Riverside—The UC Riverside Men's Tennis Team moves to 3-10 on the season after defeating Eastern Washington, 4-3 Sunday morning.
The Highlanders went into the singles portion of the match up 1-0 after snatching the doubles point. During singles play, Julian Ruffin, Cooper Bridge, and Marcus Vizcarra closed out the match with "strong performances", said head coach Tim Downey.
UC Riverside will host feloow Big West member UC Irvine Wednesday Apr. 1 at 3 pm.
| UC Riverside vs. Eastern Washington |
| March 22, 2015 |
| (Riverside, CA) |
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| UC Riverside, 4, EW, 3 |
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| Doubles |
| 1 | Sina Sharifi | def. | Dula | UCR | 6-2 |
| Cooper Bridge | | Martinez | | |
| 2 | Julian Ruffin | vs. | Vuckovic | UCR | 6-3 |
| Calvin Ngo | | Bemojelti | | |
| 3 | Ness | def. | Michael Carella | EW | 6-2 |
| Farrar | | Marcus Vizcarra | | |
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| Singles |
| 1 | Julian Ruffin | vs. | Dula | UCR | 6-7, 3-0, ret. |
| 2 | Martinez | vs. | Luis Gastao | EW | 6-1, 7-6 |
| 3 | Cooper Bridge | vs. | Vuckovic | UCR | 6-3, 6-1 |
| 4 | Bringold | def. | Sina Sharifi | EW | 3-6, 7-5, 12-10 |
| 5 | Marcus Vizcarra | def. | Farrar | UCR | 6-2, 6-3 |
| 6 | Burghart | def. | Michael Carella | EW | 6-3, 7-6 |
