SANTA CRUZ, Calif. ?The UC San Diego men's tennis team upset UC Santa Cruz in thrilling fashion, defeating the Slugs 5-4 on Saturday evening on the UCSC campus. Kazumi Negishi tied the match at 4-4, winning the third set in his match. At the No. 5 singles spot, Jake Fellow fought off four championship points and pulled out a 2-6, 7-6, 9-7 (6-2) victory to clinch the match for the Tritons. UCSD won 2-of-3 doubles matches as Negishi and Erik Elliott won at No. 1 and Naveen Dixit and Sam Ling won at No. 3 doubles. The match was UCSD's third consecutive 5-4 decision, winning two of those three. UCSD is back in action at the NCAA West Regional on May 7-8.
Doubles
negishi/Elliot def Marc Vartabedian and Jared Hamel 8-4
Stevenson/Nygen lost Max Liberty Point and Ilya Gendelman 8-1
Dixit/Ling def Max Ortiz and Colin Mark-Griffen 9-8 (5)
Singles
Negishi def Liberty -Point 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
Ngyen lost Hamel 6-1, 6-1
Dixit def. Ortiz 6-0, 6-4
Chapman Chan lost Ilya Gendelman 6-4, 6-4
Jake fellow def Colin Mark Griffen 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-2
Sam ling lost Marc Vartbedarian 6-4, 6-1
