MORAGA, Calif. – Saint Mary's Men's Tennis is back in action this weekend with a match at Santa Barbara on Friday before coming back home to host San Diego State on Sunday.
 
THE DETAILS
Saint Mary's (1-4) at UCSB (2-2)
Friday, February 23 at 1:00 p.m.
Arnhold Tennis Courts – Santa Barbara, Calif.
 
Saint Mary's (1-4) vs. SDSU (5-1)
Sunday, February 25 at 1:00 p.m.
Korth Tennis Courts – Moraga, Calif.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Gaels will be back on the courts for the first time since they defeated Jessup University 7-0 on February 9 in Moraga, due to a rain out of their match against UC Irvine that was scheduled for February 17.

Carlos Ramos Membrives and Diego Jarry defeated David Perez and Tanner Sitanggang 6-1 to clinch the doubles point after Felipe Rincon and Paulo Etchecoin blanked Isaac Graves and Henrique Levy 6-0.

Etchecoin continued his perfect day with another 6-0 win in singles play over David Perez. Felipe Rincon allowed just one point to Sitanggang in a 6-0, 6-1 singles win, and Pierre Lietaud and Thibaud Maxant each had perfect sets in 6-4, 6-0 and 7-5, 6-0 wins respectively. Ellison Greco made his Saint Mary's debut with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Josue Madiana.
 
ABOUT UC SANTA BARBARA
The ITA announced the newest team, singles and doubles rankings this afternoon. Pablo Masjuan continues to climb in singles as he jumped up four spots to No. 20 in the singles rankings. Additionally, he and his doubles partner, Gianluca Brunkow, moved up over 20 spots in the doubles rankings now slotted at No. 34.
 
Last week, Kai Brady was named The Big West Men's Tennis Player of the Week. Brady is currently 3-0 in singles action playing all three matches in the No. 5 position. He earned the award after helping UC Santa Barbara comeback from a 2-0 deficit against Santa Clara where the Gauchos pulled out a 4-3 victory for their first win of the season.

UC Santa Barbara started strong in the fall with Pablo Masjuan and Gianluca Brunkow picking up a doubles victory against, at the time, the No. 12 ranked doubles teams in the nation in their opening fall tournament. Later on, Masjuan would qualify for the ITA National Fall Championships and make a great run but ultimately fell in the quarterfinal round of the Championship. Kai Brady was recently named the Big West Men's Tennis Player of the Week.
 
ABOUT SAN DIEGO STATE
No. 75-ranked San Diego State is riding a three-match winning streak with a combined score of 12-3. The Aztecs opened the season with wins over Brigham Young and Sacramento State. They bounced back from a loss at UC Irvine by beating Idaho, UC Riverside and Point Loma Nazarene. The final two matches were part of a doubleheader on Wednesday at the Aztec Tennis Center.
 
The Scarlet and Black have won the doubles point in every match in 2024, with the duos of Alexander Mandma/Robin Parts (4-0, court 1) and Eugenio Gonzalez Fitzmaurice/Bora Sengul (3-0, court 3) starting the season undefeated. Parts is also off to a 4-0 start in singles, playing on each of the bottom three courts.
 
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