SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (March 15, 2023) — The No. 38 UC Santa Barbara men's tennis team increased their winning streak to four games on Wednesday, defeating top-75 opponent Yale at the Arnhold Tennis Center. After winning the doubles point, the Gauchos would get wins on courts one, two, and five to earn the victory.

THE MATCH
Final: UC Santa Barbara 4, Yale 3
Records: UC Santa Barbara (13-1, 1-0 Big West) vs. Yale (7-5, 0-0 Ivy League)

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Gauchos took the lead during doubles action, taking wins on courts one and three, both by scores of 6-3. On court 3, duo Gianluca Brunkow and Lucca Liu defeated Yale 6-3. Pablo Masjuan and Luka Mrsic earned the victory on court two giving the Gauchos a 1-0 lead as the match headed into singles play.  

Phillip Jordan added to the UCSB lead with a 6-2, 6-3 straight-set victory on court one. After Yale picked up a point Pablo Masjuan the No. 110 ranked singles player comeback after dropping the first set to pick up UCSB's third point of the match. Yale tried to make a late surge but Luka Mrsic picked up the winning point on court five to give Santa Barbara a 4-3 victory and extend their win streak to four. 

RESULTS
Doubles
1. #43 Jordan/Brady (UCSB) vs. Lefevre/Gogineni (YALE) 5-3, unfinished
2. Masjuan/Mrsic (UCSB) def. Reilly/Dean (YALE) 6-3
3. Brunkow/Liu (UCSB) def. Sun/Li (YALE) 6-3

Order of finish: 3, 2

Singles
1. Phillip Jordan (UCSB) def. Theo Dean (YALE) 6-2, 6-3
2. #110 Pablo Masjuan (UCSB) def. Vignesh Gogineni (YALE) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
3. Michael Sun (YALE) def. Gianluca Brunkow (UCSB) 6-4, 6-2
4. Luke Neal (YALE) def. Lucca Liu (UCSB) 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-2
5. Luka Mrsic (UCSB) def. Aidan Reilly (YALE) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Walker Oberg (YALE) def. Conrad Brown (UCSB) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2, 6, 5, 4

UP NEXT
The Gauchos will host No. 72 Indiana tomorrow, Thursday, March 16 at 2 p.m at the Arnhold Tennis Center.