UCLA
TCU
Men's Tennis Downs No. 17 TCU, 4-1 to Round Out National Team Indoors
February 15, 2015 | Men's Tennis
The Bruins (6-4) won the doubles point in every match in Chicago, claiming the point again on Sunday when Joseph Di Giulio and Karue Sell outlasted Cameron Norrie and Guillermo Nuñez, 6-4. Sixth-ranked Mackenzie McDonald and Martin Redlicki, who won all three of their matches at the Indoors, accounted for UCLA's other doubles win, beating 24th-ranked Nick Chappell and Will Stein, 6-3.
Already up 1-0, the Bruins were able to move out to a 3-0 lead following straight-set singles wins from Sell (court No. 4) and McDonald (court No. 1). Although TCU (5-3) got on the board with a straight-set win of its own at court No. 6, UCLA closed out the match at the No. 2 spot, where 44th-ranked Dennis Mkrtchian downed 48th-ranked Nick Chappell, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
When play was suspended, UCLA's Austin Rapp was down a break to Nunez, 3-4 in the third set at court No. 5, and Redlicki was up 5-4 on serve in the third over Stein at court No. 3.
For more information about this year's USTA/ITA National Team Indoors, please visit the ITA's TOURNAMENT HUB.
UCLA takes to the courts again next Saturday, traveling to Waco, Texas to take on Baylor. That match is slated for 10:00 a.m. (PST).
USTA/ITA National Team Indoors
#10 UCLA 4, #17 TCU 1
Feb 15, 2015 at Chicago, IL (Midtown Athletic Club)
| Doubles |
| 1. #6 McDonald/Redlicki (UCLA) def. #24 Chappell/Stein (TCU) 6-3 |
| 2. Di Giulio/Sell (UCLA) def. Norrie/Nunez (TCU) 6-4 |
| 3. Hudson Blake/Johnson (TCU) def. Mkrtchian/Rapp (UCLA) 6-1 |
UCLA Wins Doubles Point
| Singles |
| 1. #2 Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) def. #18 Cameron Norrie (TCU) 6-2, 6-2 |
| 2. #44 Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) def. #48 Nick Chappell (TCU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 3. Martin Redlicki (UCLA) vs. Will Stein (TCU) 6-2, 6-7, 5-4, unfinished |
| 4. #85 Karue Sell (UCLA) def. Facundo Lugones (TCU) 6-2, 6-1 |
| 5. Austin Rapp (UCLA) vs. #112 Guillermo Nunez (TCU) 6-2, 6-7, 3-4, unfinished |
| 6. Trevor Johnson (TCU) def. Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) 6-2, 6-1 |
| Match Notes |
| TCU 5-3; National ranking #17 |
| UCLA 6-4; National ranking #10 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (4,1,6,2) |
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