LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Noah Zamora earned a straight-set singles win in UC Irvine's 4-1 loss to No. 31 UCLA Thursday at Los Angeles Tennis Center.
 
After the Bruins (6-2) took a 3-0 lead, Zamora kept the Anteaters in it with an impressive 6-4, 6-2 victory over Spencer Johnson at No. 3. Zamora improved to 6-2 in dual-match singles.
 
UCI (6-4) played UCLA tough in doubles, dropping a pair of 6-4 decisions. On court three, Brandon Park and Matthew Sah held an early 3-2 lead before Jeffrey Fradkin/Govind Nanda took the next two games. It went back-and-forth from there with the Bruins coming out on top.
 
It was another tightly-contested battle at No. 2 where Andy Nguyen and Hiroki Sakagawa went toe-to-toe with Spencer Johnson/Emon van Loben Sels. The 'Eaters came back from a two-game deficit to knot it up at 4-all before UCLA finished strong for the 6-4 victory.
 
In singles, Enrique Luque Rico fell to 28th-ranked Govind Nanda at the top of the lineup. Rithvik Krishna then came up short against Gianluca Ballotta, 7-6 (3), 6-1. After Zamora's win, the Bruins secured the 4-1 victory with Jorge Plans Gonzalez's 6-1, 7-5 triumph over Dhokia at No. 6.
 
Andy Nguyen forced a third set before his match went unfinished at No. 5 (3-6, 6-4, 1-1).
 
UC Irvine will be back in action Saturday, March 9, when it plays host to Weber State at 10 a.m.