SAN DIEGO  – In a resumption of Wednesday's postponed match, UC San Diego fell to host San Diego State, 4-3, at Aztec Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon. After the Tritons captured the doubles point before rain postponed action on Wednesday, the host Aztecs won four singles matches on the way to the comeback victory Saturday.
 
Daniel Traxler and Pelayo Rodriguez were singles winners for UC San Diego for the second consecutive day.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: UC San Diego 3, San Diego State 4
Records: UC San Diego 7-15, San Diego State 2-12
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego took the doubles point on Wednesday thanks to 6-4 wins at No. 1 (Daniel Traxler/Pelayo Rodriguez) and No. 3 (Joseph Teh/Diogo Tinoco). 
 
In singles play, five of six matches were in the first set when the rains came Wednesday evening, postponing action until Saturday. When play resumed, the Aztecs forged ahead with straight sets victories on courts 4, 5, and 2. With his team trailing 3-1, Traxler earned a hard-fought 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 win over Johannes Seeman on court one. That cut the Tritons' deficit to 3-2, but the Aztecs clinched the win thanks to a win at the third position. Rodriguez played his match to completion on six, winning 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
 
RESULTS
Doubles
1. Daniel Traxler/Pelayo Rodriguez (UC San Diego) def. Johannes Seeman/Chikaya Sato (San Diego State), 6-4
2. Alexander Mandma/Bora Sengul (San Diego State) vs. William Lan/Eric Silberman (UC San Diego), 5-4 (unfinished)
3. Diogo Tinoco/Joseph Teh (UC San Diego) def. Andre Saleh/Eugenio Gonzalez Fitzmaurice (San Diego State), 6-4

Order of Finish: 1,3
 
Singles
1. Daniel Traxler (UC San Diego) def. Johannes Seeman (San Diego State), 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
2. Chikaya Sato (San Diego State) def. Phillip Lan (UC San Diego), 6-2, 6-4
3. Bora Sengul (San Diego State) def. Diogo Tinoco (UC San Diego), 7-6 (5), 6-1
4. Alexander Mandma (San Diego State) def. Charles Qian (UC San Diego), 6-1, 6-0
5. Eugenio Gonzalez (San Diego State) def. Jett Cole (UC San Diego), 6-1, 7-6 (2)
6. Pelayo Rodriguez (UC San Diego) def. Mathieu Josserand (San Diego State), 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Pelayo Rodriguez has won four consecutive singles matches and ranks third on the team with eight singles victories this season.
• Rodriguez and Traxler have won two of their last three decisions at first doubles.
• San Diego State improved to 4-0 against the Tritons in the Division I series between these two teams. All four matches have been played at SDSU.

 
UP NEXT
The Tritons will head to Los Angeles to face No. 39 UCLA on Monday at Noon. Links to live stats and live video can be found on UCSDTritons.com.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Divisions I and II.