OJAI, Calif. - No. 3 seeded USC was able to clinch the underdog win against No. 1 seeded UCLA after battling through both the singles and doubles at the 2017 Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Championship.

USC’s Rob Bellamy and Jack Jaede claimed the first doubles win on court No. 3, 6-2. UCLA’s Martin Redlicki and Evan Zhu combatted the point with a win on court No. 1, 7-5. UCLA’s Nick Crystal and Laurens Verboven clinched the win for the Bruins with a win on court No. 2, 7-6. Martin Redlicki claimed the first singles point for the Bruins on court No. 2, 6-2, 6-3. USC’s Logan Smith won on court No. 3, 7-5, 6-1. Thibault Forget followed his teammate with a win on court No. 5, 6-2, 7-5. UCLA came back with a win on court No. 6 by Maxime Cressy, 7-6, 6-4, and court No. 4 by Logan Staggs, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0. The clinching point came down to the matchup between USC’s  Brandon Holt and UCLA’s  Gage Brymer on court No. 1. USC’s Holt ultimately won after a hard fought battle, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, making the Trojans the 2017 Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Champion.

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SATURDAY RESULTS:

No. 3 USC 4, No. 1 UCLA 3

DOUBLES:
1. Martin Redlicki/Evan Zhu, UCLA def. Brandon Holt/Riley Smith, USC 7-5
2. Nick Crystal/Laurens Verboven, USC def. Austin Rapp/Joseph Di Guilio, UCLA 7-6
3. Rob Bellamy/Jack Jaede, USC def. Maxime Cressy/Ben Goldberg, UCLA 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

SINGLES:
1. Brandon Holt, USC def. Gage Brymer, UCLA 2-1 (7-5, 3-6, 6-4)
2. Martin Redlicki, UCLA def. Nick Crystal, USC 2-0 (6-2, 6-3)
3. Logan Smith, USC def. Evan Zhu, UCLA 2-0 (7-5, 6-1)
4. Logan Staggs, UCLA def. Jack Jaede, USC 2-1 (3-6, 7-5, 6-0)
5. Thibault Forget, USC def. Joseph Di Guilio, UCLA 2-0 (6-2, 7-5)
6. Maxime Cressy, UCLA def. Riley Smith, USC 2-0 (7-6, 6-4)
Order of finish: 2, 3, 5, 6, 4, 1