Ducks Lose to Cal on Senior Day

Saturday, April 20

Eugene, OR

1:00 PM

University of Oregon

California

Photo by: Samuel Marshall

04/20/19 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Zach Lawson

EUGENE, Ore. – Despite a ranked win atop the doubles lineup Saturday afternoon, the University of Oregon men's tennis team suffered a 4-0 setback to No. 35 Cal at the Student Tennis Center. During a break between singles and doubles play, the team's three seniors—Armando Soemarno, Ethan Young-Smith and Thomas Laurent—were recognized in an on-court ceremony.

Up Next: The 2019 Pac-12 Men's Championship (April 24-27) will be held at Libbey Park in Ojai, Calif. The bracket will be finalized following Sunday's league finale between Stanford and Washington. The Ducks finish the regular season with a 13-9 overall record.

At the No. 1 doubles spot, the team of Joshua Charlton and Ty Gentry posted a 6-2 win over the 32^nd-ranked duo Jacob Brumm and Yuta Kikuchi from Cal. The win was their second over a ranked opponent this season. The doubles point came down to the No. 3 spot where Cal (12-11, 4-4 Pac-12) came away with a tightly contested 7-5 win to take the 1-0 match lead.

Sophomore Riki Oshima jumped out to an early lead on court three with a 6-3 win in the opening set but the visiting Bears was up a set on the five other courts. Fellow sophomore Joshua Charlton dropped the first set at the No. 4 spot but was ahead 4-1 in the second when Cal clinched the match.

The Bears ran through singles play with straight-set wins on courts two, five and six to secure the dual-match win.

#35 Cal 4, #45 Oregon 0
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Student Tennis Center (Eugene, Ore.)

Doubles
1. Joshua Charlton/Ty Gentry (ORE) def. No. 32 Jacob Brumm/Yuta Kikuchi (CAL) – 6-2
2. Paul Baretto/Can Kaya (CAL) def. Riki Oshima/Charles Roberts (ORE) – 6-2
3. Ben Draper/Mert Zincirli (CAL) def. Emmanuel Coste/Armando Soemarno (ORE) – 7-5
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles
1. Emmanuel Coste (ORE) vs Yuta Kikuchi (CAL) – 3-6, 3-4 [unfinished]
2. Jack Molloy (CAL) def. Ty Gentry (ORE) – 6-0, 6-2
3. Riki Oshima (ORE) vs Paul Barretto (CAL) – 6-3, 1-2 [unfinished]
4. Joshua Charlton (ORE) vs Jacob Brumm (CAL) – 1-6, 4-1 [unfinished]
5. Ben Draper (CAL) def. Charles Roberts (ORE) – 6-2, 6-1
6. Bjorn Hoffman (CAL) def. Ethan Young-Smith (ORE) – 6-3, 6-2
Order of Finish: 5, 6, 2

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