LOS ANGELES- No. 19 Stanford suffered a 7-0 setback against No. 3 UCLA on Friday afternoon to open its two-game Southern California road swing.
The Bruins (6-0) claimed the doubles point and secured the match at the top spot of the lineup when Marcos Giron defeated John Morrissey 6-2, 7-6 (3) in a battle of top-40 players.
The Cardinal (3-3) trailed 3-0 in the match but had already split sets on courts three, four and six.
After dropping the first frame, Morrissey then forced a second-set tiebreaker. However, Giron managed to take the second set and ultimately end Stanford's bid at extending the match.
Stanford visits No. 2 USC tomorrow at 1 p.m.
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No. 3 UCLA 7, No. 19 Stanford 0
DOUBLES
1) Kandath /Morrissey (STAN) vs. Giron/Novikov (UCLA) unfinished
2) Puget/Sell (UCLA) d. No. 57 Ball/Strobel (STAN) 8-5
3) Brigham/Mkrtchian (UCLA) d. Romanowicz/Stineman (STAN) 8-3
Order of Finish: 2, 3
SINGLES
1) No. 12 Marcos Giron (UCLA) d. No. 39 John Morrissey (STAN) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
2) Dennis Novikov (UCLA) d. Matt Kandath (STAN) 6-4, 6-2
3) Adrien Puget (UCLA) d. Maciek Romanowicz (STAN) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (5)
4) No. 41 Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) d. Nolan Paige (STAN) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
5) Clay Thompson (UCLA) d. Trey Strobel (STAN) 6-4, 7-6
6) Karue Sell (UCLA) d. Robert Stineman (STAN) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (6)
Order of Finish: 2, 5, 1, 3, 4, 6
