SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The UC Santa Barbara Men's Tennis team cruised to a 6-1 victory over Boston College, Thursday afternoon. After the Eagles clinched the doubles point, the Gauchos came back, taking every singles point to secure the match.
THE MATCH
Final: No. 53 UC Santa Barbara 6, Boston College 1
Records: UC Santa Barbara (6-3), Boston College (4-6)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Starting off with doubles, the Eagles clinched the point with wins on courts three and two. No. 42-ranked
Pablo Masjuan and
Gianluca Brunkow were up on court one, 5-2, before play stopped.
The Gauchos didn't miss a beat to catch up in singles.
Gianluca Brunkow evened the playing field 1-1 with straight-set victory in the second position. Shortly after, Brown, Brady, Masjuan, and Liu each followed suit, winning in straight sets to take a 5-1 lead.
Luka Mrsic wrapped up the match with a nail biting competition, defeating his Eagles opponent 10-4 in a third set tiebreaker.
RESULTS
Doubles
1. #42
Pablo Masjuan/
Gianluca Brunkow (UCSB) vs. #8 JJ Bianchi/Caleb Saltz (BC) 5-2, unfinished
2. Anesh Jayasundera/Jake Vassel (BC) def.
Lucca Liu/
Kai Brady (UCSB) 6-4
3. Will Kasten/Matthew Overvelde (BC) def.
Luka Mrsic/
Conrad Brown (UCSB) 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 2
Singles
1. #37
Pablo Masjuan (UCSB) def. JJ Bianchi (BC) 6-1, 6-3
2.
Gianluca Brunkow (UCSB) def. Caleb Saltz (BC) 6-4, 6-1
3.
Lucca Liu (UCSB) def. Jake Vassel (BC) 6-3, 6-3
4.
Luka Mrsic (UCSB) def. Mai Gao (BC) 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 10-4
5.
Kai Brady (UCSB) def. Will Kasten (BC) 7-5, 6-2
6.
Conrad Brown (UCSB) def. Connor McDonald (BC) 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 6, 5, 1, 3, 4
UP NEXT
The UC Santa Barbara Men's Tennis team is back in action for their last week before Big West play with matches against No. 64 Rice, No. 8 Harvard, No. 55 Yale, and No. 56 Nebraska. Matches will take place on Monday, March 11, Tuesday, March 12, Thursday, March 14, and Friday, March 15, respectively.
