Cardinal Falls 4-1 At No. 4 TexasCardinal Falls 4-1 At No. 4 Texas
Men's Tennis

Cardinal Falls 4-1 At No. 4 Texas

AUSTIN, Texas - No. 15 Stanford closed out its road trip with a 4-1 defeat at No. 4 Texas on Sunday afternoon.

Trailing 1-0 after dropping the doubles point, Stanford (2-3) fell behind 3-0 after Texas secured victories at the Nos. 2 and 3 spots.

Kyle Kang responded with a 7-5, 6-4 triumph on court four, accounting for the Cardinal's only point.

Despite falling behind 3-1, Stanford had forced a third set in each of the remaining three matches, including Nishesh Basavareddy pushing the nation's top-ranked player to a decider at the No. 1 spot.

However, the Longhorns made it official with the clincher on court five.

Stanford next hosts Pepperdine on Friday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m. at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

No. 4 Texas 4, No. 15 Stanford 1

DOUBLES
1) No. 3 Harper/Spizzirri (TEXAS) d. Banerjee/Basavareddy (STAN) 6-3
2) Siem Woldeab/Pierre-Yves Bailly (TEXAS) d. Nico Godsick/Kyle Kang (STAN) 6-1
3) Braswell/Gilles-Arnaud Bailly (TEXAS) vs. Aryan Chaudhary/Harsh Hemang Parikh (STAN) 4-5, suspended
Order of Finish: 2, 1

SINGLES
1) No. 1 Eliot Spizzirri (TEXAS) vs. Nishesh Basavareddy (STAN) 6-3, 5-7, 3-2, suspended
2) No. 2 Micah Braswell (TEXAS) d. No. 37 Samir Banerjee (STAN) 7-5, 6-1
3) Gilles-Arnaud Bailly (TEXAS) d. Max Basing (STAN) 7-5, 6-3
4) Kyle Kang (STAN) d. No. 49 Pierre-Yves Bailly (TEXAS) 7-5, 6-4
5) No. 82 Cleeve Harper (TEXAS) d. Hudson Rivera (STAN) 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-3
6) No. 28 Jonah Braswell (TEXAS) vs. No. 53 Neel Rajesh (STAN) 3-6, 7-5, 5-2, suspended
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 4, 5