Sunday, February 23
Los Angeles, Calif.
11:00 AM
UC Irvine
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#17 UCLA
Three-Match Win Streak Comes to an End at No. 17 UCLA
February 23, 2020 | Men's Tennis
Results
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's tennis team saw its three-match win streak come to an end with a 4-0 loss to No. 17 UCLA Sunday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
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The Anteaters (3-3) took the Bruins down to the wire in doubles. Freshman Matthew Sah and senior Bruce Man-Son-Hing got off to a strong start in their debut as a tandem, defeating Drew Baird/Max Wild, 6-4, at No. 3. UCLA then evened it up on court two as Bryce Pereira and Patrick Zahraj edged senior Daniel Gealer and junior Jeremy Merville, 6-4.
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The doubles point was ultimately decided by a tightly-contested match at the top of the lineup. After trailing, 4-1, junior Mateusz Smolicki and sophomore Mark Peneff fought all the way back to knot it up at 5-5, and again at 6-6. They continued their seesaw battle with the 24th-ranked duo of Govind Nanda/Keegan Smith in the tiebreaker where they were locked in a 3-3 battle. The Bruins then made one final push to pull out the 7-6 (4) victory. It was the first loss of the season for Peneff/Smolicki.
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UCLA (6-4) carried the momentum into singles with wins on courts one, two and five to clinch the match. The Bruins' top-two were eighth and 28th, respectively, in the latest ITA Singles Rankings. The remainder of the matches went unfinished.
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UC Irvine will have the upcoming week off from competition before returning to Anteater Tennis Stadium to start an 11-match homestand against Villanova on Wednesday, March 4.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's tennis team saw its three-match win streak come to an end with a 4-0 loss to No. 17 UCLA Sunday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
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The Anteaters (3-3) took the Bruins down to the wire in doubles. Freshman Matthew Sah and senior Bruce Man-Son-Hing got off to a strong start in their debut as a tandem, defeating Drew Baird/Max Wild, 6-4, at No. 3. UCLA then evened it up on court two as Bryce Pereira and Patrick Zahraj edged senior Daniel Gealer and junior Jeremy Merville, 6-4.
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The doubles point was ultimately decided by a tightly-contested match at the top of the lineup. After trailing, 4-1, junior Mateusz Smolicki and sophomore Mark Peneff fought all the way back to knot it up at 5-5, and again at 6-6. They continued their seesaw battle with the 24th-ranked duo of Govind Nanda/Keegan Smith in the tiebreaker where they were locked in a 3-3 battle. The Bruins then made one final push to pull out the 7-6 (4) victory. It was the first loss of the season for Peneff/Smolicki.
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UCLA (6-4) carried the momentum into singles with wins on courts one, two and five to clinch the match. The Bruins' top-two were eighth and 28th, respectively, in the latest ITA Singles Rankings. The remainder of the matches went unfinished.
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UC Irvine will have the upcoming week off from competition before returning to Anteater Tennis Stadium to start an 11-match homestand against Villanova on Wednesday, March 4.
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