{"id":251017,"date":"2026-04-04T03:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251017\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T03:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:13:09","slug":"no-54-cal-defeats-no-23-nc-state-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251017\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 54 Cal Defeats No. 23 NC State 4-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__byline\">MTEN4\/3\/2026 7:45 PM | By: <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThe No. 54 California Golden Bears (14-10, 6-3 ACC) defeated No. 23 NC State (16-4, 8-3 ACC) 4-1 at Hellman Tennis Complex on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To begin the match, Cal jumped out to a 1-0 lead after doubles wins on courts one and two. On court two, <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/fryderyk-lechno-wasiutynski\/26797\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26797\" target=\"_blank\">Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/tiago-silva\/26802\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26802\" target=\"_blank\">Tiago Silva<\/a> won 6-3. Meanwhile, teammates <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/alex-aney\/26796\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26796\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Aney<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/timofey-stepanov\/26799\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26799\" target=\"_blank\">Timofey Stepanov<\/a> clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 victory over No.11 Borisiouk\/Leroux. Aney and Stepanov&#8217;s win marked Stepanov&#8217;s 100th collegiate win.<\/p>\n<p>In singles play against the Wolfpack, <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/lenn-luemkemann\/26803\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26803\" target=\"_blank\">Lenn Luemkemann<\/a> lost 6-2, 6-1 on court six to give NC State their first point of the day. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/bernardo-munk-mesa\/26798\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26798\" target=\"_blank\">Bernardo Munk Mesa<\/a> secured the Bears&#8217; second point of the day with a 7-6(2), 6-0 straight-set victory on court four. Next, on court two, <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/timofey-stepanov\/26799\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26799\" target=\"_blank\">Timofey Stepanov<\/a> inched Cal closer to a match victory after he won in straight-sets 6-2, 6-4. Finally, on court one, sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/fryderyk-lechno-wasiutynski\/26797\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26797\" target=\"_blank\">Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski<\/a> upsets No. 21 Martin Borisiouk 6-4, 6-3 to clinch the victory for the Bears. Cal&#8217;s win over No. 23 NC State marks their first top-25 win of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Next: The Bears will face No. 3 Wake Forest at home on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No. 54 Cal vs. No. 23 NC State Breakdown<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSingles&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/fryderyk-lechno-wasiutynski\/26797\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26797\" target=\"_blank\">Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski<\/a> (Cal) def. No. 21 Martin Borisiouk (NC) 6-4, 6-3 (clinch)&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/timofey-stepanov\/26799\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26799\" target=\"_blank\">Timofey Stepanov<\/a> (Cal) def. No. 124 Jules Leroux (NC) 6-2, 6-4&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/tiago-silva\/26802\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26802\" target=\"_blank\">Tiago Silva<\/a> (Cal) vs. No. 99 William Manning (NC) 6-1, 4-6, 2-4 (UF)&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/bernardo-munk-mesa\/26798\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26798\" target=\"_blank\">Bernardo Munk Mesa<\/a> (Cal) def. Ainius Sabaliauskas (NC) 7-6(2), 6-0\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/paris-pouatcha\/26804\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26804\" target=\"_blank\">Paris Pouatcha<\/a> (Cal) led. Darius Pop (NC) 6-3, 4-6, 2-0 (UF)&#13;<br \/>\n\tCharlie Camus (NC) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/lenn-luemkemann\/26803\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26803\" target=\"_blank\">Lenn Luemkemann<\/a> (Cal) 6-2, 6-1&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Doubles<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tAney\/Stepanov(Cal) def. No. 11 Borisiouk\/Leroux (NC) 6-2&#13;<br \/>\n\tLechno-Wasiutynski\/Silva (Cal) def. Camus\/Manning (NC) 6-3&#13;<br \/>\n\tMunk Mesa\/Pouatcha (Cal) vs. Benton\/Sabaliauskas (NC) 4-4&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nOrder of Completion:<br \/>\nSingles: 6, 4, 2, 1<br \/>\nDoubles: 2, 1\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; MTEN4\/3\/2026 7:45 PM | By: &#13; &#13; The No. 54 California Golden Bears (14-10, 6-3 ACC) defeated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-251017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}