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.