INDIAN WELLS, Calif. --- The No. 75 Anteaters filled in on the final day of the Oracle Collegiate Challenge out at Indian Wells Tennis Garden with a 4-2 win over Purdue Sunday afternoon.

The teams battled in singles first with each taking two points in sweeps leaving the match at a 2-2 tie early with UC Irvine (16-9, 1-0) winning at Nos. 1 and 3 singles while Purdue (4-10) took Nos. 2 and 5 singles.

Nos. 4 and 6 singles went to a third set to decide things, and both 'Eaters came up big. Jonathan Poon rebounded from an opening-set loss to regain the lead for the Anteaters, 3-2, and Shuhei Shibahara halted Arthur Dobradin's momentum to take the decisive set, 7-5, and clinch the match, 4-2.

UCI rolls its win streak to 10 straight, and now holds a 2-1 mark at neutral sites.

The 'Eaters will observe their spring break before returning on April 1 for no laughing matter; a doubleheader starting at Anteater Tennis Stadium at 10:00 a.m. vs. Fresno State before trekking to UC Riverside for a 3:30 p.m. match.

No. 75 UC IRVINE 4, PURDUE 2
UCI (16-9, 1-0) | PUR (4-10)

March 22, 2015
Indian Wells Tennis Garden (Oracle Collegiate Challenge)

 Singles
1 Sebastian Heim (UCI) def. Diego Acosta (PUR) — 6-1, 6-1
2 Ricky Medinilla (PUR) def. Tyler Pham (UCI) — 6-1, 6-3
3 Nico Mertens (UCI) def. Mateus Silva (PUR) — 6-1, 6-3
4 Shuhei Shibahara (UCI) def. Arthur Dobradin (PUR) — 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
5 Renan Hanayama (PUR) def. Jonathan Hammel (UCI) — 6-4, 6-3
6 Jonathan Poon (UCI) def. Lucas Dages (PUR) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

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