SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – UC San Diego (8-12) faced No. 32 UC Santa Barbara (13-5) at the Arnhold Tennis Center for a conference match resulting in 2-4 loss. The Tritons move to 0-2 in conference play, the Gauchos to 2-0.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC Santa Barbara claimed the doubles point with a win at No. 2 and 3. No. 2 finished first with Prathinav Chunduru and Andrew Beceiro ending 2-6. Trevor Nguyen and Abhinav Chunduru took the No. 1 court 7-6(4) to force a tiebreaker on the third court. On No. 3 the Triton pair of Oliver Worth and Yaron Guberman dropped a close set, 7-6(5).
 
In singles play, the Tritons claimed victory on the No. 5 and 6 courts. On No. 6 Beceiro had a decisive straight-set win, 6-1, 6-2. On No. 5 Guberman won his court in three sets, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.
 
At No. 1 Worth was defeated by a ranked opponent in two sets, 2-6, 5-7. P. Chunduru played on No. 2 battling through a close two set loss, 2-6, 6-7(5). Another Gaucho point came at No. 4 where A. Chunduru finished with a scoreline of 5-7, 1-6. No. 3, with Nguyen, was left unfinished in the second set 4-6, 6-5.
 
UP NEXT
UC San Diego plays again tomorrow, April 4 against the Cal Poly Mustangs. The match will begin at 12 p.m. at Ronca Tennis Center.
 
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.