Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 Colorado Springs, Colo.— The UC Riverside Men's Tennis Team (4-8) went 1-2 over the weekend dropping a pair of matches to Richmond 5-2 and Air Force Academy 6-1, but bouncing back to cap of the road trip with a 5-2 victory over Colorado State Pueblo.

RICHMOND
The Highlanders got momentum going in their first match of the weekend against Richmond, despite starting the match trailing 3-0.

With the match on the line, sophomore Nabil Abdallah won the team's first singles match of the day sweeping his opponent on court four in straight sets of 6-4, 6-3. Junior Kyle McCann followed as he grinded out a three-set victory on court two 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. His win cut the Richmond lead to 3-2.

Freshmen Filip Engstrom and Vignesh Subramanyan were the last in competition on courts five and six, respectively. Both Highlanders had won a set but fell in the 3rd as Richmond took the match 5-2.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY
UCR struggled in the match with Air Force Academy as the Falcons won the doubles point and five singles matches. Nabil Abdallah was a bright spot for the Highlanders as he won another match in straight sets, this time on court five with a final score of 6-0, 6-4. Abdallah helped the Highlanders avoid a sweep as they fell 6-1.

COLORADO STATE PUEBLO
UC Riverside ended the weekend road trip on a high note as they downed the Thunder Wolves 5-2.

It was a shaky start for the Highlanders as they dropped the doubles point, despite a 6-4 victory on court three from the duo of Nabil Abdallah and junior Anderson Ju.

Down 1-0, Abdallah and freshman Benjamin Kilchherr would both sweep their opponents on courts three and four, respectively, to give UCR a 2-1 lead. Abdallah only dropped two games in his match winning 6-2, 6-0, while Kilchherr fought hard in the first set of a 7-5, 6-0 win.

The Thunder Wolves would answer with a win on court one, but Kyle McCann was the next off the courts with his 6-4, 6-3 sweep on court two to put the Highlanders up 3-2 and in position to seal the match.

UCR would clinch the dual match on court six as sophomore Gibert Chung defeated his opponent 6-3, 6-1. The Highlanders would wrap up the match and the road trip with a 6-0, 6-2 win on court five, from Filip Engstrom, that gave UC Riverside the 5-2 overall win.

The Highlanders will now return home for a nine match home-stand, starting with Southern Utah this Sunday at 9:30 AM at the Rec Center Courts in Riverside, CA.