LA JOLLA, Calif. – Returning to action after a pair of road matches, the UC San Diego men's tennis team dropped their match against UC Irvine by a 4-0 score on Tuesday afternoon.          

INSIDE THE MATCH
Final Match 23: UC San Diego: 0; UC Irvine: 4
Records: UC San Diego: 8-15, 1-2; UC Irvine: 14-6, 4-1

HOW IT HAPPENED
Getting off to a quick start on the road, the visiting Anteaters were able to take early leads in their matches on their way to a pair of doubles victories to clinch the initial points.
 
Fighting back in the match, Traxler continued his strong performance as he was able to earn a two-set victory while competing at the five-spot in the UC San Diego lineup. The Gauchos would go on to win the remaining three finished matches to pick up the 4-1 victory on Thursday.

RESULTS
Doubles:
 

1. Noah Zamora/Rahul Dhokia (UCI) def. Pelayo Rodriguez/Zach Pellouchoud (UCSD), 5-2, uf
2. Hiroki Sakagawa/Andy Nguyen (UCI) def. Daniel Traxler/William Lan, 6-0
3. Matthew Sah/Lawee Sherif (UCI) def. Diogo Tinoco/Phillip Lan, 6-2

 
Order of finish: 2, 3
 
Singles: 
 

1. Enrique Luque Rico (UCI) vs. Carson Lee (UCSD), 6-7, 4-3, uf
2. Hiroki Sakagawa (UCI) def. Phillip Lan (UCSD), 6-1, 6-0
3. Noah Zamora (UCI) def. Diogo Tinoco (UCSD), 6-3, 6-1
4. Krishna Rithvik (UCI) def. Pelayo Rodriguez (UCSD), 6-3, 5-1, uf
5. Rahul Dhokia (UCI) vs. Zach Pellouchoud (UCSD), 6-2, 5-4, uf
6. Lawee Sherif (UC) def. Daniel Traxler (UCSD), 6-1, 6-3

 
Order of finish: 6, 1, 5, 2
 
QUOTABLE
 "Today was a tough day and I'm not too happy with how we performed," head men's tennis coach Timmer Willing said. "I think we didn't make the necessary adjustments and I think it really showed in doubles before singles we made some changes. They're a really good team too and they did a good job of making us play with our weakness. Hopefully we learn from this and get after it tomorrow while learning from today."  
 
TRITON TIDBIT

• Today marked the first time the Tritons have been shut out in almost six weeks when they fell to Cal by a 5-0 final score.

UP NEXT
The Tritons will be back in action tomorrow afternoon for Senior Day as they will host Hawai'i at 3:00 p.m. from the Northview Tennis Courts for the penultimate home match of the season.     
 
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