SOUTH BEND, Ind. – After suffering their first weekend slate of league losses, the No. 22 Notre Dame men’s tennis team bounced back in a major way, defeating both No. 23 Stanford and No. 65 California. It marked the program’s first-ever wins against both as the Fighting Irish improved to 6-2 in ACC play.
On Sunday, the Blue & Gold swept Cal 4-0, then ended the day with a 7-0 sweep over Marist to improve to 17-4 overall. Notre Dame has now produced 13 total shutouts this spring.
Graduate Perry Gregg shone bright with a 5-0 overall record in the California teams sweep (3-0 in singles & 2-0 in doubles). Furthermore, Gregg clinched the doubles point against both Stanford and Cal, and his singles wins clinched all three dual matches.
Against Cal, No. 13 Sebastian Dominko defeated Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, on court one to win his team-best sixth straight. After the weekend, Dominko, Gregg and Luis Llorens Saracho all now boast double-digit singles dual victories.
Speaking of Llorens Saracho, he and Peter Nad went 3-0 in doubles over the weekend, which included an impressive win over the No. 6 pair in the country, Stanford’s Chang/Razeghi. Llorens Saracho & Nad also defeated Cal’s Aney/Silva + Marist’s Suhanitski/Bevan. Llorens Saracho & Nad are currently ranked 53rd in the nation and boast an 8-3 dual record with 4 ranked wins.
The Irish are now in sole fourth place with five ACC challenges remaining. Up next, two road battles: at SMU on March 27 and at Boston College on March 29.
#22 Notre Dame (16-4, 6-2) – 4 | #65 Cal (12-9, 4-4) – 0
DOUBLES – 2, 1
1. Dominko/Gregg (ND) def. Wasiutynski/Stepanov (CAL), 6-4
2. #53 Llorens Saracho/Nad (ND) def. Aney/Silva (CAL), 6-4
3. Becker/Thompson (ND) vs Pouatcha/Munk Mesa (CAL), 5-5, unfinished
SINGLES – 3, 2, 1
1. #13 Sebastian Dominko (ND) def. Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski (CAL), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
2. #78 Perry Gregg (ND) def. Timofey Stepanov (CAL), 6-3, 6-4
3. Giuseppe Cerasuolo (ND) def. Tiago Silva (CAL), 6-1, 6-4
4. Peter Nad (ND) vs Bernardo Munk Mesa (CAL), 6-1, 4-6, 3-4, unfinished
5. Kyran Magimay (ND) vs Paris Pouatcha (CAL), 6-3, 3-6, 0-3, unfinished
6. Luis Llorens Saracho (ND) vs Lenn Luemkemann (CAL), 4-6, 6-2, 2-1, unfinished
#22 Notre Dame (17-4) – 7 | Marist (6-4) – 0
DOUBLES – 3, 1
1. #53 Llorens Saracho/Nad (ND) def. Suhanitski/Bevan, 6-3
2. Dominko/Becker (ND) vs Singh/Heinemann, 5-4, unfinished
3. Patrick/Lee (ND) def. Catala/Despontin, 6-1
SINGLES – 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, 4
1. #78 Perry Gregg (ND) def. Jose Catala (MAR), 6-1, 6-4
2. Giuseppe Cerasuolo (ND) def. Alejandro Abella Fernandez (MAR), 6-0, 7-5
3. Chase Thompson (ND) def. Ian Layton (MAR), 6-1, 6-4
4. Evan Lee (ND) def. Anirudh Nallaparaju (MAR), 7-6(1), 6-3
5. Nicholas Patrick (ND) def. Thomas Bevan (MAR), 6-3, 6-0
6. Nolan Balthazor (ND) def. Gregor Heinemann (MAR), 6-4, 6-4
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