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Tennis High Five
Cary Qian
0
UC San Diego UCSD (0-7)
4
Winner LMU LMU (1-0)
UC San Diego UCSD
(0-7)
0
Final
4
LMU LMU
(1-0)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Lions Sweep Tritons on Sunday Afternoon

LOS ANGELES – The Lions men's tennis team swept UCSD 4-0 on Sunday afternoon at the LMU Tennis Center in Los Angeles. 
 
LMU took an early lead with the doubles point as the teams of Yassine Smiej and Alex Padro along with Max Wuelfing and Arthur Pantino came out victorious to clinch the point.  
 
From there, the Lions continued to dominate.  
 
Smiej continued his early season success with a straight sets victory in No. 1 singles. The graduate cruised to a 6-1, 6-3 victory to push the Lions closer to the overall win. 
 
Alex Padro Parra continued to showcase his sturdy play with a win in No. 6 singles in straight sets as well. He won 6-3, 6-3. 
 
Arthur Pantino made a wild comeback in the first set in No. 3 singles for a 7-5 win. He trailed 4-1 before storming back. He finished off his challenger in the second set to send the Lions home with a victory.  
 
The Lions are 2-0 heading into a month-long road trip. They face Cal Poly on February 3 in their next match and will be back at home on February 25 to face UC Irvine. 
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