Baylor

Men's Tennis Edged Out by No. 6 UCLA

Men's Tennis 3/10/2008 12:00:00 AM

March 10, 2008

LOS ANGELES - The 11th-ranked Baylor men's tennis team was edged out by sixth-ranked UCLA on Monday afternoon at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. After the 4-3 loss, the Bears are now 10-6 on the season while UCLA's overall record moves 11-1.

UCLA took the doubles point with wins on courts one and three. Baylor's David Galic and Denes Lukacs, ranked No. 54, took the match on court two with an 8-5 victory over Mathieu Dehaine and Harel Seguso.

Baylor won singles matches on courts one, five and six. No. 10 Denes Lukacs downed Harel Strugo winning a first-set tiebreaker 7-6 (4) and taking the second set 6-4. After losing the first set at No. 5 singles 6-3, Jordan Rux rebounded to earn victory over Jeremy Drean, winning the final two sets, 7-5, 6-3. At No. 6 singles, Attila Bucko won two tiebreak sets, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) over Nick Meister.

Baylor completes its southern California road trip on Wednesday, March 12 when it takes on 22nd-ranked Pepperdine at 1 p.m. (PT) at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu.

(6) UCLA def. (11) Baylor, 4-3
Los Angeles Tennis Center

Doubles
1. Meister/Srugo (UCLA) def. (49) Bucko/Mueller (BU) 8-3
2. (54) Galic/Lukacs (BU) def. Dehaine/Seguso (UCLA) 8-5
3. Drean/Look (UCLA) def. Matt Brown/Rux (BU) 8-2
UCLA Wins Doubles Point -- Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles
1. (10) Denes Lukacs (BU) def. (45) Harel Srugo (UCLA) 7-6(4), 6-4
2. (51) Holden Seguso (UCLA) def. (102) David Galic (BU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
3. (28) Mathieu Dehaine (UCLA) def. (75) Dominik Mueller (BU) 6-2, 7-6(3)
4. Michael Look (UCLA) def. Gwen Corches (BU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2*
5. Jordan Rux (BU) def. Jeremy Drean (UCLA) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
6. Attila Bucko (BU) def. Nick Meister (UCLA) 7-6(3), 7-6(5)

* Denotes Clinching Match -- Order of Finish: 3, 2, 4, 1, 6, 5

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