INDIAN WELLS - The No. 4 seed UC Santa Barbara men's tennis team did it again, clinching its fourth straight Big West tournament title after dropping No. 2 seed UC Irvine 4-2 Sunday morning at Indian Wells Tennis Garden."I'm so proud of this team from where we started to how far we've come," team co-captain Josh Finkelstein said. "We lost to Irvine earlier this year but we've been playing great tennis and we just peaked at the right time." … [Read more...]

INDIAN WELLS - The No. 4 seed UCSB men's tennis team crawled back into the semi-final match against top-seeded Pacific Saturday morning to capture a thrilling 4-3 victory and advance to the Big West Championship. Scott Hohensteinsnapped the 3-3 tie to give the Gauchos the come-from-behind victory and a shot at the Big West crown tomorrow vs. No. 2 seed UC Irvine at 9 a.m.The Gauchos battled through the sweltering heat to collect two wins in doubles play at the No. 1 and No. 2 slots. On … [Read more...]

The No. 75 UCSB men's tennis team completed its regular season at home Saturday afternoon with an emphatic 6-1 win over Loyola Marymount on Senior Day. The Gauchos honored lone senior Max Taylor who battled Borja Malet to three sets at the No. 4 singles position, but did not come away with the win.The UCSB men started hot, sweeping all three doubles matches. On court one, Alex Konigsfeldt and Josh Finkelstein notched a decisive 8-1 victory over Borja Malet and Aris Andresian while Scott … [Read more...]

With the match tied at three apiece, Scott Hohenstein upended Nikola Bubnic in the third set to give the No. 74 UC Santa Barbara men's tennis team a thrilling 4-3 victory Sunday afternoon over No. 62 University of San Diego. The Toreros were the third nationally ranked victim for the Gauchos this season, moving them to 7-12 on the year (3-2 in Big West).The Gauchos opened the match with two wins in doubles to post the early 1-0 lead. Alex Konigsfeldt and Josh Finkelstein thumped Nils … [Read more...]

The No. 74 UCSB men's tennis team (6-11 overall) came up one point short against Cal Poly, 4-3, at the Recreation Center courts Wednesday afternoon. The heartbreaking loss moves the Gauchos out of second place in the Big West and drops their conference record to 3-2.The Mustangs started hot, securing the doubles point winning 8-3 at both the No. 1 and No. 2 slots. … [Read more...]

The UCSB women's tennis team captured the doubles point with ease and swept Santa Clara in singles at the Rob Gym Tennis courts Saturday to post its third win in its last match of the four game home-stand. With the win, the Gauchos improve to 12-5 overall (3-4 in Big West) while the Broncos drop to 7-9 on the season.The Gauchos started off hot, winning the doubles point decisively at the No. 1 and No. 2 slots. The pair of Michelle Murphy and Sofia Novak rocked S. Galainena and M. Davoudi … [Read more...]

UCSB and Harvard split six singles matches, but the Crimson won the doubles point and ended the Gauchos two-match winning streak with a 4-3 decision on Monday.Natalia Lozano, Asagi Onaga, and Bryanna Ojeda won at the Nos. 4, 5, and 6 spots respectively. Onaga swept her match against Caroline Davis, 7-5, 6-0, while Lozano won 3-6, 7-6, 1-0 (7), and Ojeda won 6-1, 0-7, 1-0 (7).Harvard took two out of three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. UCSB's doubles win came at No. 1 with … [Read more...]

LONG BEACH - The Long Beach St. 49er's were simply too much for the Gauchos to handle yesterday and the result was a 6-1 defeat. The loss ends the UCSB women's tennis win streak at five as Long Beach posted their eight straight victory.The Gauchos did make some noise early. After dropping second doubles 8-4, the Gauchos responded with a fantastic 8-5 win at No. 3. At that point, No. 1 doubles was battling in a 5-5 tie and a 30-0 lead in the game. However, UCSB could not get it done, losing … [Read more...]

For the third time this past week, the UCSB men's tennis team is one point shy of posting their fifth win of the season. A depleted Gaucho squad kept up in singles play, grabbing three of the six singles matches, but could not handle the Quakers in doubles to fall, 4-3.The UCSB men were without the services of Josh Finkelstein and Scott Hohenstein. In their place, coach Marty Davis used Alex Gushner and Mathieu Forget. Both Gauchos gave UCSB a spark, winning their respective matches. … [Read more...]

In rough and windy conditions, the UCSB men's tennis team came up just shy Saturday afternoon against UT-Arlington, 4-3, at the UTA Tennis Center. The Gauchos snatched the doubles point, but were overpowered in singles play.In doubles, the Gauchos got out to a quick 1-0 lead with wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions. Josh Finkelstein and Alex Konigsfeldt inched past Dmitry Minkin and Mindaugas Celedinas, 8-5 on court one, while Scott Hohenstein and Evan Jurgensenshut down Gonzalo … [Read more...]

The UCSB women's tennis team dropped their first home match of the season against conference rival Cal Poly, 5-2, Friday afternoon at the UCSB Recreation Center courts."We knew they were going to be tough to beat going into the match," head coach Pete Kirkwood said. "But I liked the way we fought against them." … [Read more...]

The No. 61 UCSB men's tennis team bounced back from a heart breaking doubles loss to down No. 67 ranked Utah at the Recreation Center courts Friday afternoon.In doubles, the Utes managed to climb back from a 2-6 deficit, saving triple break point at one stage and a match point later, to steal the opening doubles point with a 7-5 tie-break win at No. 1 doubles."It was a depressing start for us," coach Davis said. "We got pushed hard in doubles, but then we responded well to it." … [Read more...]