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Men's Tennis

Triumph in Tempe

TEMPE, Ariz. – No. 14 Stanford men's tennis picked up its second road win in Pac-12 play, defeating Arizona State, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon. The Cardinal improves to 13-4 overall with a 3-2 mark in conference contests.

Stanford struck first in doubles, picking up wins on courts two and three. Max Basing and Alexandre Rotsaert rolled to a 6-2 win on court three, while Tomas Kopczynski and Timothy Sah rallied for a 7-5 triumph in the second position.

Sangeet Sridhar and Sah quickly extended the Stanford advantage to 3-0 with straight set wins on courts five and six, for their 10th and ninth wins of the season. After a loss on court one, Axel Geller clinched the match on court two, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, to earn his 10th win of the year.

Stanford returns home for the next three contests, beginning with Washington on Friday, April 8 at 2 p.m.

No. 14 Stanford 4, No. 67 Arizona State 1

DOUBLES
1) No. 48 Fery/Geller (STAN) led Bullard/Cassone (ASU), 6-5 uf
2) Kopczynski/Sah (STAN) d. Lerby/Stoupe (ASU), 7-5
3) Basing/Rotsaert (STAN) d. Hoffmann/Salle (ASU), 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 2

SINGLES
1) No. 25 Murphy Cassone (ASU) d. No. 2 Arthur Fery (STAN), 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
2) Axel Geller (STAN) d. No. 87 Fabien Salle (ASU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
3) No. 58 Max Basing (STAN) trailed Jacob Bullard (ASU), 5-7, 5-4
4) Aryan Chaudhary (STAN) trailed George Stoupe (ASU), 1-6, 7-5, 0-1
5) Sangeet Sridhar (STAN) d. Spencer Brachman (ASU), 6-1, 6-3
6) Timothy Sah (STAN) d. Moritz Hoffman (ASU), 6-4, 6-3
Order of Finish: 5, 6, 1, 2