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

Next Up
Looking ahead to the weekend, the Gauchos open the Big West portion of their schedule, taking on Hawaii on Sunday at 10:00 A.M. PST.