LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Wrapping up a big weekend of competition, the UC San Diego men's tennis team (0-8) came up short on the road Sunday afternoon as they fell to the LMU Lions (2-0) by a 4-0 final score from the LMU Tennis Center.    

INSIDE THE MATCH
Final Match 8: UC San Diego: 0, LMU: 4
Records: UC San Diego: 0-8; LMU: 2-0

HOW IT HAPPENED
Playing in their third match in two days, the Tritons picked up a key victory in doubles as the pairing of Rodriguez and Pellouchoud earned a 7-5 victory before the Lions won the two other matches to clinch the doubles point.
 
LMU was able to continue their strong play into singles action as they won three singles matches to reach four points to earn the team victory on Sunday afternoon.

RESULTS
Doubles
1. Pelayo Rodriguez/Zach Pellouchoud (UCSD) def. Sebastian Nothhaft/Toky Ranaivo (LMU), 7-5
2. Max Wuelfing/Arthur Pantino (LMU) def. Phillip Lan/Diogo Tinoco (UCSD), 7-5
3. Yassine Smiej/Alex Padro Parra (LMU) def. Carson Lee/William Lan (UCSD), 6-4

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles
1. Yassine Smiej (LMU) def. Phillip Lan (UCSD), 6-1, 6-3
2. Sebastian Nothhaft (LMU) vs. Carson Lee (UCSD), 4-6, 6-2, 1-2, uf
3. Arthur Pantino (LMU) def. Diogo Tinoco (UCSD), 7-5, 6-2
4. Toky Ranaivo (LMU) vs. Pelayo Rodriguez (UCSD), 6-4, 5-1, uf
5. Max Wuelfing (LMU) vs. Zach Pellouchoud (UCSD), 7-6, 5-2, uf
6. Alex Padro Parra (LMU) def. Charles Qian (UCSD), 6-3, 6-3

Order of finish: 1, 6, 3

QUOTABLE
"LMU came out ready as expected and I'm sure they had memories of last year's extremely competitive match and were not going to come in unprepared," UC San Diego head men's tennis coach Timmer Willing said. "We had tough fight during doubles before falling short as we were outworked today physically and mentally. We learned where we are lacking in preparation and need to make progress in our weaknesses. It's been an extremely busy month and we have played some tough matches and come up short. We should have a full lineup back in the next couple of weeks and it's time to evaluate our individual progress that needs to come as we progress into the next match."
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• The UC San Diego duo of Rodriguez and Pellouchoud continue to shine in doubles as they improved their season record to 3-2 and move to 2-2 when competing in the one spot in the lineup.

UP NEXT
UC San Diego will be back in the greater Los Angeles area next Saturday as they're set for a neutral site match up against the San Francisco Dons on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 11:00 a.m. from the Ralph-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu. 

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