SANTA BARBARA, Calif., – The LMU men's tennis team fell to UC Santa Barbara in a tightly contested matchup. The Lions won the doubles point, but took only two points from singles competition. 
 
The team of Austin Di Giulio and Emin Torlic cruised on court one with a 6-2 victory. With that, the Lions only needed one win off the other two courts. That win would arrive by way of Arthur Pantino and Toky Ranaivo, winning on court two 6-4.  
 
In singles competition, the Lions got points from Pantino in a straight sets win on court two and John Bryan Otico in a straight sets win on court four. 
 
Ranaivo and Torlic battled to three sets each but could not pull off the victory to put the Lions ahead. 
 
The Lions are back in action on Friday afternoon at the LMU Tennis Center against SDSU. That match will begin at 2:00 p.m. (PT).