plaskett (ARIZ) 6-2
2) Will Adkisson/Takeda (ARIZ) d. Paige/Wilczynski (STAN) 6-4
3) Goldberg/Kumar (STAN) d. Jaruvang/Kasahara (ARIZ) 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
SINGLES
1) No. 6 Tom Fawcett (STAN) vs. No. 61 Naoki Takeda (ARIZ) 4-6, 5-2 unfinished
2) No. 56 David Wilczynski d. Jason Jaruvang (ARIZ) 6-2, 6-3
3) Will Kneale (ARIZ) d. No. 101 Sameer Kumar 6-2, 6-2
4) Nolan Paige (STAN) d. Trent Botha (ARIZ) 1-6, 6-0, 6-2
5) No. 110 Maciek Romanowicz (STAN) d. Oliver Plaskett (ARIZ) 6-1, 6-2
6) Yale Goldberg (STAN) vs. Shoki Kasahara 2-6, 6-2, 2-0 unfinished
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 5, 4