Cal Poly traveled down to San Diego for a pair of midweek matchups against San Diego State and Nevada, going 1-1 across two days of action.
The Mustangs (4-7) dropped Wednesday’s matchup 4-1 against San Diego State (5-3) before bouncing back for a 4-3 victory over Nevada (6-3) on Thursday.
The Mustangs shifted their lineup between matches, making adjustments after losing to the Aztecs.
After getting Cal Poly’s only point on Wednesday, senior Bastiaan Weststrate moved up to line No. 1 singles and line No. 1 doubles with his partner, freshman John Cross.
The team’s victory over Nevada is Cal Poly’s first win away from the Ronca Tennis Center this season.
Cal Poly vs. Nevada
Sophomore Sean Ferguson had a pair of strong performances against Nevada, both with junior Aaron Eliscu at line No. 3 doubles and on his own at line No. 6 singles.
Ferguson’s singles match was the last to finish, coming down to a tiebreak in the final set. Ferguson battled back to take the win and overall match in a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) thriller.
He improves to 3-2 this season in singles and he and Eliscu are 5-5 in doubles.
Eliscu and Ferguson also took their doubles match 6-2. They combined with sophomores Raz Haviv and Sean Kamyshev at line No. 2 to secure the doubles point for Cal Poly, getting out to an early lead against the Wolf Pack.
Cal Poly has yet to lose a match where they have won the doubles point, and that trend carried into Thursday’s matchup.
Kamyshev used his momentum from doubles to win his singles match at line No. 4, taking a 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) victory.
At line No. 5, freshman Jack McGary battled to a 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 win, improving to 4-2 this season.
Four out of six singles matches went to three sets, but Cal Poly’s lower lines came through in the clutch.
The Mustangs made adjustments from their previous match, where they had less success, against San Diego State.
Cal Poly vs. San Diego State
Weststrate was the only Mustang to win against the Aztecs, coming out on top at line No. 2 singles.
Weststrate lost the first set 3-6, but quickly turned the match around, going 6-3, 6-2 in the final two sets to improve to 5-5 against line No. 2 opponents.
He and Cross were also leading in their doubles match before San Diego State clinched the doubles point.
Cross was one of three other Mustangs who took their opponents to three sets, but he and McGary’s matches were cut short as the Aztecs clinched the overall victory 4-1.
Haviv also went to three sets at line No. 1, but fell 6-7(2-7), 6-0, 4-6.
Cal Poly will be staying in San Diego for their next two outings, competing first in the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship this weekend.
The Mustangs will then face off against UC San Diego for their first Big West conference matchup of the year on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Cal Poly has not lost against the Tritons, winning all four of their matchups over the last four years, including three matches in San Diego.