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Feb. 11, 2008
IRVINE, CA--Gera Boryachinskiy defeated Trevor Dobson 7-6, 7-6 at number three singles and clinched the match as Clemson defeated Cal-Irvive 4-3 in a men's intercollegiate tennis match at Irvine, CA Sunday.
Clemson improves to 7-4 overall and the Anteaters fall to 1-3 this season.
The Tigers won two of the three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. Gera Boryachinskiy and Kevin Galloway clinched the doubles point for Clemson as they defeated Ajay Ahluwalia and Gautam Vaidyanathan 9-8 in the number three match.
In singles, Clemson won both the No. 6 and No. 5 matches to take a 3-0 lead. The Anteaters' Victor Lamm cut the lead to 3-1 as he defeated Kevin Fleck 6-4, 6-2 in No. 2 singles. Cal-Irvine's Alex Sundling defeated Rok Bizjak 6-0, 7-5 in the No. 1 match to cut the lead to 3-2.
Boryachinskiy defeated Dobson in a pair of tie-breakers to clinch the overall win for Clemson with a 7-6, 7-6 win in No. 3 singles. Cal-Irvine's Khunpol Issara concluded the match with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 win over Ike Belk in the No. 4 match to make the final score 4-3.
Clemson will play Southern and LSU on Thursday, February 21 at Baton Rogue, LA in the Tigers' next action.
Clemson 4, UC Irvine 3
1. Alex Sundling (UCI) def. Rok Bizjak (CLEM) 6-0, 7-5
2. Victor Lamm (UCI) def. Kevin Fleck (CLEM) 6-4, 6-2
3. Gera Boryachinskiy (CLEM) def. Trevor Dobson (UCI) 7-6, 7-6
4. Khunpol Issara (UCI) def. Ike Belk (CLEM) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
5. Carlos Alvarez (CLEM) def. Stephen Stege (UCI) 6-1, 6-0
6. Derek DiFazio (CLEM) def. Ryan Mayer (UCI) 6-1, 6-1
Singles Order of Finish: 6, 5, 2, 1, 3, 4
1. Lamm/Issara (UCI) def. Bizjak/DiFazio (CLEM) 9-7
2. Belk/Fleck (CLEM) def. Sundling/Dobson (UCI) 8-3
3. Boryachinskiy/Kevin Galloway (CLEM) def. Ajay Ahluwalia/Gautam Vaidyanathan (UCI) 9-8
Doubles Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
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