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Arizona Closes Out Wildcat Invite, USC +1

TUCSON - The Arizona men's tennis team concluded its first weekend of fall competition on Sunday, charting six wins. Four of those wins came over ranked opponents at the USC +1, and one of those wins was a top-10 victory.

At the USC +1, Jay Friend and Nick Lagaev started the day off with a top-10 takedown of No. 7 Fillipo Moroni and Matthew Thomson (Wake Forest), 6-3.

No. 87 Friend followed up the doubles win with his third ranked singles win of the weekend. He defeated UNC's No. 106 Anuj Watane in a quick 6-1, 6-1 victory.

Competition in South Carolina continued with a win by 50th-ranked Gustaf Strom. The senior defeated Connor Krug of Duke in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.

No. 92 Nick Lagaev closed out the day at the USC +1 for Arizona with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of No. 54 Andrew Zhang (Duke).

At the Wildcat Invite, Casper Christensen defeated UNLV's Anton Ornberg 6-4, 6-4, and Dominique Rolland rounded out the day's wins with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of New Mexico's Ryoma Matsushita.

Arizona returns to action as it travels to San Francisco, Calif., for the Battle of the Bay Sept. 21-24.

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Players Mentioned

Casper Christensen

Casper Christensen

Junior
Jay Friend

Jay Friend

Sophomore
Nick Lagaev

Nick Lagaev

Graduate Student
Gustaf Strom

Gustaf Strom

Senior

Players Mentioned

Casper Christensen

Casper Christensen

Junior
Jay Friend

Jay Friend

Sophomore
Nick Lagaev

Nick Lagaev

Graduate Student
Gustaf Strom

Gustaf Strom

Senior
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