College roundup: Cal Poly downs UC Riverside in men’s tennis

The Cal Poly men’s tennis team topped UC Riverside 4-0 at the UCR Tennis Complex on Saturday.

Cal Poly junior Ben Donovan clinched the match with a 6-2, 6-4, straight set winner over Julian Ruffin.

After Cal Poly swept the first four singles matches, the teams decided to end the match without playing doubles.

Cal Poly’s Axel Damiens won a pair of sets 6-2, 6-1 over Calvin Ngo, and Garrett Auproux tacked on 6-4, 6-1, victories over the Highlanders’ Sean Yun.

Corey Pang added a 7-6, 6-0 win for the Mustangs over Kyle McCann, his ninth straight singles match victory.

The match was moved to Saturday because of inclement weather on Friday.

Cal Poly (10-8, 2-0 Big West) will play at UC Irvine at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Hirsch leads way for Cal Poly women’s golf

Senior Madison Hirsch earned a top-15 finish to lead the Cal Poly women’s golf team to a 12th place finished at the Texas Tech Red Raider Invitational on Saturday at The Rawls Course.

Hirsch shot a final-round 77 and had a career-best 54-hole six over 222 aggregate on the par -72 course to finish in a five-way tie for 13th place.

The Mustangs had a four-person final-round of 322 for a 57-over 921 total and 12th place out of 14.

Texas Tech won its own tournament, rallying from fourth place on the final day. The Red Raiders carded a 287 Saturday for a three-over 867 total. Purdue was second at 880, followed by Kansas, who trailed by a stroke and second-round leader BYU finished tied for fifth with Iowa.

Kansas’ Yupaporn Kawinpakorn carded a final-round 72 for a seven-under 209 total, beating out Sarah Brown of Texas Tech by a stroke. Purdue’s Anna Appert Lund was third at 214.

Cal Poly will compete in the Big West Conference Championship, beginning next Sunday through Tuesday at the Kapalua Golf Club in Lahaina, Hawaii.

This story was originally published April 9, 2016 at 8:11 PM with the headline "College roundup: Cal Poly downs UC Riverside in men’s tennis."