University of San Francisco Tennis set to face UAB

Dons, Blazers meet at 1 p.m. at the Oympic Club





(San Francisco,CA) - The USF men's tennis team returns to the Bay Area this weekend, as it is set to the University of Alabama - Birmingham at the Olympic Club, Thursday at 1 p.m.

The Dons (3-6 overall) head into the match fresh off of a trip to Hawaii, where they dropped a 5-4 decision to Division II powerhouse Hawaii-Pacific. There was also a match against Hawaii-Manoa scheduled, but it was cancelled due to rain. The loss against HPU snapped a three-match win streak for San Francisco.

Senior Tommy Tu headlines the USF efforts this weekend, as the No. 1 singles player has won his last five singles matches and, when joining forces with Asaf Cohen, their last five doubles contests. Tu is currently ranked 95th nationally, marking the second Don from Northern California to earn a singles ranking in the past 10 years. The other lone USF Northern California representative to earn a national ranking is former San Francisco standout and current USF assistant coach, Pablo Pires de Almeida. With the two selections, San Francisco becomes the only school in the Northern California region to have two region natives earn national rankings in the past ten years.

In addition, with the ranking, Tu is now just the second junior, and native, of Northern California to earn a national rank in the last five years.

Following Thursday's match with UAB, San Francisco will hit the courts again next Tuesday, when it hosts Northern Colorado at the Cal Club at 4 p.m. The Dons will also host a crab feed at the Cal Club when they face off with the Bears.

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