Saturday, March 14
Irvine, Calif.
12:00 PM
UC Irvine
4
vs
2
Air Force
Anteaters Complete Perfect Homestand with 4-2 Victory over Air Force
March 14, 2026 | Men's Tennis
IRVINE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's tennis team completed a perfect homestand with a 4-2 victory over Air Force Saturday at Anteater Tennis Stadium.
The 'Eaters won all four of their matches this week to improve to 7-5 on the year.
UCI swept the doubles point with two convincing wins. The duo of Sohrob Amiryavari and Alex Guajardo were dominant in a 6-0 shutout over Caden Lee and Matthew Staton on court three. Max Fardanesh and Rohan Sachdev followed with a 6-2 win over Jack Brown and Tyler Leaird at No. 1 to give UC Irvine a 1-0 lead.
The Anteaters quickly went up 2-0 as Hiroki Sakagawa cruised past Phillip Deaton, 6-2, 6-2, at the top of the lineup.
Air Force (4-7) responded with hard-fought wins at Nos. 4 and 2 to even the score. UCI rose to the challenge, starting with a comeback effort from Greg Gamal on court six. Gamal rebounded from a first-set loss to take down Staton 3-6, 7-5, 6-0. Ruining Huang then clinched the victory with an impressive 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 win over Alec Fritzinger at the fifth spot.
UC Irvine returns to action next Sunday, March 22, when it travels to Boise State for a 12 p.m. match.
The 'Eaters won all four of their matches this week to improve to 7-5 on the year.
UCI swept the doubles point with two convincing wins. The duo of Sohrob Amiryavari and Alex Guajardo were dominant in a 6-0 shutout over Caden Lee and Matthew Staton on court three. Max Fardanesh and Rohan Sachdev followed with a 6-2 win over Jack Brown and Tyler Leaird at No. 1 to give UC Irvine a 1-0 lead.
The Anteaters quickly went up 2-0 as Hiroki Sakagawa cruised past Phillip Deaton, 6-2, 6-2, at the top of the lineup.
Air Force (4-7) responded with hard-fought wins at Nos. 4 and 2 to even the score. UCI rose to the challenge, starting with a comeback effort from Greg Gamal on court six. Gamal rebounded from a first-set loss to take down Staton 3-6, 7-5, 6-0. Ruining Huang then clinched the victory with an impressive 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 win over Alec Fritzinger at the fifth spot.
UC Irvine returns to action next Sunday, March 22, when it travels to Boise State for a 12 p.m. match.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
12
Phillip Deaton / 0 [AF_MEN]
22
66
#2 Singles Match
12
AJ Moore / 0 [AF_MEN]
76
54
#3 Singles Match
1234
Jack Brown / 0 [AF_MEN]
2630
644UF
#4 Singles Match
123
Langdon Tingleaf / 0 [AF_MEN]
166
610
#5 Singles Match
123
Alec Fritzinger / 0 [AF_MEN]
730
566
#6 Singles Match
123
Matthew Staton / 0 [AF_MEN]
650
376
Order of Finish:
1,4,2,6,5
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