Thursday, November 5
San Diego, Calif.
9 A.M
UC Irvine
at
SoCal Intercollegiate Championships
November 04, 2026 | Men's Tennis
IRVINE, Calif. - UCI Men's Tennis closes out its fall tournament slate this week at the SoCal Intercollegiate Championships, hosted by the Toreros at the Hogan Tennis Center in San Diego. The event runs Nov. 5–8.
LAST TIME OUT
Men's tennis collected five singles wins and four doubles victories at the Jack Kramer Collegiate in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., last weekend. The Anteaters split their Saturday matchup with Cal (3-3), highlighted by ranked wins from Yashwin Krishnakumar and Mason Bui, before closing the weekend with a 4-2 victory over Cal Poly. Bui led UCI in singles with two wins, while Krishnakumar recorded two doubles victories. Both finished the weekend with three total wins.
LOOK AT THE LINEUP
Greg Gamal turned in a strong performance at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships in Malibu, Calif., earning his way through qualifying and into the main draw Round of 64. He defeated San Diego's Lambert Ruland in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, to advance to the Round of 32 before falling to Arizona's Sasha Rozin, 6-2, 6-2.
Ruining Huang was one of six Anteaters to advance through qualifying to the main draw at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships. He navigated qualifying with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win over Pepperdine's Will Steinberg, followed by a three-set victory over Hawai'i's David Knesl, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-1. In the Round of 64, he fell to Pepperdine's Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida, 7-5, 6-2. Huang also recorded two wins in extra singles play, rallying past San Diego's Nicola Baena, 2-6, 7-5, 10-4, and UC Santa Barbara's Felipe Vazquez, 2-6, 6-2, 10-8.
Alex Guajardo went undefeated through qualifying at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, opening with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over UC Riverside's Michael Chang before defeating UC Santa Barbara's Lorenzo Brunkow, 7-5, 7-6 (8-6). He fell in the Round of 64 to USD's Vincent Marysko in a tight two-set battle, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3). In extra singles action, Guajardo dropped matches to SDSU's Aleksi Lofman, 7-5, 6-2, and Hawai'i's David Knesl in a hard-fought three-setter, 5-7, 7-5, 13-15.
Holland Snell competed in qualifying singles at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, opening with a three-set victory over UC San Diego's David Adamson, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, before falling to San Diego's Nicolas Baena, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6. Snell also appeared in extra singles and doubles action during the event.
SINGLES DRAW
Felipe Vazquez (UCSB) vs. Alex Guajardo (UCI)
Luc Wieland (USD) vs. Holland Snell (UCI)
Dinko Dinev (SDSU) vs. Ruining Huang (UCI)
Cayden Wang (UCSD) vs. Greg Gamal (UCI)
LAST TIME OUT
Men's tennis collected five singles wins and four doubles victories at the Jack Kramer Collegiate in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., last weekend. The Anteaters split their Saturday matchup with Cal (3-3), highlighted by ranked wins from Yashwin Krishnakumar and Mason Bui, before closing the weekend with a 4-2 victory over Cal Poly. Bui led UCI in singles with two wins, while Krishnakumar recorded two doubles victories. Both finished the weekend with three total wins.
LOOK AT THE LINEUP
Greg Gamal turned in a strong performance at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships in Malibu, Calif., earning his way through qualifying and into the main draw Round of 64. He defeated San Diego's Lambert Ruland in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, to advance to the Round of 32 before falling to Arizona's Sasha Rozin, 6-2, 6-2.
Ruining Huang was one of six Anteaters to advance through qualifying to the main draw at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships. He navigated qualifying with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win over Pepperdine's Will Steinberg, followed by a three-set victory over Hawai'i's David Knesl, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-1. In the Round of 64, he fell to Pepperdine's Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida, 7-5, 6-2. Huang also recorded two wins in extra singles play, rallying past San Diego's Nicola Baena, 2-6, 7-5, 10-4, and UC Santa Barbara's Felipe Vazquez, 2-6, 6-2, 10-8.
Alex Guajardo went undefeated through qualifying at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, opening with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over UC Riverside's Michael Chang before defeating UC Santa Barbara's Lorenzo Brunkow, 7-5, 7-6 (8-6). He fell in the Round of 64 to USD's Vincent Marysko in a tight two-set battle, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3). In extra singles action, Guajardo dropped matches to SDSU's Aleksi Lofman, 7-5, 6-2, and Hawai'i's David Knesl in a hard-fought three-setter, 5-7, 7-5, 13-15.
Holland Snell competed in qualifying singles at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, opening with a three-set victory over UC San Diego's David Adamson, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, before falling to San Diego's Nicolas Baena, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6. Snell also appeared in extra singles and doubles action during the event.
SINGLES DRAW
Felipe Vazquez (UCSB) vs. Alex Guajardo (UCI)
Luc Wieland (USD) vs. Holland Snell (UCI)
Dinko Dinev (SDSU) vs. Ruining Huang (UCI)
Cayden Wang (UCSD) vs. Greg Gamal (UCI)
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