LOS ANGELES, Calif. --- The Anteaters finished off a brutal opening stretch with a 4-0 defeat to the fourth-ranked Bruins who opened their 2015 campaign at the Los Angeles Tennis Center Wednesday afternoon.

Doubles play was well-contested with UCLA (1-0) taking Nos. 2 and 3 doubles by 6-4 scores to secure the opening point. Jonathan Hammel and Tyler Pham teamed up as the No. 1 duo playing No. 11 Mackenzie McDonald and Martin Redlicki close before their match was interrupted.

Singles saw a pair of 'Eaters fall to ranked opponent. McDonald, ranked No. 7 in singles, swept Nico Mertens at No. 1 while No. 90 Austin Rapp did the same at No. 5 to Hammel.

The 'Eaters (2-5) have now dropped three straight matches, all to ranked opponents, as they depart on a two-week hiatus before returning to Los Angeles for a Saturday afternoon match at No. 1 USC on February 7.

No. 4 UCLA 4, UC IRVINE 0

January 19, 2015
Los Angeles, Calif. – Los Angeles Tennis Center

Doubles
1 No. 11 McDonald/Redlicki (UCLA) vs. Hammel/Pham (UCI) – 6-5 (unf.)
2 Di Giulio/Sell (UCLA) def. Agbayani/Poon (UCI) – 6-4
3 Mkrtchian/Rapp (UCLA) def. Mertens/Shibahara (UCI) – 6-4
UCLA wins the doubles point

Singles
1 No. 7 Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) def. Nico Mertens (UCI) – 6-1, 6-2
2.Sebastian Heim (UCI) vs. Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) – 5-7, 0-1 (unf.)
3 Karue Sell (UCLA) def. Tyler Pham (UCI) – 6-0, 6-1
4 Rafael Davidian (UCI) vs. Joseph De Giulio (UCLA) – 4-6, 2-2 (unf.)
5 No. 90 Austin Rapp (UCLA) def. Jonathan Hammel (UCI) – 6-4, 6-2
6 Justin Agbayani (UCI) vs. Ryoto Tachi (UCLA) – 1-6, 5-4 (unf.)

Order of finish: Doubles – 2, 3 | Singles – 3, 1, 5
UCI 2-5 | UCLA 1-0

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