LOS ANGELES, Calif. --- UC Irvine continued its treacherous, early schedule falling, 7-0, to the second-ranked Bruins of UCLA Wednesday afternoon at Los Angeles Tennis Center.
The Bruins (1-0) powered through doubles with wins and Nos. 1 and 2. UCLA also took five of the six opening sets with Tyler Pham salvaging his set, 6-3, over 64th-ranked Karue Sell.
Top-ranked Clay Thompson clinched the match over Ryan Cheung at the No. 1 position, 6-2, 6-4, dropping the 'Eaters to 1-6 on the year.
UCI (1-6) remains ranked 74th in the nation, and take a short break until Sat. Feb. 1 when it heads south to face San Diego and UC San Diego.
No. 2 UCLA, No. 74 UC IRVINE
January 22, 2014
Los Angeles, Calif.
Doubles
1) Di Giulio/Thompson (UCLA) def. Cheung/Hammel (UCI) – 6-2
2) Mkrtchian/Sell (UCLA) def. Agbayani/Hernandez (UCI) – 6-1
3) Pham/Shibahara (UCI) vs. Brymer/McDonald (UCLA) – 4-3 unf.
Order of finish: 2, 1
Singles
1) No. 1 Clay Thompson (UCLA) def. Ryan Cheung (UCI) – 6-2, 6-4
2) No. 62 Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) def. Rafael Davidian (UCI) – 6-1, 6-0
3) No. 64 Karue Sell (UCLA) def. Tyler Pham (UCI) – 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
4) No. 120 Gage Brymer (UCLA) def. Jonathan Hammel (UCI) – 6-2, 6-2
5) Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) def. Caryl Hernandez (UCI) – 6-0. 6-0
6) Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) def. Shuhei Shibahara (UCI) – 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 5, 2, 1, 4, 6, 3
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