SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara Men's Tennis Team earned their second ranked win of the week after downing Nebraska 4-3 on Friday afternoon.
THE MATCH
Final: No. 47 UC Santa Barbara 4, No. 58 Nebraska 3
Records UC Santa Barbara (8-5), Nebraska (10-5)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cornhuskers grabbed an early advantage after a win on court tow. The Gauchos bounced right back with a win on court one. Pablo Masjuan and Gianluca Brunkow won 6-4 and all eyes looked to court three. The Gauchos would lose a heartbreaker 7-6 (3) on court three and the Huskers grabbed the doubles point.
Nebraska pulled ahead by two after a win on court four. Down two the Gauchos looked for a spark and they got one on court one with Pablo Masjuan deafting No. 120-ranked Anton Shepp in straight sets. Unfortunately Nebraska went up 3-1 with a victory on court three. The next three points all went to the Gauchos. Luka Mrsic came back to win in three sets on court five. Following his win Gianluca also came back to earn a three set victory on court two. To win the match Conrad Brown won a three set thriller winning a 7-6 tiebreaker to win the match.
RESULTS
Singles competition
1. #37 Pablo Masjuan (UCSB-M) def. #120 Anton Shepp (NEB) 7-5, 6-2
2. Gianluca Brunkow (UCSB-M) def. Calvin Mueller (NEB) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
3. Shunya Maruyama (NEB) def. Lucca Liu (UCSB-M) 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
4. Lars Johann (NEB) def. Kai Brady (UCSB-M) 6-4, 6-3
5. Luka Mrsic (UCSB-M) def. Roni Hietaranta (NEB) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
6. Conrad Brown (UCSB-M) def. Leo Linquet (NEB) 6-7, 6-4, 7-6
Doubles competition
1. #42 Pablo Masjuan/Gianluca Brunkow (UCSB-M) def. Anton Shepp/Nic Wiedenhorn (NEB) 6-4
2. Calvin Mueller/Lars Johann (NEB) def. Kai Brady/Lucca Liu (UCSB-M) 6-2
3. Shunya Maruyama/Nikolay Sysoev (NEB) def. Luka Mrsic/Conrad Brown (UCSB-M) 7-6 (7-3)
UP NEXT
The Gauchos will have no games for the next two weeks as they prepare for conference play. UC Santa Barbara will head to Hawai'i on Thursday, March 28 to open up Big West Action. The match is set to begin at 1 p.m.
