SAN DIEGO – Saint Mary's Men's Tennis returns to the WCC Tournament for the first time since 2013 this Thursday when they take on the Santa Clara Broncos at 1:00 p.m.
 
The Gaels defeated Santa Clara 4-3 on March 26 and took as a sign that they can beat with the number three team in the conference, while knowing Santa Clara will be looking to even the score.
 
That meeting in March came down to the wire when the Gaels defeated the Broncos. Saint Mary's took the doubles point with a 6-4 win by Caelan Potts and Diego Jarry over Mann Shah and Christian Lerby and via Felipe Rincon and Mathis Moysan's 7-6 victory over Santiago Hinojosa and Matthew Rodriguez.
 
The singles matches against the Broncos took the full three sets, as Felipe Rincon would come back for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 win over Nick Cmager, and Mathis Moysan would come up big for the Gaels in a 6-1, 6-7, 6-1 win over Shah.
 
James Watt's match at the one spot would be the difference in the match when he grinded out a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 win over SCU's Arthur Neuhaus.
 
THE DETAILS
Saint Mary's (5-13, 4-5) vs. Santa Clara (15-9, 6-3)
Thursday, April 27 at 1:00 p.m.
Aztec Tennis Complex – San Diego
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LAST TIME OUT
Saint Mary's Men's Tennis couldn't keep USD from celebrating a WCC Regular Season Championship on their home court on Sunday afternoon, but still qualified for the conference tournament by virtue of Santa Clara's victory over LMU.
 
Carlos Ramos Membrives and James Watt got the SMC off to a good start, claiming the first doubles match 6-3. USD got the next doubles match to finish, and the point came down to battle between Diego Jarry and Caelan Potts against Oliver Tarvet and Stian Klaassen of the Toreros. It would go all the way to an 8-6 tie breaker as USD edged out the Gaels 7-6 to take the doubles point.
 
It would be all Toreros from there in the singles competition, taking three matches in two sets to get the win and claim another title.

ABOUT SANTA CLARA
Guillaume Dalmasso and Arthur Neuhaus were just named the WCC Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week. Playing atop the doubles lineup, Dalmasso and Neuhaus twice won over the weekend, against Pepperdine and LMU's top double teams.
 
Against No.37 Pepperdine, the Bronco tandem beat the No. 51-ranked doubles team of Daniel De Jonge and Tim Zeitvogel 7-5 to help the Broncos win the doubles point.
 
On Senior Day Sunday, Dalmasso and Neuhaus defeated LMUs John Bryan Otico and Austin Di Giulio 6-3 to help the Broncos sweep the Lions 4-0 and secure third place in the WCC standings.
The Bronco two some are 5-2 in WCC action this season, 8-5 in dual matches and 11-7 overall.
 
Christian Lerby went 5-1 in WCC play this season and Arthur Neuhaus was 5-2 in conference play. The Broncos only losses this season were 4-1 losses to the top two teams in the conference in USD and Pepperdine and SMC.