Shocker tennis in Cailfornia faces No. 63 Georgia State and No. 4 USC

WSU tennis was in Los Angeles, Calif.  this weekend taking part in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend. The weekend included matches against No. 64 Georgia State and No. 4 University of Southern California.

On Saturday, the Shocks faced the Georgia State Panthers and were in for all they could handle.

The Panthers were looking for an upset as they started off with a win in doubles play. Doubles play was split early 1-1 with a WSU win from the team of Tomislav Gregurovic and Tin Ostojic over their opponent 6-2, and a GSU win from Sofiane Chevallier and Robert Schulze over WSU’s Guillermo de Vilchez and Guillermo Nicol, 6-4.

WSU dropped the last doubles match 6-5, when Eric Baum and Jannis Koeke defeated Ilija Cuic and xJocelyn Devilliers.

With WSU down 1-0 entering singles play, they had to win four the following six matches to get back on the winning track.

Ostojic was happy to tie things up with a win over Felipe Jaworski 6-2, 6-0. GSU took the lead back with a Chevallier win over Devilliers 6-3, 6-1. Three set match wins from Cuic and de Vilchez gave WSU a lead in the team match 3-2. 

After GSU tied the match once again with a win at the four position over Nicol, Gregurovic stepped up with a big three set win over Koeke 6-4, 5-6, 6-5 giving the Shocks a 4-3 match win over the Panthers.

Day two of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend held a much tougher match up as WSU was set to play the USC Trojans.

The No. 4 Trojans came out hot with a doubles win at the one position over Gregurovic and Ostojic 6-0. USC went on to clinch the doubles point with a 6-2 win over Devilliers and Nicol.

In singles play, the Trojans continued their dominance with a win at the five position over de Vilchez 6-1, 4-1 as Guillermo retired. 

Cuic was put away by USC’s Ray Sarmiento 6-0, 6-0 to give USC a 3-0 lead. Shortly after WSU’s Ibian Hodgson was beat at the six position 6-2, 6-2 to wrap up a 4-0 Trojan win over the No. 63 ranked Shockers.

WSU men’s tennis is back on the road facing Georgia State again in Atlanta, GA on Friday, Feb 7.