Gauchos Dominant Against Dartmouth, Win Fifth Straight

LA JOLLA, Calif. – The No. 50 UC Santa Barbara men's tennis team beat Ivy League opponent Dartmouth 6-1 Tuesday afternoon in a neutral match at La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club. The Gauchos' (11-4) win was the team's fifth straight and they have outscored opponents 25-4 over that stretch.

How it Happened

Dartmouth won the first doubles matchup on court three as the Big Green duo Daniel Webb and Andy Ilie beat Pablo Masjuan and Alejandro Vedri 6-3
Phillip Jordan and Kai Brady won their seventh straight doubles match, taking down Dominik Pauli and Anders Gibbons 6-4 on court one to even up the doubles portion
The doubles point was decided on court two where Victor Krustev and Gianluca Brunkow scraped out a 7-6(4) nail-biter over Alex Knox-Jones and Pierce Widdecombe to win the point
In the singles portion, Pablo Masjuan made it 2-0 Santa Barbara, dominating Carlos Guerrero Alvarez 6-2, 6-0 on court two. Kai Brady followed up with a win of his own on court four, defeating Alex Knox-Jones 6-0, 7-5 and putting the Gauchos a point away from victory
Vedri secured the win with a 6-4, 7-5 victory on court six to make if 4-0 and secure the win for UCSB
The Gauchos added two additional points before the day was done, as Brunkow bested Widdecombe 6-3, 7-6(3) on court five and Krustev beat Pauli 6-2, 7-5 on court three
The Big Green were able to earn a point on court one, where Gibbons won a tiebreaker third set to snap Jordan's four match singles win streak with a 4-6, 7-5, 1-0(7) final