San Diego, Calif. — The UC Santa Barbara Men's Tennis Team kicked off their Ed Collins Classic campaign with a 4-0 victory over Tulane on Friday at the Aztec Tennis Center of San Diego State.

THE MATCH
Final: No. 45 UC Santa Barbara 4, Tulane 0
Records: UC Santa Barbara (9-2), Tulane (2-7)

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Gauchos wasted no time establishing control in doubles play. The duo of Conrad Brown and Charlie Underwood claimed the first win with a decisive 6-3 victory at No. 3 doubles. Lucca Liu and Diogo Morais sealed the doubles point with a hard-fought 7-5 win at the No. 2 spot. The top-ranked tandem of Dominique Rolland and Gianluca Brunkow led 6-5 when their match was left unfinished.
In singles action, UCSB stayed dominant. No. 43 Gianluca Brunkow powered past Vincent Vohl 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 to put UCSB up 2-0. Dominique Rolland followed with a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 1. Matei Gavrea clinched the victory for the Gauchos with a convincing 6-1, 6-3 triumph at No. 6.
The remaining singles matches at courts three, four, and five were left unfinished with UCSB leading or tied in each.

RESULTS
Doubles
1. #35 Dominique Rolland/Gianluca Brunkow (UCSB-M) vs. Asaf Friedler/Vincent Vohl (TULANE) 6-5, unfinished
2. Lucca Liu/Diogo Morais (UCSB-M) def. Luka Petrovic/Alec Gaudin (TULANE) 7-5
3. Conrad Brown/Charlie Underwood (UCSB-M) def. Hady El Kordy/AJ Mercer (TULANE) 6-3

Order of finish: 3, 2

Singles
1. Dominique Rolland (UCSB-M) def. Luka Petrovic (TULANE) 6-3, 6-0
2. #43 Gianluca Brunkow (UCSB-M) def. Vincent Vohl (TULANE) 6-1, 6-0
3. Lucca Liu (UCSB-M) vs. Hady El Kordy (TULANE) 4-6, 4-4, unfinished
4. #73 Diogo Morais (UCSB-M) vs. Asaf Friedler (TULANE) 5-7, 5-2, unfinished
5. Charlie Underwood (UCSB-M) vs. Alec Gaudin (TULANE) 7-5, 4-2, unfinished
6. Matei Gavrea (UCSB-M) def. Steven Rice (TULANE) 6-1, 6-3

Order of finish: 2, 1, 6

UP NEXT
UC Santa Barbara will continue tournament play in San Diego tomorrow, Saturday, March 8, with the time to be announced.