LA JOLLA, Calif. — The Tritons return home Thursday, Feb. 26 after facing five opponents in six matches the past two weekends. UC San Diego will compete first against the Villanova Wildcats
, and the match is slated to begin at 10 a.m. at Northview Tennis Courts. The Tritons will also be competing in the Pacific Coast Doubles this weekend. The matches are being held at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club from Thursday Feb. 26 to Sunday, March 1. To finish the weekend, UC San Diego plays another home match against Pacific Sunday. The match against the future WCC foes is set to begin at 3 p.m.
DETAILS
UC San Diego (5-8) vs Villanova (3-4)
Thursday, Feb. 26 | 10 a.m. PST
Northview Tennis Courts | La Jolla, Calif.
UC San Diego (5-8) vs Pacific (8-1)
Sunday, March 1 | 3 p.m. PST
Northview Tennis Courts | La Jolla, Calif.
PACIFIC COAST DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
The competition begins on Thursday night, Feb. 26, and concludes on Sunday, March 1. All matches will be played at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, located at 2000 Spindrift Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037.
All 10 Triton players will be in action. The pairing list and each team's first match time are below. Further rounds will be posted on the
tournament website. The format is a single-elimination bracket, although some consolation matches will be available. Adamson and Fourticq will compete in the tournament's first round, the round of 128. The other four teams received byes to the round of 64.
Pairings:
Abhinav Chunduru/
Trevor Nguyen - Friday, 10 a.m.
Zach Pellouchoud/
Prathinav Chunduru - Friday, 11 a.m.
Andrew Beceiro/
Oliver Worth - Friday, 11:30 a.m.
Robert Freedman/
Yaron Guberman - Friday, 12 p.m.
David Adamson/
Trey Fourticq - Thursday, 5 p.m.
ABOUT THE TRITONS
Roster | Schedule | Stats
Record: 5-8
Big West: 0-0
Home: 4-1
Away: 0-6
Neutral: 1-1
vs Ranked Opponents: 0-1
Streak: L5
ITA Ranking: None
ABOUT THE VILLANOVA WILDCATS
Record: 3-4
Big East: 0-0
Home: 3-0
Away: 0-4
Neutral: 0-0
vs Ranked Opponents: 0-0
Streak: W1
ITA Ranking: None
ABOUT THE PACIFIC TIGERS
Record: 4-4
WCC: 0-0
Home: 2-2
Away: 1-1
Neutral: 1-1
vs Ranked Opponents: 0-0
Streak: L1
ITA Ranking: None
RUN IT BACK
The Tritons and Wildcats last faced each other on Feb. 27, 2025, resulting in a 6-1 victory for UC San Diego. Overall, the Tritons stand at 11-1 against the Wildcats, with a current win streak of five matches that began in 2020. UC San Diego faced Pacific twice before, in 2023 and 2024. Both matches resulted in a loss for the Tritons. In their last match on Feb. 10, 2024, they were downed 2-5.
2026 BIG WEST CHAMPIONSHIP
This year's Big West Championship will be April 22-25 at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego. UC San Diego is Division I postseason eligible for the second season. In 2025, the Tritons earned the four seed and defeated Cal Poly in the quarterfinals. They then fell to top-seeded and nationally-ranked UC Santa Barbara in the semifinals.
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
The roster of 10 features seven newcomers and three returners. There are three grad students, one senior, two sophomores and four freshmen. Senior
Zach Pellouchoud and sophomores
David Adamson and
Robert Freedman are the three returners.
MEET THE NEWCOMERS
This year's decorated freshmen class features five-stars Abhinav and
Prathinav Chunduru, plus four-stars
Andrew Beceiro and
Trevor Nguyen.
The Tritons also have three grad transfers.
Trey Fourticq joins from Villanova,
Yaron Guberman from Division II Lynn University and
Oliver Worth from Brown.
MEET THE COACHES
Head coach
Timmer Willing is back for his 14th season as the team's head coach. He has been at UC San Diego for 25 years, having previously served as an assistant coach.
Jake De Vries is in his second season with the program and his first as associate head coach. Fellow second-year assistant
Matthew Hollingworth rounds out the coaching staff, with
Darian Bahramipour the team's athletic performance coach.
ACADEMIC STANDOUT
Senior
Zach Pellouchoud earned multiple awards last season for his success in both the classroom and on the court. He was named to the CSC Academic All-District Team, Big West Academic All-Conference Team, Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (Highest Honors) and an ITA Scholar-Athlete.
TENNIS TALK ON UC SAN DIEGO ATHLETICS' PODCAST
As part of UC San Diego's transition to Division I, the Athletics Department launched a weekly podcast,
Tritoncast. Produced by UC San Diego Athletics Communications, Tritoncast features in-depth interviews with UC San Diego personalities including scholar-athletes, alums, coaches and administrators. Triton fans will get an inside look at the UC San Diego Athletics Department as the program transitions to NCAA Division I and The Big West. New episodes of Tritoncast are available each week on the most popular podcasting apps. In addition, each episode can be heard and downloaded on UCSDTritons.com. For individual show information and listen links, follow Tritoncast on X
@Tritoncast.
GET SOCIAL WITH UC SAN DIEGO MEN'S TENNIS
Keep up with the Tritons all season long on social media through
X and
Instagram. The team's handle is @ucsdmtennis.
FOR THE YOUNGER CROWD
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Junior Triton Club. Membership includes a free t-shirt, admission to over 100 UC San Diego home athletic events and much more!
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UP NEXT
UC San Diego will stay at in La Jolla, welcoming Navy on Wednesday, March 11. The match is set to begin at 3 p.m. at Northview Tennis Courts. Note that admission is free, but parking permits are required on UC San Diego campus 24/7. Live stats for the match can be found
here.
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 has begun a new era 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 39 have garnered 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 NCAA Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
