No. 18 Tigers fall in semifinals

Saturday, April 21

Dallas, Texas

10 a.m.

University of Memphis

USF

Photo by: (Ben Solomon/American Athletic Conference)

Apr 21, 2018 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

DALLAS, Texas – Despite a late rally from the No. 18 Memphis men's tennis team, the Tigers dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to USF in the semifinal round of the American Athletic Conference Championships.

Memphis (18-5, 5-0) found itself in a deficit after the opening doubles point. USF scored wins at the top two positions for an early 1-0 lead.

After a brief weather delay forced singles action to resume indoors, the Tigers got on the board when Jan Pallares delivered a 6-2, 6-0 victory.

USF regained the match advantage on court 5, but Andrew Watson quickly followed to tie the match once more with a straight-set win at the No. 2 position.

Memphis found its first lead of the day when Ryan Peniston claimed a 7-5, 6-4 victory at the top spot. But the lead would not last as USF took a three-set thriller on court 3 and won a tiebreak on court 4 to set the 4-3 final.

The Tigers' setback halted their second-longest win streak in program history at 13 matches. Memphis seeks to regroup at the NCAA Championships with the regional field to be announced May 1 at 4:30 p.m. CT.

RESULTS

Singles
1. #39 Ryan Peniston (MEM) def. #67 Alberto Barroso-Campos (USF), 7-5, 6-4
2. #106 Andrew Watson (MEM) def. Peter Bertran (USF), 6-3, 6-4
3. Grayson Goldin (USF) def. Kai Lemke (MEM), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
4. Pierre Luquet (USF) def. Chris Patzanovsky (MEM), 6-4, 7-6(0)
5. Jakub Wojcik (USF) def. Felix Rauch (MEM), 6-2, 6-4
6. Jan Pallares (MEM) def. Sean Burnette (USF), 6-2, 6-0
(Order of finish: 6, 5, 2, 1, 3, 4)

Doubles
1. #76 Barroso-Campos/Goldin (USF) def. #38 Peniston/Watson (MEM), 6-3
2. Bertran/Wojcik (USF) def. Lemke/Rauch (MEM), 6-2
3. Story/Pallares (MEM) vs. Burnette/Luquet (USF), 4-5, unfinished
(Order of finish: 2, 1)