April 19, 2009

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.

 

- The No. 2 seed UC Irvine men's tennis team (12-15, 4-1) lost 4-2 to No. 4 seed UC Santa Barbara Sunday afternoon in the Big West Conference Championship at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

The Gauchos won two doubles matches to clinch the doubles point. Junior Zac Tsai (Tarzana/Oaks Christian HS) and freshman Jon Kazarian (Rancho Palos Verdes/Peninsula HS) lost 8-3 to Hohenstein/Jurgensen in No. 2 doubles. Josh Finkelstein and Alex Konigsfeldt defeated sophomore Khunpol Issara (Bangkok, Thailand) and freshman Sam Gould (Hamilton, New Zealand) 8-6 in the No. 1 match.

In singles, Khunpol Issara tied the match at 1-1 as he defeated Scott Hohenstein 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 3 match. Alex Konigsfeld put UCSB up 2-1 beating freshman Steven Henderson (Poway HS) 6-2, 6-4 in No. 1 singles. Mathieu Forget beat Zac Tsai 6-3, 6-1 in the No. 6 match to give the Gauchos a 3-1 lead. Freshman Fabian Matthews (Corona del Mar HS) cut the lead to 3-2 defeating Josh Finkelstein 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in No. 2 singles. Max Taylor clinched the victory for UCSB with a 6-4, 6-3 win against sophomore Stephen Stege (Los Gatos HS).

The `Eaters wrap up the season with a 12-15 record overall.

 

Results

 

UC Santa Barbara 4, UC Irvine 2
No. 1	Alex Konigsfeldt (UCSB) def. Steven Henderson (UCI)	6-2, 6-4
No. 2	Fabian Matthews (UCI) def. Josh Finkelstein (UCSB)	6-2, 3-6, 6-4
No. 3	Khunpol Issara (UCI) def. Scott Hohenstein (UCSB)	6-3, 6-3
No. 4	Max Taylor (UCSB) def. Stephen Stege (UCI)	6-4, 6-3
No. 5	Sam Gould (UCI) vs.Taylor Chavez Goggin (UCSB)	DNF
No. 6	Mathieu Forget (UCSB) def. Zac Tsai (UCI)	6-3, 6-1
	Singles Order of Finish: 3,1,6,2,4
No. 1	Finkelstein/Kongisfeldt (UCSB) def. Issara/Gould (UCI)	8-6
No. 2	Hohenstein/Jurgensen (UCSB) Jon Kazarian /Tsai (UCI)	8-3
No. 3	Gautam Vaidyanathan /Henderson (UCI) vs. Caledonia/Chavez Goggin (UCSB)	DNF
	Doubles Order of Finish: 2,1

 

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