Riverside—The UC Riverside Men's Tennis Team was able to make up Sunday's match against Villanova Tuesday afternoon, after unfortunate weather put the competition on hold. The Highlanders earned their firstt victory of the season, topping the Wildcats, 6-1.
After dropping two out of three doubles matches, the Highlanders kept composure and swept singles play to take the victory.
The Highlanders will remain at the SRC for the next six matches. Next up, they will take on Grand Canyon Saturday, March 7 at 1 pm PT.
| UC Riverside vs. Villanova |
| March 3, 2015 |
| (Riverside, CA) |
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| UC Riverside, 6, Villanova, 1 |
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| Doubles |
| 1 | Mark Miller | def. | Sina Sharifi | V | 6-3 |
| Kelly Donaldson | | Cooper Bridge | | |
| 2 | Tim Abbracciamento | def. | Julian Ruffin | V | 7-5 |
| Bradley Noyes | | Calvin Ngo | | |
| 3 | Luis Gastao | def. | Justin Burrus | UCR | 6-4 |
| Sean Robles | | Will Elmore | | |
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| Singles |
| 1 | Julian Ruffin | def. | Mark Miller | UCR | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 2 | Luis Gaståo | def. | Bradley Noyes | UCR | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 3 | Cooper Bridge | def. | Tim Abbracciamento | UCR | 6-0, 6-0 |
| 4 | Sina Sharifi | def. | Matt Phelps | UCR | 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 |
| 5 | Marcuz Vizcarra | def. | Michael Rosengren | UCR | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 6 | Calvin Ngo | def. | Kelly Donaldson | UCR | 7-5, 6-1 |
