SANTA BARBARA, Calif. --- The Anteaters remained winless in Big West play after a 5-2 loss at UCSB Wednesday afternoon.

The Gauchos swept doubles to score the doubles point. Tyler Pham and Rafael Davidian converted straight-set singles wins, however the UCSB (6-9, 1-0) scored straight-set victories in three of their four singles wins.

UCI (9-10, 0-2) continues on its road trip this week with a stop in Reno against Nevada on Sat. Mar. 29 at 1:00 p.m.

UC Santa Barbara 5, UC Irvine 2

March 26, 2014
Rec Cen Courts (Santa Barbara, Calif.)

Doubles

1. Tobias Galskov/Ziad Sultan (UCSB) vs. Tyler Pham/Jonathan Hammel (UCI) 6-5, DNF
2. Erik Johnsson/Miles Seemann (UCSB) def. Ryan Cheung/Jonathan Poon (UCI) 8-3
3. Teague Hamilton/Andrew Riminton (UCSB) def. Justin Agbayani/Caryl Hernandez (UCI) 8-3

Singles

1. Tobias Galskov (UCSB) def. Ryan Cheung (UCI) 6-1, 6-4
2. Tyler Pham (UCI) def. Ziad Sultan (UCSB) 6-2, 6-4
3. Rafael Davidian (UCI) def. Sasha Gryaznov (UCSB) 6-3, 6-2
4. Erik Johnsson (UCSB) def. Jonathan Hammel (UCI) 6-3, 6-1
5. Teague Hamilton (UCSB) def. Shuhei Shibahara 6-4, 6-1
6. Miles Seemann (UCSB) def. Caryl Hernandez (UCI) 6-7, 6-3, 10-8

Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 2); Singles (4, 3, 5, 1, 2, 6)

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