UCLA
San Diego
#9 UCLA Blanks #16 USD
February 06, 2016 | Men's Tennis
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The No. 9 UCLA men's tennis team blanked No. 16 University of San Diego on Friday afternoon. After clinching the doubles point, the Bruins coasted through singles play to win the match 7-0.
Joseph Di Giulio and Karue Sell kicked things off for the Bruins on court 2 with a 6-3 win over their Torero opponents. Shortly after, Mackenzie McDonald and Martin Redlicki downed the seventh-ranked doubles team in the country in Jordan Angus and Filip Vittek, 6-4. With the win, UCLA took an early 1-0 lead.
In singles play, the Bruins made quick work of the Toreros as Sell, Redlicki, and Di Giulio won their matches in straight sets. Sell defeated 82nd-ranked Romain Kalaydjian, 6-1, 6-2, while Redlicki (#48) dispatched 34th-ranked Angus, 6-1, 6-3.
Next up, the Bruins head to Charlottesville, Va., where they face the first-ranked Virginia Cavaliers. The match takes place Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 3 p.m. PT. Following the tilt with UVA, UCLA heads to the 2016 ITA Division I National Men's Team Indoor Championship. The tournament will be held Feb. 12-15, at Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville.
#9 UCLA 7, #16 San Diego 0Feb 05, 2016 at Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Tennis Center)
| Doubles competition |
| 1. McDonald/Redlicki (UCLA) def. #7 Angus/Vittek (USD) 6-4 |
| 2. Di Giulio/Sell (UCLA) def. Page/Petronijevic (USD) 6-3 |
| 3. Brymer/Rapp (UCLA) vs. Kalaydjian/Kononov (USD) 4-5, unfinished |
| Singles competition |
| 1. Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) def. #35 Uros Petronijevic (USD) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 2. #48 Martin Redlicki (UCLA) def. #34 Jordan Angus (USD) 6-1, 6-3 |
| 3. Gage Brymer (UCLA) def. Filip Vittek (USD) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 4. Karue Sell (UCLA) def. #82 Romain Kalaydjian (USD) 6-1, 6-2 |
| 5. #98 Logan Staggs (UCLA) def. Joshua Page (USD) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 6. Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) def. Jaan Kononov (USD) 6-3, 6-3 |
| Match Notes |
| San Diego 4-0; National ranking #16 |
| UCLA 4-0; National ranking #9 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (4,2,6,1,3,5) |
