AUSTIN, Texas – Competing in its first true road contest of the spring season, No. 8 Stanford men's tennis dropped its match against No. 4 Texas, 4-0, on Friday evening.
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The Longhorns picked up the early doubles advantage, despite a 6-3 win on court one for Axel Geller and Neel Rajesh over the 13th-ranked doubles pair of Yuya Ito and Christian Sigsgaard. The win was the pair's seventh of the season, and the fifth of the year in the top doubles position.
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Geller, Sangeet Sridhar and Filip Kolasinski each picked up first-set wins in singles play, but all three matches ended unfinished.
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The Cardinal falls to 13-5 in the all-time series with Texas, but gets right back at it on Sunday against TCU in Fort Worth. First serve is set for 11 a.m. PT.
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DOUBLES
1) Geller/Rajesh (STAN) d. No. 13 Ito/Sigsgaard (TEX), 6-3
2) Bullard/Spizzirri (TEX) d. Rotsaert/Sridhar (STAN), 6-4
3) Harper/Huang (TEX) d. Kopczynski/Sah (STAN), 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
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SINGLES
1) No. 29 Axel Geller (STAN) led No. 2 Yuya Ito (TEX), 6-4, 5-6
2) No. 6 Christian Sigsgaard (TEX) d. No. 5 Alexandre Rotsaert (STAN), 6-3, 6-1
3) No. 75 Sangeet Sridhar (STAN) led Eliot Spizzirri (TEX), 6-2, 5-5
5) No. 45 Siem Woldeab (TEX) d. Neel Rajesh (STAN), 6-4, 6-3
5) Chi Chi Huang (TEX) d. Timothy Sah (STAN), 7-5, 6-3
6) Filip Kolasinski (STAN) led Cleeve Harper (TEX), 6-4, 1-6, 2-1
Order of Finish: 2, 4, 5
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Texas Tops Stanford
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