LA JOLLA, Calif. ? The UC San Diego men's tennis team lost a 5-2 decision to Dartmouth University on Friday afternoon at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. The Big Green won six out of the nine points, but the event was scored 5-2 based on Division I ruling. With the loss, UCSD falls to 6-8 on the season.

After Dartmouth won the first two doubles points, the Tritons picked up a victory at No. 3 after Brandon Stevenson and Vincent Nguyen teamed to defeat Dartmouth's Chris Ho and Justin Tzou by a score of 8-3.

UCSD's Naveen Dixit defeated Curtis Roby 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 singles, while freshman Samuel Ling defeated Michael Laser at No. 6 singles 7-5, 6-3.

The Tritons are back in action on Saturday when they host Sonoma State at noon.

Doubles:
No. 1 Jeffrey Friedman/Stephen Greif (DU)  def. Kazumi Negishi/Erik Elliott (UCSD)  8-2
No. 2 Curtis Roby/Ari Gayer (DU) def. Chapman Chan/Armaun Emami  (UCSD) 8-1
No. 3 Brandon Stevenson/Vincent Nguyen (UCSD) def. Chris Ho/Justin Tzou (DU)  8-3

Singles
No. 1 Friedman (DU) def. Negishi (UCSD) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
No. 2 Grief (DU) def. Nguyen (UCSD) 6-4, 6-7, 6-3
No. 3 Dixit (UCSD) def. Roby (DU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 Tzou (DU) def. Chan (UCSD) 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 Ho (DU) def. Jake Fellow (UCSD) 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 Samuel Ling (UCSD) def. Michael Laser (DU) 7-5, 6-3