Saturday, February 22
Pasadena, CA
2:00 PM
UC Santa Cruz Athletics
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Caltech
Slugs Drop Tight 4-3 Match to No. 35 Caltech
2/23/2025 1:30:00 PM | Men's Tennis
PASADENA, Ca. - The UC Santa Cruz men's team fell 4-3 to the No. 35 Caltech Beavers Saturday afternoon. The Slugs started off by winning the doubles 2-1 but were unable to pick up 3 wins in the singles to seal the deal, dropping four of the six singles matches. The Slugs are now 1-1 on their Southern California weekend which will make its final stop against the Occidental Tigers on Sunday in Los Angeles.Â
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How It Happened
The Slugs strong start wins at No.2 and No.3 doubles, earning 6-3 and 7-5 victories, respectfully. They only dropped doubles No. 1 6-4. Occidental went on to win singles No. 1 through No.4. Among those Benjamin Wang got extremely close to victory in three sets but lost the last one in heartbreaking fashion 7-6 (7-5). No.5 Mayur Nookla achieved a match victory in three sets 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. No. 6 Arjun Tandon was also able to win his match in three sets. After dropping the first set 4-6 he went on to win the remaining two sets 6-3, 6-4.
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How It Happened
The Slugs strong start wins at No.2 and No.3 doubles, earning 6-3 and 7-5 victories, respectfully. They only dropped doubles No. 1 6-4. Occidental went on to win singles No. 1 through No.4. Among those Benjamin Wang got extremely close to victory in three sets but lost the last one in heartbreaking fashion 7-6 (7-5). No.5 Mayur Nookla achieved a match victory in three sets 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. No. 6 Arjun Tandon was also able to win his match in three sets. After dropping the first set 4-6 he went on to win the remaining two sets 6-3, 6-4.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
123
741
Constantin Cedillo / 0 [CIT]
566
#2 Singles Match
12
06
Andrew Zabelo / 0 [CIT]
67
#3 Singles Match
12
13
Tejas Ram / 0 [CIT]
66
#4 Singles Match
123
466
Kenneth Chan / 0 [CIT]
627
#5 Singles Match
123
626
Eric He / 0 [CIT]
164
#6 Singles Match
123
466
Marco Yang / 0 [CIT]
634
Order of Finish:
3,2,4,6,5,1
Players Mentioned
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