STANFORD, Calif. – Serving for the first time at the Taube Pavilion at Arrillaga Tennis Center, No. 6 Stanford men’s tennis swept No. 36 UC Irvine, 4-0. The Cardinal improves to 8-2 this season and 2-0 on Stanford’s campus.
The final match before ACC play begins, Stanford got out to a fast start with wins on courts two and three in doubles. Nico Godsick and Henry von der Schulenburg opened with a 6-1 victory in the third position while Samir Banerjee and Nathan Barki scored a 6-3 result on court two to give Stanford a 1-0 lead in the match.
In front of a capacity crowd at the new facility, Stanford won five first sets in singles play. von der Schulenburg doubled the Cardinal lead with a 6-3, 6-0 win on court four, while Kyle Kang extended the margin to 3-0 with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph on court three. Godsick netted the clincher on court five, 7-5, 6-2 – his second clinching point this season.
Stanford opens conference action on Tobacco Road, starting with a Feb. 27 tilt at No. 1 Wake Forest. A rematch of last year’s NCAA Super Regional in Winston-Salem, the first serves are set for 1 p.m. PT.
No. 6 Stanford 4, No. 36 UC Irvine 0
DOUBLES
1. Basing/Kang (STAN) led No. 88 Nguyen/Zamora (UCI), 5-3 uf
2. Banerjee/Nathan Barki (STAN) d. Fardanesh/Sohrob Amiryavari (UCI), 6-3
3. Godsick/von der Schulenburg (STAN) d. Huang/Krishna (UCI), 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 2
SINGLES
1. No. 18 Samir Banerjee (STAN) vs. No. 54 Noah Zamora (UCI), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 uf
2. No. 80 Max Basing (STAN) vs. Andy Nguyen (UCI), 2-6, 6-3, 0-1 uf
3. Kyle Kang (STAN) d. Ritvik Krishna (UCI), 6-1, 6-1
4. Henry von der Schulenburg (STAN) d. Ruining Huang (UCI), 6-3, 6-0
5. Nico Godsick (STAN) d. Max Fardanesh (UCI), 7-5, 6-2
6. Nathan Barki (STAN) vs. Lawee Sherif (UCI), 6-4, 2-2 uf
Order of finish: 4, 3, 5