SAN DIEGO, Calif. --- The Anteaters nearly pulled it out against the Boilermakers, but Purdue came up with the 4-2 win over UCI to finish out the Hilton Mission Valley Spring Classic.

No. 81 Fabian Matthews (Newport Beach / Corona del Mar HS) continued his winning ways in the No. 1 slot along with No. 2 Sam Gould (Hamilton, New Zealand / St. Kentigren College Prep). Purdue took the other four matches as Jacob Jung (Upland / Options for Youth HS) and Ryan Cheung (Irvine / University HS) each went to a third set.

UC Irvine (2-13, 0-1) will return home for Sat. Mar. 24th match vs. Princeton at 1:00 p.m.

Purdue 4, UC Irvine 2

Friday, March 15th, 2012
Aztec Tennis Center - San Diego, Calif.

Singles

No. 1 - #81 Fabian Matthews (UCI) def. Mark Kovacs (PUR) -- 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 - Sam Gould (UCI) def. Szymon Tatarczyk (PUR) -- 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 - Krisztian Krocsko (PUR) def. Jacob Jung (UCI) -- 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-0
No. 4 - Diego Acosta (PUR) def. Jon Kazarian (UCI) -- 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 - Aaron Dujovne (PUR) def. Ryan Cheung (UCI) -- 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 - Evan Hawkins (PUR) def. Shuhei Shibahara (UCI) -- 6-3, 6-4

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