DAVIS, Calif. - The No. 30 UC San Diego men's tennis team edged UC Davis Friday, 4-3, in a thrilling non-conference contest that featured four three-set singles matches.

The Tritons, improving to 11-9 overall this season, secured victories in two of the three doubles matches to start Friday's competition. Playing with Division I rules, UCSD eventually earned the one point for that stage with a win at the No. 1 position by UCSD's Chapman Chan and Erik Elliott, as the pair topped the Aggies' Hunter Lee and Nick Lopez, 9-8 (7-3).

Sam Ling came away with the first singles win of the day, defeating UCD's Chris Aria at the No. 3 position, 6-3, 6-2, for his 12th victory of 2010. Despite that giving the Tritons a 2-0 lead, the next three matches to finish at the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 5 positions would go to the Aggies.

UCSD freshman Junya Yoshida picked up a comeback win at the No. 6 position, topping Connor Coates by a score of 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 to even the match at 3-3.

The deciding point came down to a marathon clash at the No. 4 spot, where Tritons' junior Jake Fellow battled Hunter Lee. After the first set went to Lee, 6-3, Fellow rallied back to take the next frame, 6-2. As the third set went into a 2-2 deadlock, leg cramps overcame Lee and forced him to retire from the match.

UCSD returns to action Saturday with a 10 a.m. match against UC Santa Cruz. On Sunday, the Tritons will take on No. 36 Sonoma State.