UCSB men’s tennis wins sixth straight dual match

By ERIC BOOSE UCSB SPORTS

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Also in attendance was team manager Don Volle, who is well known for writing a moving recollection of the events.

“It was great to have the ’72 team here tonight,” offered Boucher. “I hope we made them proud with how we handled ourselves and how we competed after such a frustrating stretch.”

Back on the court in the second half the Warriors did not slow down. After making eight 3-pointers in the first half, Westmont followed it up with another 11 in the second. With 19 threes, Westmont converted the second-most triples in single-game program history. Putting the Warriors over the century mark with 1:35 remaining was Cly Griffith Jr. with Westmont’s 18th 3-pointer of the night.

Ninety-five seconds later, the Warriors finished off a feel-good 105-77 victory. The Warriors ended the evening with seven scorers in double-figures, with both Drew Ramirez and Zeke Viuhkola leading the way with 18 points each.

“There was a sober feeling after the San Diego Christian loss,” acknowledged Boucher. “With that, the way we carried ourselves in practice and in shoot-around, I knew today was going to be different. I’m really proud of the guys for coming out and just putting that loss behind us.

“Collectively, this was probably our best game all year.” email: sports@newspress.com email: sports@newspress.com

The Warriors return to the court next Thursday in southern California, when they go head-to-head with the Vanguard Lions.

Jacob Norling is the sports information assistant at Westmont College.

The UCSB men’s tennis team continued their white-hot start to the season on Saturday, taking down the University of New Orleans Privateers, 5-2, to win their sixth straight dual match. The Gauchos will play this weekend’s hosts, UTSA, Sunday morning to round out the road trip.

The action on all three doubles courts was close, but all favored New Orleans, putting the Gauchos behind on the scoreboard for only the second time all season. But a 10 lead would not be enough for the Privateers, and UCSB roared back in singles play. Phillip Jordan and Pablo Masjuan won their matches on courts one and two in straight sets, and their teammates gutted out three more wins across the next three courts to clinch victory.

Gianluca Brunkow bounced back after losing a second-set tiebreaker to win on court three, as did Luka Mrsic on court five. Kai Brady nearly made it a clean six wins from six in singles, but lost the decisive third set on court six, 7-6, after a 22-point tiebreaker.

UCSB will round out this trip to Texas on Sunday, as the Gauchos take on the hosting UTSA Roadrunners. First serve is set for 9 a.m. Pacific from the UTSA Tennis Center in San Antonio.

Eric Boose writes about sports for UCSB.