BOCA RATON, Fla.  - The UC Santa Barbara Men's Tennis team took the early lead with the doubles point and did not let up in singles and they defeated Florida Atlantic 4-1 on Sunday morning at the Kimberly V. Strauss Tennis Center. 

THE MATCH
Final: UC Santa Barbara 4, Florida Atlantic 1
Records: UC Santa Barbara (6-2), Florida Atlantic (1-6)

HOW IT HAPPENED
All three courts of doubles were a battle from the start for the Gauchos. The Owls took court three first with a 6-2 win over Conrad Brown and Charlie Underwood. Diogo Morais and Lucca Liu got the early lead but the Owls would catch back up to tie the set 5-5 before the Gauchos pushed back with a 7-5 win. Both teams vied for the final court where Gianluca Brunkow and Dominique Rolland fought back from a two-game deficit. The pair would ultimately win in the tiebreak 8-6 to get the Gauchos on the board early with the doubles point. 

Moving onto singles, Lucca Liu kept the momentum going with a swift 6-0, 6-3 win in the second position. The Owls would find their first and only point of the day defeating Conrad Brown 7-5, 6-1. Matei Gavrea pulled the Gauchos within one point of victory with a win in straight sets on court six. Dominique Rolland battled in the first position with a 7-3 win in the first set tiebreak. He finished off the match with a 6-3 second set victory, giving the Blue and Gold the 4-1 win over the Owls. 

Diogo Morais and Charlie Underwood were both ahead when the Gauchos got the win. After dropping the first set in a tiebreak, Morais fought back 6-4 in the second set and was ahead early in the third set before the match was left unfinished. Underwood was one game away from victory with a 6-1, 2-6, 5-3 unfinished match. 

RESULTS
Doubles 
1. #35 Gianluca Brunkow/Dominique Rolland (UCSB) def. John Bernard/Mark Havlicek (FAU) 7-6 [8-6] 
2. Diogo Morais/Lucca Liu (UCSB) def. Simon Myslivec/Marek Pazdera (FAU) 7-5 
3. Segundo Goity/Lucca Pignaton (FAU) def. Conrad Brown/Charlie Underwood (UCSB) 6-2

Order of finish: 3,2,1

Singles
1. Dominique Rolland (UCSB) def. John Bernard (FAU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
2. Lucca Liu (UCSB) def. Segundo Goity (FAU) 6-0, 6-3
3. #73 Diogo Morais (UCSB) vs. Mark Havlicek (FAU) 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 0-1 (unfinished)
4. Charlie Underwood (UCSB) vs. Jan Kusy (FAU) 1-6, 6-2, 3-5 (unfinished)
5. Simon Myslivec (FAU) def. Conrad Brown (UCSB) 7-5, 6-1
6. Matei Gavrea (UCSB) def. Marek Pazdera (FAU) 6-4, 6-3

Order of finish: 2,5,6,1

UP NEXT
The Blue and Gold will have a weekend off before returning home to the Arnhold Tennis Center on March 1 for a matchup with Santa Clara at noon. Live stats and streaming will be available here.