STANFORD, Calif. – No. 3 Stanford men’s tennis wrapped up its six-game homestand to open the spring schedule with six wins, downing No. 22 USC, 4-1, at Arrillaga Tennis Center-Taube Pavilion.
The sweep of USC and UCLA is the second in a row for Stanford, which posted a road sweep a year ago in Los Angeles. Stanford improves to 70-79 all-time against USC, and it has reached 30 consecutive wins on The Farm dating back to April 7, 2023.
Stanford earned the doubles point with wins on courts two and three to take an early lead. Samir Banerjee and Mark Krupkin scored a 6-1 win on court three, while Alex Chang and Jagger Leach clinched the advantage with a 6-3 result in the second position.
USC managed to tie the match with a win on court one, but Krupkin gave Stanford back the lead on court six with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory on court six. Moments after Krupkin’s win, Leach completed his comeback in three sets with a 6-0 showing in the decisive set on court four, extending the Cardinal advantage to 3-1.
Hudson Rivera clinched the match in a tiebreaker on court three, taking the match in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 (3).
Stanford hits the road for the first time on Friday, Feb. 6 at No. 25 Pepperdine. The first serves are set for 2 p.m.
No. 3 Stanford 4, #22 USC 1
DOUBLES
1) Razeghi/Rivera (STAN) vs. Casanova/McCarthy (USC), 4-4 unfinished
2) Chang/Leach (STAN) d. Exsted/Trouve (USC), 6-3
3) Banerjee/Krupkin (STAN) d. Church/Hayos (USC), 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2
SINGLES
1) Nathan Trouve (USC) d. Samir Banerjee (STAN), 6-3, 6-2
2) Max Ested (USC) led No. 67 Alex Chang (STAN), 7-5, 5-5 unfinished
3) Hudson Rivera (STAN) d. Jack McCarthy (USC), 6-3, 7-6 (3)
4) Jagger Leach (STAN) d. Niels Hoffman (USC), 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
5) Andrin Casanova (USC) led Alex Razeghi (STAN), 2-6, 6-3, 2-1 unfinished
6) Mark Krupkin (STAN) d. Connor Church (USC), 6-3, 7-6 (6)
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 4, 3