_ctofeatured.jpeg "Kyle McMorrow saw his 12-match win streak come to an end.")
Kyle McMorrow saw his 12-match win streak come to an end.
University of Washington Team Page
LOS ANGELES -- No. 2 UCLA showed why it is a national title contender, blanking No. 31 Washington, 7-0. The Dawgs battled, narrowly losing the doubles point, but in singles the Bruins depth was too much for Washington.
Washington fell to 15-9 and 2-3 in the Pac-12, while UCLA improved to 19-1 and a perfect 5-0 in conference.
In doubles, UCLA's No. 1 squad took an 8-5 contest over Kyle McMorrow and Marton Bots, but UW battled back to make things interesting. Emmett Egger and Jeff Hawke earned a big upset over No. 50 Adrien Puget and Karue Sell, 9-8 (6). However, just before that match finished, Viktor Farkas and Max Manthou were defeated at No. 3, 9-7, giving the point to UCLA.
In singles, UCLA clinched with three straight-set victories on the back courts. Sell defeated Hawke, 6-1, 6-0, to get things started. That match was followed by No. 70 Dennis Mkrtchian knocking off Egger, 6-1, 7-6 (2) and Clay Thompson defeating Farkas, 6-4, 6-4.
On court 1, McMorrow finally had his 12-match winning streak ended, but it took three sets to do it. No. 32 Dennis Novikov beat the Husky senior, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Rounding out the rest of play were No. 18 Marcos Giron beating Bots, 6-2, 6-7 (5), (10-2), and No. 20 Puget knocking off Manthou, 5-7, 6-4, (12-10).
The Dawgs now have just a 24-hour turnaround before taking on another top opponent. Saturday, UW faces No. 4 USC at 1 p.m.
Washington Men's Tennis
Apr 12, 2013 at Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles Tennis Center
#2 UCLA 7, #31 Washington 0
Doubles
1. #38 Giron/Novikov (UCLA) def. Bots/McMorrow (WASH) 8-5
2. Egger/Hawke (WASH) def. #50 Puget/Sell (UCLA) 9-8(6)
3. Mkrtchian/Thompson (UCLA) def. Farkas/Manthou (WASH) 9-7
Order of finish: 1,3,2
Singles
1. #32 Dennis Novikov (UCLA) def. #17 Kyle McMorrow (WASH) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
2. #18 Marcos Giron (UCLA) def. Marton Bots (WASH) 6-2, 6-7(5), (10-2)
3. #20 Adrien Puget (UCLA) def. Max Manthou (WASH) 5-7, 6-4, (12-10)
4. #70 Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) def. Emmett Egger (WASH) 6-1, 7-6(2)
5. Clay Thompson (UCLA) def. Viktor Farkas (WASH) 6-4, 6-4
6. Karue Sell (UCLA) def. Jeff Hawke (WASH) 6-1, 6-0
Order of finish: 6,4,5,1,2,3
