IRVINE Calif. – The UC Irvine men's tennis team was edged by Northern Arizona, 4-3, Friday morning at Anteater Tennis Stadium.

UCI will enter its final regular-season game tomorrow with a 13-7 overall record. NAU, the Big Sky Conference regular-season Champion improves to 20-6 overall.

The match was tied, 3-3, as Aaron Bailey and NAU's Lucas Fisher were battling it out on court six. Fisher took the first set 6-4 while Bailey grabbed the second 6-3. Bailey trailed in the third set but came back to make it 7-6 and send the match to a tiebreaker. Bailey ultimately fell in the tiebreaker, 7-3, as the Lumberjacks earned their match clinching fourth point.

INSIDE THE MATCH
> NAU jumped out to a 1-0 lead after winning the doubles point
> Vatsal Bajpai and Mateusz Smolicki highlighted doubles play with a 6-2 win at the top spot over Tim Handel and Ruben Montano
> In singles, Daniel Gealer made quick work of his opponent, Chris Steele, at No. 4, winning 6-2, 6-0, knotting the match, 1-1
> Mason Hansen put the 'Eaters in the lead with a win at No. 5, 6-1, 6-4
> The Lumberjacks would tie things up as Facundo Tumosa defeated Smolicki at No. 3, 7-6 (10-8), 7-5
> NAU took the lead after UCI's Sasha Krasnov fell at the top spot, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
> Luis Lopez kept the 'Eaters alive after defeating Lucas Taylor on court two in three sets, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
> The Lumberjacks sealed the win on court six

UP NEXT
> UCI closes out the regular-season and conference play with a match against UC Davis at 11 a.m.

Doubles
1. Vatsal Bajpai/Mateusz Smolicki (UCI) def. Tim Handel/Ruben Montano (NAU), 6-2
2. Chris Steele/Tom Fisher (NAU) def. Luis Lopez/Bruce Man-Son-Hing (UCI), 6-4
3. Lucas Taylor/Facundo Tumosa (NAU) def. Mason Hansen/Sasha Krasnov, 6-4
Order: 1, 2, 3

Singles
1. Handel def. Krasnov, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
2. Lopez def. Taylor, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
3. Tumosa def. Smolicki, 7-6 (10-8), 7-5
4. Daniel Gealer def. Steele, 6-2, 6-0
5. Hansen def. Montano, 6-1, 6-4
6. Fisher def. Aaron Bailey, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3)
Order: 4, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6