THOUSAND OAKS – Four members of the California men's tennis team concluded play in the Sherwood Collegiate Cup on Sunday, with sophomores Alex Aney and Ethan Schiffman winning in singles at the Sherwood Country Club.
 
Aney defeated USC's Tristan Bradley 6-3, 6-2, while Schiffman beat UCLA's Leo van Bismarck 6-0, 6-3. Also in singles, Cal's 123rd-ranked senior Alex Chang fell to USC's Niels Hoffmann 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 and Jonathan Irwanto lost to Pepperdine's Linus Carlsson Halldin 6-2, 7-6(5).
 
In doubles, Pepperdine's Carlsson Halldin and Zach Stephens beat Chang and Irwanto 6-4, while Schiffman and Aney fell to New Mexico's Nicolas Recoura and Daniil Kahkniuk 7-5.
 
Chang next plays in the ITA All-American Championships starting Wednesday.
 
TULSA, Okla. – Cal's Derrick Chen lost to Ohio State's fourth-seeded & 113th-ranked Bryce Nakashima 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(5) in the pre-qualifying singles second round of the ITA All-American Championships on Sunday at the Case Tennis Center.

With Chen and sophomore teammate Timofey Stepanov – who lost Saturday – out of pre-qualifying singles, the next Bear to play at ITA All-Americans is Carl Emil Overbeck, who will compete in qualifying singles starting Monday. Overbeck and Theo Dean had been slated to play in qualifying doubles, but - due to the withdrawal of another pair from the main draw - instead the two Bears moved into the main draw. The singles and doubles main draws start Wednesday, with Dean already in the singles field and the Cal senior tandem of Alex Chang and Mikey Wright already in the doubles field.

Sherwood Collegiate Cup – Cal Results
Sept. 22, 2024, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Sherwood Country Club
 
Singles
Alex Aney (Cal) def. Tristan Bradley (USC), 6-3, 6-2
Ethan Schiffman (Cal) def. Leo van Bismarck (UCLA), 6-0, 6-3
Niels Hoffmann (USC) def. No. 123 Alex Chang (Cal), 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Linus Carlsson Halldin (Pepperdine) def. Jonathan Irwanto (Cal), 6-2, 7-6(5)
 
Doubles
Linus Carlsson Halldin/Zach Stephens (Pepperdine) def. Alex Chang/Jonathan Irwanto (Cal), 6-4
Nicolas Recoura/Daniil Kahkniuk (New Mexico) def. Alex Aney/Ethan Schiffman (Cal), 7-5

ITA All-American Championships – Cal Results
Sept. 22, 2024, in Tulsa, Okla.
Case Tennis Center
 
Prequalifying Singles Round of 64
[4] No. 113 Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State) def. Derrick Chen (Cal), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(5)
 
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