NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion men’s tennis fell to No. 10 Cal, 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon.
No. 3 Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan and Adam Majchrzak got things rolling for the Monarchs by downing Michael Wright and Fryderyk Lechno Wasiutynski 6-3 to begin the doubles matches. No. 1 Connor Van Schalkwyk and Cosme Rolland De Ravel secured the first point of the match for ODU shortly after when they defeated Derrick Chen and Theo Dean (6-2), suspending No. 2 Yanis Moundir’s and Thomas Nelson’s match against Carl Emil Overbeck and Timofey Stepanov at 5-4.
Cal picked up momentum to begin the singles matches with No. 5 Lechno Wasiutynski and No. 4 Chen beat respective opponents Olivier de Sardan (6-2, 6-4) and Moundir (6-2, 6-4). The Golden Bears continued their momentum after No. 1 Overbeck downed Rolland De Ravel in extra sets (2-6, 6-3, 6-2), putting them just one point away from claiming the match. No. 2 Dean secured Cal’s win after defeating Van Schalkwyk in extra sets as well (3-6, 6-4, 4-6), though the other matches would continue, where both remaining Cal players would win. No. 3 Stepanov downed Majchrzak (7-5, 6-2, 6-3) and No. 6 Bernardo Munk Mesa bested Aryan Saleh (1-6, 7-6, 7-5).
Old Dominion begins a road trip in Alabama next weekend as it takes on a pair of Sun Belt Conference matchups starting with South Alabama on Friday, March 28 and finishing at Troy on Sunday, March 30.
#59 Old Dominion 1, #10 California 6
Singles competition
- #9 Carl Emil Overbeck (UC) def. Cosme Rolland De Ravel (ODU) 6-2, 3-6, 2-6
- #37 Theo Dean (UC) def. #115 Connor Van Schalkwyk (ODU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Timofey Stepanov (UC) def. Adam Majchrzak (ODU) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
- Derrick Chen (UC) def. Yanis Moundir (ODU) 6-2, 6-4
- Fryderyk Lechno Wasiutynski (UC) def. Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan (ODU), 6-2, 6-4
- Bernardo Munk Mesa (UC) def. Aryan Saleh (ODU) 6-1, 6-7, 7-5
Doubles competition
- Connor Van Schalkwyk and Cosme Rolland De Ravel (ODU) def. Derrick Chen and Theo Dean (UC) 6-2
- Yanis Moundir and Thomas Nelson (ODU) vs. Carl Emil Overbeck and Timofey Stepanov (UC) 5-4, unfinished
- Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan and Adam Majchrzak (ODU) def. Michael Wright and Fryderyk Lechno Wasiutynski (UC) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (5,4,1,2,3,6)