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Men's Tennis

Cats Wrap Up Second Day at Wildcat Invite, USC +1

TUCSON - Arizona men's tennis continued action at the Wildcat Invite and USC +1 on Saturday, tallying eight wins between the two tournaments.

At the USC +1, Jay Friend and Nick Lagaev defeated No. 47 Alex Kiefer and Jeffrey von der Schulenberg (UVA), 8-5, to open the day of competition for the Cats.

No. 87 Friend additionally charted a singles victory over No. 37 Ronald Hohmann of Michigan State, 6-2, 6-2, for his second singles win of the weekend.

Inaki Cabrera-Bello took down 59th-ranked Casey Hoole (USC), 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, and 92nd-ranked Lagaev got a top-50 win with a 6-2, 6-3 defeat of NC State's No. 48 Luca Staeheli. 

No. 50 Gustaf Strom defeated Matthew Thomson (Wake Forest) 7-5, 6-1 to round out the day's wins in Columbia.

At the Wildcat Invite, Dominique Rolland and Eric Padgham defeated Leon Roider and Pablo Gomez Galvan (Gonzaga) 6-4 to clinch a spot in the Wilma draw final on Sunday morning. 

Casper Christensen and Sasha Rozin got a 6-3 win over Maciej Ziomber and Maikel de Boes of NAU to send them to finals of the consolation Wilbur bracket Sunday.

Rozin's 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 singles win over de Boes (NAU) earned him a spot in the Red draw final set for Sunday.

Wildcat Invite
Sunday, Sept. 17 Morning Matches

8:00 a.m. (MST) - Rolland/Padgham (Doubles) vs. Ryoma Matsushita/Avery Tallakson (UNM)
8:00 a.m. (MST) - Christensen/Rozin (Doubles) vs. Georgio Samaha/Nicolas Recoura (UNM)
8:45 a.m. (MST) - Rozin vs. Arthur Bellegy (UNM)
8:45 a.m. (MST) - Christensen vs. Anton Ornberg (UNLV)
10:15 a.m. (MST) - Padgham vs. Gus Krauel (Gonzaga)
10:15 a.m. (MST) - Rolland vs. Ryoma Matsushita (UNM)

USC +1 
Sunday, Sept. 17 Morning Matches

6:00 a.m. (MST) - Friend/Lagaev (Doubles) vs. #7 Filippo Moroni/Matthew Thomson (Wake Forest)
Time TBA - Cabrera-Bello vs. #93 Karl Poling (UNC)
Time TBA - #87 Friend vs. #106 Anuj Watane (UNC)
Time TBA - #50 Strom vs. Connor Krug (Duke)
Time TBA - #92 Lagaev vs. #64 Andrew Zhang (Duke)

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Players Mentioned

Casper Christensen

Casper Christensen

Junior
Jay Friend

Jay Friend

Sophomore
Nick Lagaev

Nick Lagaev

Graduate Student
Eric  Padgham

Eric Padgham

Sophomore
Gustaf Strom

Gustaf Strom

Senior
Alexander Rozin

Alexander Rozin

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Casper Christensen

Casper Christensen

Junior
Jay Friend

Jay Friend

Sophomore
Nick Lagaev

Nick Lagaev

Graduate Student
Eric  Padgham

Eric Padgham

Sophomore
Gustaf Strom

Gustaf Strom

Senior
Alexander Rozin

Alexander Rozin

Freshman
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