Wildcats Beat ASU to Advance to Championship Match at Copper Cup

Arizona Men’s Golf got here out on prime in a Ryder Cup–model showdown towards Arizona State, incomes an 8.5–3.5 victory behind a dominant singles efficiency.

The Wildcats opened the day with alternate-shot foursomes, the place the duo of William Wistrand and Matej Baca halved their match to earn a half level. Zach Pollo and Tianyi Xiong delivered Arizona’s lone foursome win, closing out their match 5&4. The pairings of Dillon Dean/Connor Hamm and Filip Jakubcik/Taishi Moto each got here up quick.



Arizona took management as soon as singles play started, successful seven of eight matches towards the Sun Devils. William Wistrand set the tone with a 2&1 victory, adopted by Finn McCall and Dillon Dean, who every secured 2&1 wins. Tianyi Xiong battled to a 1-up choice, whereas Taishi Moto earned one of many extra decisive wins of the day with a 3&1 win. Filip Jakubcik continued the momentum with a 2-up victory, and Zach Pollo closed out the scoring with a 2&1 win. Matej Baca dropped a hard-fought match, falling 1-down.



With the win over ASU, the Wildcats head to the championship match towards UCLA, who took down USC as we speak. Tomorrow’s match will start with foursome alternate-shot within the morning, adopted by singles matches within the afternoon.