STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford cruised past Saint Mary's 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
The Cardinal (2-0), which remained perfect in nine all-time meetings against the Gaels (2-8), looked sharp across the board despite a shuffled singles lineup that featured five players making their debuts.
After sweeping all three courts in doubles to take a 1-0 lead, Stanford received convincing singles wins from Arthur Fery (6-0, 6-1) and Filip Kolasinski (6-2, 6-1).
Appearing at the No. 2 spot for the first time since his freshman season, Axel Geller provided the clincher in his season debut with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory.
Coming up for Stanford is a busy seven-day, four-match stretch that begins on Monday, March 22 at UCLA.
Stanford 6, Saint Mary's 1
DOUBLES
1) Fery/Timothy Sah (STAN) d. Reckow/Watt (SMC) 7-5
2) Rajesh/Rotsaert (STAN) d. Kesaris/Roensdorf (SMC) 7-6 (4)
3) Geller/Aryan Chaudhary (STAN) d. Bot/Potts (SMC) 6-4
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
SINGLES
1) No. 3 Alexandre Rotsaert (STAN) d. No. 23 Damon Kesaris (SMC) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
2) No. 20 Axel Geller (STAN) d. James Watt (SMC) 6-3, 7-6 (6)
3) No. 94 Arthur Fery (STAN) d. Fabian Roensdorf (SMC) 6-0, 6-1
4) Matis Bot (SMC) d. No. 75 Sangeet Sridhar (STAN) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (9)
5) Alex Lee (STAN) d. Boris Reckow (SMC) 6-4, 6-4
6) Filip Kolasinski (STAN) d. Caelan Potts (SMC) 6-2, 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 6, 2, 5, 1, 4