Cal Hosts No. 18 San Diego

The California men's tennis team (3-3) hosts 18th-ranked San Diego (4-1) in a nonconference clash at the Hellman Tennis Complex, where the Golden Bears are 3-0 after capturing three straight wins. The clash with the Toreros ends a four-match homestand for the Bears. Note: Sunday's match was originally scheduled to start at noon PT, but - with rain in the forecast later in the day in Berkeley - the match will now start one hour earlier at 11 a.m. PT.

Admission is free to regular-season tennis at Cal.

Match Details

Cal vs. San Diego
When: Sunday, Feb. 18, 11 a.m. PT
Where: Hellman Tennis Complex, Berkeley, Calif.
Watch: Livestream

With a chance of rain in the forecast for Berkeley this weekend, please check CalBears.com and the team's Twitter @CalMensTennis leading up to the match for possible updates.

Last Time Out: Cal Blanks Waves To Win Third Straight
Alex Chang won a three-setter over Chris Papa to clinch Cal's 4-0 victory over Pepperdine on Sunday at the Hellman Tennis Complex. The Cal junior also paired with Ryder Jackson to clinch the doubles point.

The duo of Mikey Wright and Carl Emil Overbeck got Cal off to a good start in doubles, beating Linus Carlsson Halldin and George Davis, 6-2, on court two, as Overbeck hit a big service return down the line to complete the win. Chang and Jackson followed with a 6-3 triumph over Papa and Maxi Homberg on court one to claim the doubles point for the Bears.

Sunday's contest was a tight match despite the score, with the teams splitting first-set wins in singles. Freshman Timofey Stepanov eventually doubled Cal's lead when he beat Homberg, 7-6(3), 6-3, on court five, and John Kim soon followed with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Robert Shelton on court six to give the Bears a 3-0 lead. Chang rebounded from dropping the first set to Papa on court two to prevail, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2, and end the match.

Last Time Vs. USD
Cal defeated San Diego, 5-2, on March 2, 2023, in San Diego to improve its record in the all-time series with the Toreros to 30-5. Lucas Magnaudet clinched the win, defeating Neo Niedner, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, to give the 35th-ranked Bears their fifth straight win.

USD, ranked 30th, took the doubles point for its only lead of the day.

Yuta Kikuchi, Derrick Chen, Siddhant Banthia and Ryder Jackson also won in singles to complete Cal's victory.

Scouting the Bears

The pair of Alex Chang and Carl Emil Overbeck (3-2) is ranked 59th in the latest ITA doubles poll
Sophomore Jonathan Irwanto (15-9), whose singles match against Pepperdine was abandoned after Cal clinched, leads the Bears in singles wins
Both Chang (14-6) and Timofey Stepanov (12-10) won twice in singles in the Feb. 3 doubleheader vs. UC Davis
Senior Ryder Jackson, who did not compete in the fall, is 4-2 in singles and 5-1 in doubles so far this season
Overbeck, who has records of 11-10 in singles and 9-7 in doubles, captured the singles title at the Jack Kramer Invitational to close the first half of the season
John Kim, who is 2-1 in dual matches early this season, has a 9-10 singles record
Kris Kwinta (UCLA '08) is in his third season as the Peter Wright Director of Men's Tennis
Francis Sargeant (BYU '15) is in his third season as a Cal assistant coach
Former Santa Clara star Vasileios Iliopoulos is in his first season as a Cal assistant coach

Scouting the Toreros

USD plays at USF on Friday at 11 a.m. PT
San Diego has beaten Texas Tech, 4-1, No. 10 Arizona, 4-3, No. 18 Arizona State, 4-3, and Washington, 6-1, and has lost to No. 7 USC, 4-3
Two Toreros are ranked in singles in No. 3 Oliver Tarvet and No. 52 Iiro Vasa
In doubles, Stian Klaassen and Sacchitt Sharrma are ranked 21st
Ryan Keckley is in his ninth season as the head coach of USD

Next Time
Cal heads to The Farm to face Stanford on Feb. 25.

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Players Mentioned

Siddhant Banthia

Alex Chang

Derrick Chen

Jonathan Irwanto

Ryder Jackson

Yuta Kikuchi

John Kim

Lucas Magnaudet

Carl Emil Overbeck

Timofey Stepanov

Mikey Wright

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