Trip to California Ends on High Note; Yale Beats San Francisco 5-2
Hoffman Goes 3-0 in Singles
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The Yale men's tennis team ended its three-match trip to California on a high note Monday morning, winning 5-2 at San Francisco. The Bulldogs have now won four of their last six matches.
Yale (8-5) won the doubles point for the fifth time in six matches, sweeping the three doubles matches. At No. 1, juniors Daniel Hoffman and Marc Powers improved to 8-2 in the spring with an 8-3 win. At No. 2, senior captain Erik Blumenkranz teamed with classmate Joel Samaha for an 8-5 win, evening their spring record at 4-4. At No. 3, sophomore Patrick Chase and junior John Huang rebounded nicely after their three-match winning streak was snapped with a loss at No. 10 Stanford Saturday. Their 8-2 win represented their biggest margin of victory yet this season.
Hoffman continued to shine in his home state with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles. He went 3-0 on the trip, and is now riding a six-match winning streak. Huang and Blumenkranz won in straight sets at No. 3 and No. 4 respectively. Freshman Zachary Krumholz improved to 6-1 in the spring with a come-from-behind 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (4) win at No. 6.
San Francisco (2-8) got three-set wins at the No. 1 spot from No. 110-ranked Thai Tu and at the No. 5 spot from Bernardo Saraiva.
Yale is now off until Mar. 24, when the Bulldogs play in the Army Tournament.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (sam.rubin@yale.edu), Yale Sports Publicity
| Position | Univ. of San Francisco | Yale University | Winner | Score |
| #1 Singles | #110 Thai Tu | #78 Marc Powers | Univ. of San Francisco | 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (3) |
| #2 Singles | Germain Bahri | Daniel Hoffman | Yale University | 6-4, 6-2 |
| #3 Singles | William Schumacher | John Huang | Yale University | 6-1, 6-2 |
| #4 Singles | Richard Bucalem | Erik Blumenkranz | Yale University | 6-3, 7-6 |
| #5 Singles | Bernardo Saraiva | Kyle Dawson | Univ. of San Francisco | 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (2) |
| #6 Singles | Jacob Hartwig | Zach Krumholz | Yale University | 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (4) |
| #1 Doubles | Jonathon Knowlman William Schumacher |
Daniel Hoffman Marc Powers |
Yale University | 8-3 |
| #2 Doubles | Bernardo Saraiva Richard Bucalem |
Erik Blumenkranz Joel Samaha |
Yale University | 8-5 |
| #3 Doubles | Germain Bahri Jacob Hartwig |
John Huang Patrick Chase |
Yale University | 8-2 |
