SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The UC Irvine men's tennis team was swept by UC Santa Barbara, 7-0, in a Big West road match, Sunday at the Rec Center Courts.
 
With the loss, UCI drops to 13-10 on the season and 0-2 in the Big West. UCSB improves to 11-6 overall and 1-0 in conference play.
 
The Gauchos took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 2. On court three, Luis Lopez and Daniel Gealer were tied, 4-4, with Victor Krustev and Joseph Gullin when the match was called. Luca Marquard and Mason Hansen dropped a 6-2 decision at the top spot.
 
UCSB won in all six singles matches to secure the win. First, Joseph Gullin took down Sasha Krasov, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 2 before Luca Marquard fell on court three to Simon Freud, 6-0, 6-3. The Gauchos clinched the match when Nicolas Moreno defeated UCI's Lopez, 6-3, 6-3, at the top spot.
 
Vatsal Bajpai battled in three sets against Hironori Koyanagi at the No. 6 spot, but ultimately fell short, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. Gealer and Hansen dropped at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively.
 
UCI returns to action when Hawai'i makes the trip to Irvine for conference match Wednesday, April 11 at 1:30 p.m.