Sunday, January 14
Maricopa, AZ
All Day
UCLA
9
vs
2
USC
Kyle An
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
UCLA Downs USC, 9-2, to Advance to The Copper Cup Final
January 14, 2024 | Men's Golf
MARICOPA, Ariz. – The UCLA men's golf team defeated crosstown rival USC 9-2 on day one of The Copper Cup to advance into the first-place match versus No. 19 Arizona tomorrow.
The Bruins finished their 11 matches on day one with eight wins, two halves and one loss (8-2-1). A halved match is worth half a point. Listed below are the complete results.
The morning session featured one singles match and three alternate shot matches while the afternoon featured seven singles matches. UCLA won five of seven singles matches in the afternoon and did not allow the Trojans to win a match.
Match 1: UCLA 9, USC 2
Morning Results
Rocky Chapman def. Alex Papayoanou, 1&0
Luke Powell/Pablo Ereño def. Sam Lape/Antonio Safa, 1&0
Matthew Yamin/Omar Morales def. Shane Ffrench/Krando Nishiba, 2&1
Kyle An/Luciano Conlan def. Gavin Aurilia/Nicolas Dominguez, 6&5
Afternoon Results
Alex Papayoanou def. Rocky Chapman, 4&3
Luke Powell def. Sam Lape, 2&1
Pablo Ereño def. Antonio Safa, 2&1
Omar Morales def. Krando Nishiba, 1UP
Luciano Conlan vs. Gavin Aurilia, HALF
Alvaro Muller vs. Shane Ffrench, HALF
Kyle An def. Nicolas Dominguez, 5&4
Match 4: UCLA vs. Arizona Pairings (Jan. 15)
Morning (all alternate shot)
Alex Papayoanou/Alvaro Muller vs. Zach Pollo/Johnny Walker
Pablo Ereño/Luke Powell vs. Yannick Malik/Griffin Rhoads
Luciano Conlan/Kyle An vs. Filip Jakubcik/Tianyi Xiong
Andy Yoon/Matthew Yamin vs. Jackson Norwich/Sam Sommerhauser
Afternoon (all singles matches)
Alvaro Muller vs. Griffin Rhoads
Alex Papayoanou vs. Zach Pollo
Pablo Ereño vs. Johnny Walker
Luciano Conlan vs. Yannick Malik
Matthew Yamin vs. Jackson Norwich
Kyle An vs. Tianyi Xiong
Luke Powell vs. Filip Jakubcik
Andy Yoon vs. Sam Sommerhauser
The Bruins finished their 11 matches on day one with eight wins, two halves and one loss (8-2-1). A halved match is worth half a point. Listed below are the complete results.
The morning session featured one singles match and three alternate shot matches while the afternoon featured seven singles matches. UCLA won five of seven singles matches in the afternoon and did not allow the Trojans to win a match.
Match 1: UCLA 9, USC 2
Morning Results
Rocky Chapman def. Alex Papayoanou, 1&0
Luke Powell/Pablo Ereño def. Sam Lape/Antonio Safa, 1&0
Matthew Yamin/Omar Morales def. Shane Ffrench/Krando Nishiba, 2&1
Kyle An/Luciano Conlan def. Gavin Aurilia/Nicolas Dominguez, 6&5
Afternoon Results
Alex Papayoanou def. Rocky Chapman, 4&3
Luke Powell def. Sam Lape, 2&1
Pablo Ereño def. Antonio Safa, 2&1
Omar Morales def. Krando Nishiba, 1UP
Luciano Conlan vs. Gavin Aurilia, HALF
Alvaro Muller vs. Shane Ffrench, HALF
Kyle An def. Nicolas Dominguez, 5&4
Match 4: UCLA vs. Arizona Pairings (Jan. 15)
Morning (all alternate shot)
Alex Papayoanou/Alvaro Muller vs. Zach Pollo/Johnny Walker
Pablo Ereño/Luke Powell vs. Yannick Malik/Griffin Rhoads
Luciano Conlan/Kyle An vs. Filip Jakubcik/Tianyi Xiong
Andy Yoon/Matthew Yamin vs. Jackson Norwich/Sam Sommerhauser
Afternoon (all singles matches)
Alvaro Muller vs. Griffin Rhoads
Alex Papayoanou vs. Zach Pollo
Pablo Ereño vs. Johnny Walker
Luciano Conlan vs. Yannick Malik
Matthew Yamin vs. Jackson Norwich
Kyle An vs. Tianyi Xiong
Luke Powell vs. Filip Jakubcik
Andy Yoon vs. Sam Sommerhauser
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