UC San Diego Outlasts Men’s Tennis in Pair of 4-3 Decisions – Boston University Athletics

LA JOLLA, Calif. – Competing in its final scheduled doubleheader of the year, the Boston University men’s tennis team came up just short in two tightly-contested 4-3 decisions at UC San Diego Friday evening.

The Tritons (6-13) extended their win streak to three matches following a 4-3 upset win over No. 51 Indiana by capturing both doubles points and six of the 12 singles points against the Terriers (11-7). Sophomore Corey Craig led BU with a 2-0 singles mark, highlighted by a 6-3, 7-6, victory over Carson Lee, a five-star recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net. 

In the first contest, freshman Gustavs Dambins and senior Jose Maria Robalino posted a 6-3 win in No. 3 doubles, but the Tritons earned a 6-3 victory at line 1 and then edged the duo of senior Jonah Dickson and junior Adrian Pawlowski, 7-6, to earn a 1-0 lead.

During singles play, senior Ben Letzer joined Craig with a straight sets win by claiming a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the No. 6 slot. Dambins also prevailed in his respective match on court 5 in a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 decision. 

UCSD though claimed a pair of singles in points in straight sets at lines 2 and 3. The Tritons also broke late in the second set against senior Jonah Dickson en route to a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 win on court 3 for the 4-3 team victory.

In the rematch, Dickson and Pawlowski picked up a 6-3 doubles victory in the No. 3 slot, but UCSD earned the doubles point by winning the top two matches by a combined score of 12-6.

During singles play, junior Dion Loutas dropped the fewest games in a 6-2, 6-2, romp at line 5. Both Craig (#1) and senior Owen Voigt (#6) won their respective third-set super tiebreakers to hand two more points.

The Tritons claimed the team win by rolling to straight-set victories on courts 2-4.

Now 3-3 on the year in one-point decisions, BU will next visit George Mason on Saturday, March 23, for an 11 a.m. start time. 

Match 1: UCSD – 4, BU – 3

SINGLES
1) Corey Craig (BU) def. Carson Lee (UCSD): 6-3, 7-6
2) Diogo Tinoco (UCSD) def. Alejandro Licea (BU): 6-4, 6-4
3) Pelavo Rodriguez (UCSD) def. Jonah Dickson (BU): 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
4) Zach Pellouchoud (UCSD) def. Jose Maria Robalino (BU): 6-3, 6-3
5) Gustavs Dambins (BU) def. Daniel Traxler (UCSD): 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
6) Ben Letzer (BU) def. Charles Qian (UCSD): 6-4, 6-3

DOUBLES
1) Rodriguez/Pellouchoud (UCSD) def. Licea / Johann Sajonz (BU): 6-3
2) Lee/Tinoco (UCSD) def. Dickson / Adrian Pawlowski (BU): 7-6
3) Dambins/Robalino (BU) def. Traxler/Eric Silberman (UCSD): 6-3

Match 2: UCSD – 4, BU – 3

SINGLES
1) Corey Craig (BU) def. Phillip Lan (UCSD): 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-3)
2) Carson Lee (UCSD) def. Alejandro Licea (BU): 6-1, 6-2
3) Diogo Tinoco (UCSD) def. Jose Maria Robalino (BU): 6-3, 4-0, retired
4) Pelayo Rodriguez (UCSD) def. Adrian Pawlowski (BU): 6-2, 6-3
5) Dion Loutas (BU) def. William Lan (UCSD): 6-2, 6-2
6) Owen Voigt (BU) def. Sahil Savasere (UCSD): 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (11-9)

DOUBLES
1) Lee/Rodriguez (UCSD) def. Johann Sajonz / Licea (BU): 6-2
2) Traxler/W. Lan (UCSD) def. Robalino / Gustavs Dambins (BU): 6-4
3) Jonah Dickson / Pawlowski (BU) def. Jett Cole/Eric Silberman (UCSD): 6-3