Graig MantleThe Cal Poly men’s tennis team took to the courts this weekend for a three-day invitational, their final match of the fall.
Sophomore Rob Foy went 3-0 in singles and 0-3 in doubles.
“We (Foy and doubles partner Darryn Young) played at No. 1 doubles, which was a bit of a step up from last year,” Foy said. “It was a good learning experience.”
On Friday Cal Poly matched up against Loyola Marymount University. In doubles, partners Drew Jacobs and Blake Wardman won 8-2 over Loyola Marymount’s Jacek Twarowski and Johan Berhof.
Wardman and Jacobs both won in singles as well. Wardman beat Stefan Nikolic 6-3, 6-0 and Jacobs beat Renzo Maggi 6-3, 6-0.
Mustang Nick Berger had a 7-6, 6-0 win over Nick Von Der Ahe.
Young and Foy lost 8-4 to Sam Tadevosian and Maggi, and Andy Gerst and Berger fell 8-4 to Nikolic and Von Der Ahe.
On Saturday the Mustangs won four of their six singles matchups against Sacramento State.
Foy beat Ronan Conlon 6-2, 6-0 and Jacobs dropped his first set but went on to beat Holden Ching 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Also victorious was Wardman, who beat Tim Lantin 6-3, 7-5, and Young with a 7-6, 6-3 victory over Sven-David Ruett.
Mustangs Alexander Sonesson and Andy Gerst both lost their singles matches. Sonesson lost to Anton Stryhas 6-1, 6-3 and Gerst won a set before Kiryl Harbatsiuk came back to win 6-1, 3-6, 1-6.
In doubles, Jacobs and Wardman beat the pairing of Lantin and Conlon 8-2.
The Hornets’ Stryhas and Harbatsiuk beat Foy and Young 8-4, and Ching and Ruett beat Gerst and Berger 8-6.
The last matchup of the weekend was Sunday’s competition against UC Santa Barbara.
“This is a really good way to finish out the season and show fans and coaches how you developed and what you learned,” Sonesson said.
Cal Poly won four of the seven singles matches against the Gauchos and one of the three doubles matches.
In singles, Young, Wardman, Foy and Berger had wins. Young won a close match against Max Taylor 7-6, 7-6. Wardman had a 6-3, 6-4, 10-3 win over Nigel Barton and Foy a 7-6, 6-3 win over Maher Zeidan. Berger beat Taylor Goggin 2-6, 6-4, 10-5.
Gauchos’ Jack Hui beat Sonesson 6-0, 6-2 and Philip Therp beat Gerst 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Eric Lee had a 7-6, 6-2 win over Jacobs.
In doubles, a Cal Poly duo of Gerst and Berger beat Hui and Barton 8-5. Young and Foy lost to Bijan Hejazi and Therp 8-5.
Jacobs and Wardman also lost to Taylor and Goggin 8-9.
“We have a pretty young team with a lot of freshmen, so it was good to get them into a competition,” Foy said of the invitational. “It was fun and we did pretty good. One of our team goals for next season is to win the Big West.”
The 2008 men’s tennis season begins in January.