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UC Irvine Pounces On Pacific Early To Win 4-2

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IRVINE, Calif. – UC Irvine won its second consecutive match with a 4-2 victory over Pacific at the Anteater Tennis Stadium Friday.

The Anteaters improve to 4-3 overall, winning four of their last five outings. The Tigers fall to 2-5 on the year.

DOUBLES
>UCI swept doubles, winning all three matches to take a 1-0 lead into singles
> Senior Luis Lopez and junior Bruce Man-Son-Hing remain undefeated in doubles (4-0) at No. 3 beating Philip Hjorth and Josef Southcombe, 6-2

SINGLES
>UCI took a 2-0 lead with a win at No. 6 as Aaron Bailey defeated Josef Southcombe in straight sets 6-1, 6-4.
>Pacific would rally and pick up wins at No. 1 and No. 2 to knot the match at 2-2
>Mateusz Smolicki gave UCI a 3-2 lead with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over Tadiwa Chinamo at No. 3
>Daniel Gealer would clinch the match at No. 5 with a 7-5, 6-2 win against Jonathan Lieu

NOTES
> Smolicki leads UCI with four singles wins this season
>Today's match is the first of 10 straight at home where UCI is 3-1 this season
>The Anteaters wore pink wristbands to support Breast Cancer Awareness

UP NEXT
> The Anteaters will entertain Boston College on March 4 at 1:00 p.m.

UC IRVINE 4, PACIFIC 2
Singles
No. 1 – Ross Watson (PAC) def. Sasha Krasnov (UCI), 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 – Philip Hjorth (PAC) def. Luis Lopez (UCI), 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 - Mateusz Smolicki (UCI) def. Tadiwa Chinamo (PAC), 7-6, 6-4
No. 4 – Mason Hansen UCI) v. Akram El Sallaly (PAC), UF (6-4, 5-6)
No. 5 – Daniel Gealer (UCI) def. Jonathan Lieu (PAC), 7-5, 6-2
No. 6 – Aaron Bailey (UCI ) def. Josef Southcombe (PAC), 6-1, 6-4  
Doubles
No. 1 – Vatsal Bajpai/Smolicki (UCI) def. Watson/El Sallaly (PAC), 6-4
No. 2 -- Hansen/Gealer (UCI) def. Chinamo/Lieu (PAC), 6-3
No. 3 – Luis Lopez/Bruce Man-Son-Hing (UCI) def. Hjorth/Southcombe (PAC), 6-2
 
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