STANFORD, Calif. – Racing the rain, an amped-up head-to-head that came down to the final match went the way of No. 42 Stanford Friday afternoon as the Cardinal took a 4-2 win from No. 36 Oregon at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
With weather impending, the match only played singles on the day which the Cardinal (11-8, 3-2 Pac-12) came out hot in, taking straight set wins in the Nos. 6 and 5 with points being delivered by Maciek Romanowicz and Sameer Kumar.
The Ducks (16-4, 2-2 Pac-12) came back with a win at No. 3 from Thomas Laurent, and at No. 4 from Jayson Amos, but eighth-ranked Tom Fawcett came through again at No. 1 winning a three-set battle against No. 120 Daan Maasland to make it 3-2.
David Wilcyznski gave the crowd a thriller at No. 2 to decide it as he and Simon Stevens both claimed tiebreak wins in the first two sets before Wilcyznski turned on the heat in set three to rip off with a 6-3 win to clinch the match.
Stanford continues its Pac-12 slate as it hosts No. 30 Washington Saturday afternoon. Match time is set for 1 p.m. at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
No. 42 Stanford 4, No. 36 Oregon 2
SINGLES
1) No. 8 Tom Fawcett (STAN) d. Daan Maasland (ORE) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
2) No. 69 David Wilczynski (STAN) d. Simon Stevens (ORE) 7-6 (8), 6-7 (7), 6-3
3) Thomas Laurent (ORE) d. Michael Genender (STAN) 6-1, 6-4
4) Jayson Amos (ORE) d. No. 113 Nolan Paige (STAN) 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-4
5) Sameer Kumar (STAN) d. Cormac Clissold (ORE) 6-2, 6-3
6) Maciek Romanowicz (STAN) d. Ethan Young-Smith (ORE) 6-3, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 3, 4, 1, 2*