LOS ANGELES – After hours of rain delays, the No. 57 BYU men’s tennis team earned a 4-0 victory in the ITA Kick-off Weekend against No. 50 South Florida Saturday afternoon at the Sycamore Courts.

With the win over South Florida, BYU improves to 5-0 on the year.

“I was really proud of our guys for clinching the win today,” head coach Brad Pearce said. “Due to the strange weather, the match became a very tough, physical battle.”

The match was originally scheduled for Friday morning but didn’t begin until Saturday afternoon due to heavy rain in Los Angeles.

Junior Patrick Kawka and sophomore Francis Sargeant got the first win for the Cougars by defeating Ignacio Gonzalez and Oliver Pramming 8-7. The Cougar duo of Keaton Cullimore and John Pearce secured the doubles point as they beat Everth Dzib and Juan Carlos Acuna 8-3.

In singles play, Kawka got a victory on Court 2 over Gonzalez 6-4, 6-2. Smith then topped Pramming on Court 1, 7-6, 6-1.

Sargeant clinched the BYU victory with a 6-3, 6-3 win of his own against Patel.

The match was called once the Cougars secured their third singles point because of the bad weather.

Doubles

1. Kawka/Sargeant  (BYU) def. Gonzalez/Pramming (USF) 8-7

2. De Vilchez/Patel (USF) def. Fillmore/Smith (BYU) 8-4

3. Cullimore/Pearce (BYU) def. Acuna/Dzib (USF) 8-3

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles

1. Spencer Smith (BYU) def. Oliver Pramming (USF) 7-6, 6-1

2. Patrick Kawka (BYU) def. Ignacio Gonzalez (USF) 6-4, 6-2

3. No. 105 Federico Sabogal (USF) and Keaton Cullimore (BYU) 6-2, 4-4 (DNF)

4. Francis Sargeant (BYU) def. Ravi Patel (USF) 6-3, 6-3

5. John Pearce (BYU) Guillermo De Vilchez (USF) 6-3, 3-6, 3-4 (DNF)

6. Andrey Goryachkov (BYU) Everth Dzib (USF) 6-4, 6-7(4) (DNF)

Order of finish: 2, 1, 4

PROVO, Utah – The No. 57 BYU men’s tennis team will compete in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on UCLA’s campus.

The Cougars (4-0) will face No. 50 South Florida on Friday at 10 a.m. No. 3 UCLA and No. 57 Cal Poly will play at 1 p.m. The two winning teams will compete on Saturday at 3 p.m., while the losers will square off in a consolation match at 6 p.m.

UPDATE: The match against South Florida was rescheduled to Saturday at 10:30 a.m. PST due to heavy rain. The second match has not been rescheduled yet.

The winners of four straight matches, BYU will face tough competition this weekend. South Florida features the No. 107 Federico Sabogal and Cal Poly boasts the No. 89 Andre Dome. UCLA has two ranked players including No. 12 Marcos Giran and No. 41 Dennis Mkrtchian.

Both the Cougars and the Cal Poly Mustangs are tied for No. 57 in the ITA rankings this week.

BYU has never faced South Florida and has never beaten powerhouse UCLA. BYU and Cal Poly enter this weekend 2-2 all-time against one another.

BYU upset its first ranked opponent of the year on Monday in a 4-3 win against No. 44 Columbia.

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