SAN DIEGO – UC San Diego (10-15) topped UC Riverside (2-20) 4-0 in an opening round shut out Wednesday at Barnes Tennis Center. The Tritons clinched the doubles point and found singes wins at No. 2, 4, and 5.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: UC San Diego 4, UC Riverside 0
Records: UC San Diego 7-16; UC Riverside 2-21
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego captured the doubles point with victories at the No. 2 and 3 courts. Andrew Beceiro and Prathinav Chunduru had a decisive win at No. 2, 6-1. At No. 3, Oliver Worth and Yaron Guberman edged out their opponent 6-4. The match at No. 1, with Trevor Nguyen and Abhinav Chunduru was left unfinished where they led 6-5.
 
In singles, Guberman battled quickly through a 6-2, 6-0 victory at No. 5. A. Chunduru was next to finish with another decisive victory coming at No. 4, 6-2, 6-0. P. Chunduru clinched the match in straight sets with a tight second-set tiebreaker, 6-2, 7-6(7).
 
In unfinished matches, Adamson battled back in his first set from a 0-3 deficit to a 6-4 win, he dropped the second 4-6 and was left unfinished 1-1 in the third. Worth was down three sets, also fighting back, forcing his first set score to a 5-7 loss, winning the second 6-2, and trailing 1-2 when his match was halted. Nguyen at No. 4 forced a close match going into the third, 2-6, 6-4, 4-5 when the Tritons clinched.
 
UP NEXT
Tomorrow, Thursday, April 23 the Tritons will face Cal Poly at 1 p.m. for the quarterfinals of the Big West Championship. The match will be held at Barnes Tennis Center. Admission to the match is free.
 
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.