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Jeff Liang

Gauchos Wrap Up Road Trip with Sweep of No. 46 UC Irvine

Box Score IRVINE, Calif. – The No. 43 UC Santa Barbara Men's Tennis team remains undefeated in conference play with a 4-0 victory over No. 46 UC Irvine at Anteater Stadium on Saturday afternoon. 

THE MATCH
Final: No. 43 UC Santa Barbara 4, No. 46 UC Irvine 0
Records: No. 43 UC Santa Barbara (16-3, 5-0 Big West), No. 46 UC Irvine (14-5, 4-1 Big West)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Conrad Brown and Dominique Rolland started off the dominant day with a 6-2 win on court two. In the third position, Diogo Morais and Sam Rappaport took a 6-3 loss to the Anteaters. Gianluca Brunkow and Lucca Liu secured the doubles point for the Gauchos with a 6-4 win on court one. 

In singles, Diogo Morais kept up the momentum with a 6-2, 6-2 win on court four. Lucca Liu got the Gauchos within one point of the sweep following a win in the first set tiebreak and a 6-4 second set victory. For the second day in a row, Matei Gavrea clinched the win with a straight set win on court six, including a 8-6 tiebreak battle for the first set. 

Three courts were left unfinished as the Gauchos completed the sweep. Gianluca Brunkow was in the middle of a third set trailing 4-1 after a dominant 6-1 second set win. Dominique Rolland led 2-1 in the third set of his match on court two. Conrad Brown was tied up 3-3 in the third set on court five. 

RESULTS
Doubles
1. Gianluca Brunkow / Lucca Liu [UCSB-M] def. Andy Nguyen / Noah Zamora [UCI] 6-4
2. Conrad Brown / Dominique Rolland [UCSB-M] def. Sohrob Amiryavari / Ruining Huang [UCI] 6-2 
3. Max Fardanesh / Rithvik Krishna [UCI] def. Diogo Morais / Sam Rappaport [UCSB-M] 6-3

Order of finish: 2,3,1

Singles
1. #59 Noah Zamora [UCI] vs. #79 Gianluca Brunkow [UCSB-M] 6-4, 1-6, 4-1, unfinished
2. Andy Nguyen [UCI] vs. Dominique Rolland [UCSB-M] 4-6, 6-1, 1-2, unfinished
3. Lucca Liu [UCSB-M] def. Rithvik Krishna [UCI] 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
4. #110 Diogo Morais [UCSB-M] def. Ruining Huang [UCI] 6-2, 6-2
5. Max Fardanesh [UCI] vs. Conrad Brown [UCSB-M] 3-6, 6-3, 3-3, unfinished
6. Matei Gavrea [UCSB-M] def. Sohrob Amiryavari [UCI] 7-6 (8-6), 6-1

Order of finish: 4,3,6

UP NEXT
The Gauchos return home for their final matchup of the regular season against Cal Poly on Saturday, April 19. The match is slated for 2 p.m. at the Arnhold Tennis Center. 
 
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