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Cal Poly Men's Tennis Blanks Pacific at Home Sunday, 4-0
2/23/2020 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The Cal Poly men's tennis squad picked up its second win a row on Sunday after blanking the University of the Pacific 4-0 at Mustang Tennis Complex to wrap up its four-match homestand.
It was the most dominant win of the season for the Mustangs (3-5), winning their second match in a row at home.
In doubles, the Tigers won at the No. 1 position to get things started. However, Cal Poly's No. 2 duo of sophomore Gary Vardanyan and junior Alex Stater won their match 6-3 in what was their first time playing together this season. The Mustangs' No. 3 pairing of juniors Andrew Whitehouse and Roman Shenkiryk clinched the doubles point after a 6-3 win to remain unbeaten together at 3-0 this season.
Once it moved to singles, Vardanyan put Cal Poly up 2-0 after a dominant straight-sets win, 6-0, 6-4 at the No. 3 spot. He is now a team-best 5-2 in singles this season.
Not long after that, senior Antoine Noel took care of business at the No. 1 position, 6-4, 6-1 to improve his singles record to 4-4.
The win was later clinched by junior Alex Stater (pictured) at the No. 4 spot in strong fashion, 6-3, 6-0. Stater is now 3-2 in singles in 2020.
Cal Poly will be off next week before taking its two-match win streak to Colorado for a pair of matches in two weeks. The Mustangs will travel to Colorado on March 6 & 7 at the University of Denver and a neutral-site match against Lamar University.
