SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The No. 27 UCSB Men's Tennis team had its five-match win streak ended on Saturday afternoon falling 4-3 to No. 70 Pacific. The Gauchos fall to 6-4 on the season after dropping their home opener.
The doubles portion of the matched featured a ranked matchup on court one as No. 38 Nathan Eshmade and Miles Seemann took on No. 40 Sem Verbeek and Jose Chamba. The Gauchos on one came off the courts first dominating the Tiger duo 6-1. The reunited team of Morgan Mays and Andrew Riminton sealed the doubles point for Santa Barbara with a 6-4 win on court three Bernardo Oliveira and Lance Ngo.
The Gauchos headed to singles play with a 1-0 lead, but the Tigers would not turn away as they took four of the six singles matches, three in straight sets.
Teague Hamilton added to the Gauchos lead with a sweep on court six over Bernardo Oliveira. The sophomore took his second straight win, after joining the starting lineup just last week, as he defeated the Tiger 6-1, 6-2.
Pacific responded with urgency with straight set wins on courts one and three to ice the match at 2-2.
Anders Holm added his fourth straight win with sweep of his own on court four and now holds an individual record of 6-1 in his freshman year for Santa Barbara. His 6-4, 6-4 win over Alex Giannini put the Gauchos in position to seal the match with one more singles win.
Pacific again tied the match with a win on court two, which put the fate of the match on court five where Cody Rakela faced Jose Chamba. Rakela fell in the first set 6-4, but too the second 6-3 to force a final deciding set.
The two players traded off games until they found themselves tied at 5-5 with Chamba holding serve. The game went in each direction until both stood at 40-40, and the Tiger claimed a 6-5 lead breaking the deuce and notching the final point. He would go on to win the next game giving him a 7-5 victory in the third and sealing the 4-3 win for Pacific.
The Gauchos will look to bounce back and grab their first home win as they will host Fresno State Tomorrow at 1pm. The match will take place at either the Rec Cen or Rob Gym courts.
Robertson Gym Courts – Saturday February, 27 2016 - 12pm.
No. 70 Pacific 4 – No. 27 UC Santa Barbara 3
Doubles
1) No. 38 Nathan Eshmade/Miles Seemann (UCSB) def. No. 40 Sem Verbeek/Jose Chamba (UOP) 6-1
2) Daniel Alameh/Alex Giannini (UOP) unfin. Nicolas Moreno de Alboran/Anders Holm (UCSB) unfin. 6-5
3) Morgan Mays/Andrew Riminton (UCSB) def. Bernardo Oliveira/Lance Ngo (UOP) 6-4
Order of Finish(1,3)
Singles
1) Sem Verbeek (UOP) def. Nathan Eshmade (UCSB) 6-0, 6-3
2) Daniel Alameh (UOP) def. Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (UCSB) 6-4, 6-2
3) Miguel Diaz (UOP) def. Morgan Mays (UCSB) 6-2, 7-5
4) Anders Holm (UCSB) def. Alex Giannini (UOP) 6-4, 6-4
5) Jose Chamba (UOP) def. Cody Rakela (UCSB) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
6) Teague Hamilton (UCSB) def. Bernardo Oliveira (UOP) 6-1, 6-2
Order of Finish (6, 1, 3, 4, 2, 5)
