SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The first of two road matches to finish out the regular season ended in a 4-0 defeat on Sunday for UC San Diego men's tennis. Sacramento State won the doubles point and singles matches No. 1, 2 and 4 to take the victory.
 
The Tritons got a win in doubles from Carson Lee and Diogo Tinoco. The visitors also won the first set in all three singles matches that went unfinished.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Sacramento State won 6-3 at No. 1 doubles before the next two contests were decided late by 7-5 margins. Lee and Tinoco evened the race for the doubles point with their win on court two, but Sacramento State pulled away on court three to go up 1-0 in the dual match.
 
The three singles matches that the Hornets won were in all straight sets, with four of the six sets being one-break margins as the Tritons stayed within range but were unable to get over the hump. Courts two and four wrapped first, followed by Lee falling 4-6, 3-6 at No. 1 as Sacramento State clinched the dual match.
 
The Tritons were playing well in the three other matches that were subsequently abandoned. Pelayo Rodriguez (No. 3) and Charles Qian (No. 6) were both on serve in their second sets after winning set one. David Adamson (No. 5) won his first frame by a tight 7-5 scoreline.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• This match was originally scheduled for February 2 but was rained out.
• Pelayo Rodriguez is undefeated in his last six singles matches, notching three wins and having three matches go unfinished.
• Carson Lee and Diogo Tinoco have won four of their last five doubles matches.

UP NEXT
The Tritons close the regular season on Tuesday at No. 32 UCLA. First serve is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.