Score: #17 South Florida 4, VCU 1
Location: Tampa, Fla. (USF Varsity Tennis Courts)
Records: VCU 13-6, South Florida 13-6
The short story: VCU scored a singles and a doubles win as it battled 17th-ranked South Florida on the road, but the Rams couldn't hold off the Bulls Saturday in Tampa.
OPENING SERVE
- Freshman Arvid Noren gave VCU a glimmer of hope Saturday when he ran past Vadym Kalyuzhnyy on the No. 5 court 6-1, 6-2 to pull the Rams within 2-1 in the match.
- At the time South Florida clinched the match, the Rams' Vitor Lima led Peter Bertran 7-6 (7-1), 3-2 on at the No. 3 position, and sophomore Louis Ishizaka was locked in a dead heat with Everth Dzib at No. 6. The players split the first two sets and were tied 1-1 in the third when the match was called.
- Michael Voscek and Catalin Fifea were also victorious on the No. 3 doubles court. They topped Sebastien Butler and Ignacio Gonzalez Mun, 6-4.
RESULTS
#17 South Florida 4, VCU 1
Singles
1-Dominic Cotrone (USF) def. Michal Voscek, 6-2, 6-2
2-Sasha Gozun (USF) def. Catalin Fifea, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2
3-Vitor Lima (VCU) led Peter Bertran, 7-6 (7-1), 3-2 DNF
4-Ignacio Gonzalez Mun (USF) def. Daryl Monfils, 6-2, 6-0
5-Arvid Noren (VCU) def. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy, 6-1, 6-2
6-Everth Dzib (USF) vs. Louis Ishizaka, 6-1, 2-6, 1-1, DNF
Order of finish: 4, 5, 1, 2
Doubles
1-Cotrone/Bertran (USF) def. Lima/Monfils, 6-3
2-Gozun/Kalyuzhnyy (USF) def. Noren/Ishizaka, 6-4
3-Voscek/Fifea (VCU) def. Sebastien Butler/Gonzalez Mun, 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
UP NEXT
VCU will remain in Tampa and meet Florida Atlantic Sunday at 2 p.m. on the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.
