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Tech drops match to Gauchos
January 24, 2025 | Men's Tennis
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Texas Tech Red Raiders fell to the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, 4-0, on Friday afternoon at the Arnhold Tennis Center.
In doubles, the No. 37-ranked Gaucho pairing of Gianluca Brunkow and Dominique Rolland got the first doubles win of the match after defeating Texas Tech's Sebastian Abboud and Piotr Pawlak at court one, 6-3. UC Santa Barbara (3-0) clinched the doubles point against Tech (2-1) at court two when Diogo Morais and Lucca Liu took down Red Raiders Thiago Guglieri and Ludovico Vaccari, 6-3. Over at court three, the duo of Felipe Pagnacco and Niksa Arsic were leading UCSB's Conrad Brown and Teo Masera, 4-3, when it went unfinished.
In singles, the Gauchos took a 2-0 lead after No. 65-ranked Morais got a win over Guglieri at court four by a score of 6-2, 6-1. UC Santa Barbara added to its lead when No. 122 Liu beat Vaccari at court three, 6-2, 6-2. Clinching the match was No. 117 Conrad Brown at court five as he defeated Pagnacco by a 6-4, 7-5 score.
When the match was clinched, both Pawlak and Arsic were locked in three-set battles at their respective courts. At the top court, Pawlak fought against No. 21-ranked Brunkow, losing set one by a 2-6 score. Pawlak was able to even the match with a 6-3 second set, but was down 1-4 in the third when his match went unfinished.
Arsic was taking on No. 94 Rolland at court two. The Red Raider posted a bagel in set one, 6-0, over the Gaucho, before Rolland came back to tie things up with a 6-1 set two win. Rolland took a 5-3 advantage in set three when it went unfinished. At court six, Abboud and Teo Masera were neck and neck as Masera won in a tough first set breaker over the Red Raider, 7-6 (9). Masera led 1-0 in the following set when the match was called.
Up next, the Red Raiders stay in Santa Barbara to face the California Golden Bears on Saturday, January 25 at 2 p.m. CT.
Texas Tech 0, UC Santa Barbara 4
Singles
1. #21 Gianluca Brunkow (UCSB) vs. Piotr Pawlak (TTU) 6-2, 3-6, 4-1, unfinished
2. #94 Dominique Rolland (UCSB) vs. Niksa Arsic (TTU) 0-6, 6-1, 5-3, unfinished
3. #122 Lucca Liu (UCSB) def. Ludovico Vaccari (TTU) 6-2, 6-2
4. #65 Diogo Morais (UCSB) def. Thiago Guglieri (TTU) 6-2, 6-1
5. #117 Conrad Brown (UCSB) def. Felipe Pagnacco (TTU) 6-4, 7-5
6. Teo Masera (UCSB) vs. Sebastian Abboud (TTU) 7-6 (11-9), 1-0, unfinished
Doubles
1. #37 Gianluca Brunkow/Dominique Rolland (UCSB) def. Sebastian Abboud/Piotr Pawlak (TTU) 6-3
2. Lucca Liu/Diogo Morais (UCSB) def. Thiago Guglieri/Ludovico Vaccari (TTU) 6-3
3. Conrad Brown/Teo Masera (UCSB) vs. Niksa Arsic/Felipe Pagnacco (TTU) 3-4, unfinished
Order of finish
Doubles (1, 2); Singles (4, 3, 5)
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