LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC San Diego men's tennis team continued their non-conference play, bright and early, Thursday morning at the Northview Tennis Courts but were not able to clinch the win, falling to the University of San Francisco,  4-1.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Match 1: UC San Diego 1, San Francisco 4
Records: UC San Diego 1-2 ; San Francisco 1-0
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tritons fought a hard battle in doubles action but fell short with only one win with Sophomore Pelayo Rodriguez and Senior Phillip Lan taking the doubles match at No. 2, 6-2. Despite the slow start, the Tritons fought hard in singles but took losses at Nos. 1, 2, and 4, leaving Nos. 3 and 5 unfinished. Despite the tough competition, Charles Qian continued his singles winning streak with an impressive win at No. 6 against Junior Johan Garpered, 6-2 and 6-3.
 
RESULTS
Doubles
1. Stevie Gould/Neil Giraldez (USF) def. Daniel Traxler/William Lan (UCSD), 6-4
2. Pelayo Rodriguez/Phillip Lan (UCSD) def. Davide Cortimiglia (USF), 6-2
3. Mortiz Hoffman/Johan Garpered (USF) def. Eric Silberman/Diogo Tinoco (UCSD), 6-2
 
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
 
Singles
1. Nil Giraldez (USF) def. Daniel Traxler (UCSD), 6-1, 6-3
2. Stevie Gould (USF) def. Phillip Lan (UCSD), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
3. Diogo Tinoco (UCSD) vs. Davide Cortimiglia (USF), 6-3, 6-6 (5-4), dnf
4. Mortiz Hoffman (USF) def. Jett Cole (UCSD), 6-2, 6-3
5. Pelayo Rodriguez (UCSD) vs. Nikola Kuraica (USF), 2-6, 6-3, 5-4, dnf
6. Charles Qian (UCSD) def. Johan Garpered (USF), 6-2, 6-3
 
Order of finish: 4, 1, 6, 2
 
QUOTABLE
Coach Timmer Willings shares his faith in the Tritons post match against San Francisco, "Overall, I think we were better at the end of the match than where we started, we are still improving and we have to get right back at it tomorrow."
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Sophomore Charles Qian is starting his season strong, now having won all three of his singles matches.
• Pelayo Rodriguez and Phillip Lan clinched their first doubles victory of the season.
• The Tritons will face Sacramento State this Friday, January 20th, falling on the same date that they faced the Hornets in the 2021-2022 season.

UP NEXT
UC San Diego will be back on the Northview Tennis Courts to face Sacramento State on Friday afternoon at 3pm, then finish off the weekend with a match against Loyola Marymount on Sunday at 1pm.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in NCAA Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.