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No. 7 UCLA Outlasts Utah, 4-2
April 14, 2017 | Men's Tennis
LOS ANGELES โ The No. 7 UCLA men's tennis team withstood a test from visiting Utah Friday, as it defeated the Utes at Sunset Canyon Tennis Courts, 4-2. Clutch performances by Maxime Cressy on Court 6 and Gage Brymer on Court 1 fueled the Bruins down the stretch.
With No. 10 Martin Redlicki and Evan Zhu locked in a duel on Court 1, Courts 2 and 3 stepped up for the Bruins in doubles. In his return to action, Joseph Di Giulio joined Austin Rapp on Court 2, where the pair defeated Dan Little and Slava Shainyan, 6-1. Di Giulio-Austin Rapp is now 11-5 on the year and 4-3 in dual-match play. With the doubles point on the line, the team of Cressy and Ben Goldberg topped Santiago Sierra and Joe Woolley on Court 3, 6-2, to give the Bruins the day's first point.
In singles, Zhu made quick work of Sierra on Court 3, as the freshman posted a 6-1, 6-3 victory on Court 3. The freshman is now 11-8 on the year and 8-7 in dual-match play. Little cut the Utes deficit in half, though, as he gave Redlicki his first Court 2 loss of the year, 7-5, 6-1. Then, despite Austin Rapp's first-set win on Court 5, Utah's Parker McGuiness rallied to even the match, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.On the next court over, Cressy and Joe Woolley went point-for-point down the stretch.
Trailing for much of the second set, Cressy would not let the Utes take the advantage, flipping a switch that powered the sophomore to a 6-3, 7-5 win. That left it up to No. 20 Brymer on Court 1, where he had already taken the first set with a 7-2 tiebreak. With all eyes on the top court, Brymer topped David Micevski for the clinching point, 7-6 (2), 6-3. The win marked the 20th on the year for Brymer.
The Bruins will be back in action Sunday, when they welcome Arizona to Sunset Courts. Play will begin at 12:00 p.m., as UCLA looks to keep its Pac-12 record unblemished.
Tennis Match Results
Utah vs UCLA
Apr 14, 2017 at Los Angeles. CA
(Sunset Canyon Tennis Courts)
#7 UCLA 4, Utah 2
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Doubles competition
1. #10 Redlicki/Zhu (UCLA) vs. Micevski/Weverink (UTAH) 4-4, unfinished
2. Di Giulio/A. Rapp (UCLA) def. Little/Shainyan (UTAH) 6-1
3. Cressy/Goldberg (UCLA) def. Sierra/Woolley (UTAH) 6-2
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Singles competition
1. #20 Gage Brymer (UCLA) def. David Micevski (UTAH) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
2. Dan Little (UTAH) def. #43 Martin Redlicki (UCLA) 7-5, 6-1
3. Evan Zhu (UCLA) def. Santiago Sierra (UTAH) 6-1, 6-3
4. Logan Staggs (UCLA) vs. Slava Shainyan (UTAH) 4-6, 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
5. Parker McGuiness (UTAH) def. Austin Rapp (UCLA) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
6. Maxime Cressy (UCLA) def. Joe Woolley (UTAH) 6-3, 7-5
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Match Notes:
Utah 15-8
UCLA 15-4; National ranking #7
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (3,2,5,6,1)
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