PHOENIX, Ariz. – UC San Diego (5-8) fell to Grand Canyon (11-1) 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at the GCU Tennis Facility. UC San Diego secured a singles win at the No. 5 position, while Grand Canyon captured the doubles point, and claimed five singles matches.
  
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego dropped the doubles point despite some close competition across the courts. Abhinav Chunduru and Trevor Nguyen fell at No. 1 doubles, 3-6, while Andrew Beceiro and Prathinav Chunduru were defeated at No. 2 doubles, 1-6. The match at No. 3 doubles featuring Trey Fourticq and Oliver Worth remained unfinished with a score of 4-5.
 
In singles play, A. Chunduru secured the lone victory for the Tritons at No. 5 singles with a straight-set win, 6-2, 6-3. Worth faced a challenging match at No. 1 singles, concluding with a 1-6, 0-6 result. At No. 3 Nguyen played a competitive match, narrowly losing in a second-set tiebreak, 4-6, 6-7(3).
 
The remaining singles matches saw P. Chunduru battling at No. 2 singles, ultimately falling 6-7, 2-6. David Adamson and Yaron Guberman also competed at No. 4 and No. 6 singles, ending with scores of 1-6, 4-6 and 2-6, 6-2, 1-6, respectively.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• A. Chunduru won his first match at No. 5 singles this season.
• Two Tritons forced tiebreaks (No. 2 and No. 3) before dropping their sets.

 
UP NEXT
UC San Diego will return to La Jolla for a home match on Thursday, Feb. 26, against Villanova. The match is set to begin at 10 a.m. at Northview Tennis Courts. Admission is free but note that parking permits are required on UC San Diego campus 24/7.
 
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 24-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.