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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Top-seeded USF captured its third consecutive American Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Championship with a 4-0 win over No. 2 seed Tulsa on Sunday at the Dunavant-Wellford Tennis Center on the campus of the Memphis University School.
Peter Bertran clinched the match and the NCAA automatic qualifier for the Bulls with a 6-4, 7-5 at No. 4 singles against Tulsa’s Carlos Bautista. Roberto Cid was named the Most Outstanding Tournament Performer after producing four combined wins in singles and doubles, including a semifinal win (6-2, 7-5) against the No. 2 ranked singles player in the country in Tulane’s Domink Koepfer.
USF opened the match by taking the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2. The Bulls’ top-team of Vadym Kalyuzhnyy and Shasha Gozun defeated Matthew Kirby and Okkie Kellerman on court one by a margin of 6-2. Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz and Cid secured the point with a 6-3 win on court three against Tulsa’s Majed Kilani and Bautista.
Gozun opened singles play for USF with a 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 2. Kalyuzhnyy followed with a 6-2, 7-5 win at No. 5 before Bertran earned the match winner on court four.
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Doubles Competition (Order of Finish: 1, 3)
1. #34 Vadym Kalyuzhnyy/Sasha Gozun (USF) def. Matthew Kirby/Okkie Kellerman (TLS) 6-2
2. Dominic Cotrone/Peter Bertran (USF) vs. Dylan McCloskey/Dominic Bechard (TLS) 4-4, unfinished
3. Roberto Cid/Ignacio Gonzalez Mun (USF) def. Majed Kilani/Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-3
Singles Competition: (Order of Finish: 2, 6, 4)
1. #4 Roberto Cid (USF) vs. #46 Or Ram-Harel (TLS) 4-6, 5-2, unfinished
2. Sasha Gozun (USF) def. Juan Matias Gonzalez (TLS) 7-5, 6-3
3. #48 Dominic Cotrone (USF) vs. Majed Kilani (TLS) 6-7 (3-7), 2-3, unfinished
4. Peter Bertran (USF) def. Carlos Bautista (TLS) 6-4, 7-5
5. Ignacio Gonzalez Mun (USF) vs. Francois Kellerman (TLS) 3-6, 6-5, unfinished
6. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) def. Dylan McCloskey (TLS) 6-2, 7-5
Most Outstanding Performer
Roberto Cid, USF