IU Falls to No. 7 UCLA, 4-1

Friday, January 25

Los Angeles, Calif.

6:00 P.M.

Indiana University

UCLA

1/25/2019 8:42:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

Los Angeles – The Indiana men's tennis team (2-2) fell to the No. 7 UCLA Bruins (1-0), 4-1, in the first match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend on the campus of UCLA.

The doubles point came down to the third spot after the Bruins won at No. 1 and Bennett Crane and Carson Haskins won 6-4 at No. 2. After a close battle on No. 3, UCLA came out on top with a 6-4 win and the doubles point.

IU quickly got on the board in singles when Carson Haskins' opponent at No. 5 retired in the first set. The Bruins followed with three wins of their own at the No. 1, 2, and 3 spots. At the remaining two unfinished spots, No. 110 ranked Zac Brodney split the first two sets at No. 4 and Andrew Redding was edged in a first set tiebreaker at No. 6.

The Hoosiers will finish the ITA Kick-Off Weekend tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 26 with a match against the Ole Miss Rebels (2-2) at 9 PM.

RESULTS
#7 UCLA 4, Indiana 1
Singles
1. Maxime Cressy (UCLA) def. Antonio Cembellin (IND) 6-2, 6-1
2. Keegan Smith (UCLA) def. #96 Bennett Crane (IND) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
3. Govind Nanda (UCLA) def. Brandon Lam (IND) 6-4, 6-2
4. Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) vs. #110 Zac Brodney (IND) 6-2, 3-6, unfinished
5. Carson Haskins (IND) def. Connor Hance (UCLA) 4-0, retired
6. Mathew Tsolakyan (UCLA) vs. Andrew Redding (IND) 7-6 (9-7), 2-1, unfinished

Doubles
1. Maxime Cressy/Keegan Smith (UCLA) def. Patrick Fletchall/Brandon Lam (IND) 6-3
2. Bennett Crane/Carson Haskins (IND) def. Ben Goldberg/Govind Nanda (UCLA) 6-4
3. Bryce Pereira/Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) def. Payam Ahmadi/Zac Brodney (IND) 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,1,3,2)

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