Singles Struggles Leads to 4-1 Loss at Cal

Friday, April 20

Berkeley, CA

5:00 PM

University of Washington

California

Photo by: Red Box Pictures

April 20, 2018 | Men's Tennis

BERKELEY, Calif. – Despite winning the doubles point, Washington men's tennis lost the road match 4-1 at No. 31 California on Friday.

Washington (13-11, 2-5 Pac-12) took the early advantage after winning the doubles point over Cal (11-7, 3-3 Pac-12). The first doubles win came on court three. Piers Foley and Jake Douglas teamed up to win 6-4. At No. 1 doubles, Kawika Lam and Enzo Sommer upset No. 35 Billy Griffith and J.T. Nishimura in a close 7-5 set to clinch the point.

In singles, the Dawgs struggled, winning two sets in all of the matches. At No. 4 singles, Amit Batta lost in two sets, 6-4, 6-3, allowing the Bears to tie up the team score at 1-1. Jake Douglas lost to No. 58 Billy Griffith on court one, 6-4, 6-2, giving Cal the 2-1 lead.

After Sommer lost at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 6-4, the match was in jeopardy for Washington with Foley down on court six. Foley barely lost the first set in a tiebreaker, 7-6(4), but the momentum was on the Bears' side in the second set. Foley lost the second set 6-1 and Cal clinched the 4-1 win.

Both Mitch Stewart and Jack Davis were in a third set when the match was called. Stewart was on the brink of losing, down 5-1 in the third. Davis won a tiebreaker to force a third set when Cal sealed the win on court six.

The final regular season match is on Saturday at No. 4 Stanford at 3 p.m. PT. Links for live streaming and scoring can be found on the men's tennis schedule page.

RESULTS
Washington – 1
#31 California – 4

Doubles (Order of finish: 3, 1)
1) Lam/Sommer (UW) def. #35 Griffith/Nishimura (CAL) 7-5
2) Davis/Stewart (UW) vs. Kaya/Molloy (CAL) 5-4 DNF
3) Foley/Douglas (UW) def. Barretto/Draper (CAL) 6-4

Singles (Order of finish: 4, 1, 3, 6)
1) #58 Billy Griffith (CAL) def. #62 Jake Douglas (UW) 6-4, 6-2
2) #84 Mitch Stewart (UW) vs. J.T. Nishimura (CAL) 1-6, 6-4, 1-5 DNF
3) Jack Molloy (CAL) def. Enzo Sommer (UW) 6-3, 6-4
4) Ben Draper (CAL) def. Amit Batta (UW) 6-4, 6-3
5) Jack Davis (UW) vs. Paul Barretto (CAL) 3-6, 7-6(6) DNF
6) Jaacob Brumm (CAL) def. Piers Foley (UW) 7-6(4), 6-1