IRVINE, Calif. --- UCI men's tennis put in a strong effort despite the 4-0 final score, but its Big West Tournament run was cut short Thursday morning at the hands of UC Davis in Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

The 'Eaters (11-18, 1-4) held the advantage in doubles up until the tiebreakers when the Aggies stormed back to win 8-7 at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles for the initial point.

Singles started off slow with losses in five of the six opening sets. Rafael Davidian won the tiebreaker to take his opening set, but straight-set losses by Jonathan Hammel and Shuhei Shibahara put the Anteaters in a 3-0 hole.

Second set wins from Tyler Pham, Caryl Hernandez and Ryan Cheung looked to put the pressure on, but Pham would eventually fall in his third set giving UC Davis (14-10, 2-3) the fourth point it needed.

UCI finishes 2014 at 11-18 overall, 1-4 in Big West play for a fifth-place finish.

(4) UC DAVIS 4, (5) UC IRVINE 0

April 24, 2014
Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Doubles
1 Adamson/Levie (UCD) def. Hammel/Pham (UCI) – 8-7 (2)
2 Cheung/Poon (UCI) vs. Kelley/Wade (UCD) – 7-6 (unf.)
3 Bacharach/Luba (UCD) def. Hernandez/Shibahara (UCI) – 8-7 (4)
Order of finish: 1, 3

Singles
1 Ryan Cheung (UCI) vs. Alec Adamson (UCD) – 4-6, 6-1 (unf.)
2 James Wade (UCD) def. Tyler Pham (UCI) – 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-4
3 Kyle Miller (UCD) def. Jonathan Hammel (UCI) – 6-1, 6-2
4 Rafael Davidian (UCI) vs. Brett Bacharach (UCD) – 7-6 (4), 2-1 (unf.)
5 Caryl Hernandez (UCI) vs. Parker Kelley (UCD) – 0-6, 6-2 (unf.)
6 Bryce McKelvie (UCD) def. Shuhei Shibahara (UCI) – 6-0, 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 6, 2

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