SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--The University of Hawai'i men's tennis team (6-11, 0-3 Big West) fell to No. 60 UC Santa Barbara, 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon at the Rec Cen Courts in Santa Barbara, Calif.

The Gauchos (8-7, 1-1 Big West) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after winning the doubles point taking first two matches. TheGauchos' No. 3 team of Morgan Mays and Cody Riminton knocked off Chas Okamoto and Fabian Woehrl, 6-2, while on the No. 1 court, UCSB's Nathan Eshmade and Erik Johnsson defeated UH's Carter Lam and Marcel Chan, 6-2 to take the point. UH's duo of Nils Schuhmann and Joakim Pinola battled hard, but their match went unfinished at 5-4.

In singles, reigning Big West Athlete of the Week Schuhmann, won UH's sole match of the day by defeating Ziad Sultan in the top spot, 6-2, 6-0. Lam fought hard but UCSB's Mays edged him out, 6-4, 6-4 on the No. 3 court, while Eshmade held off Okamoto, 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 2 slot.

Hawai'i will return to Honolulu and have a week off before returning to California to play their final two Big West regular season matches at UC Irvine (Apr. 17) and UC Riverside (Apr. 19).


#60 UC Santa Barbara 6, Hawaii 1

1. Nils Schuhmann (UH) def. Ziad Sultan (UCSB) 6-2, 6-0

2. Nathan Eshmade (UCSB) def. Chas Okamoto (UH) 6-3, 6-3

3. Morgan Mays (UCSB) def. Carter Lam (UH) 6-4, 6-4

4. Cody Rakela (UCSB) def. Marcel Chan (UH) 6-1, 6-1

5. Erik Johnsson (UCSB) def. Joakim Pinola (UH) 6-4, 6-1

6. Teague Hamilton (UCSB) def. Fabian Woehrl (UH) 6-3, 6-4

1. Nathan Eshmade/Erik Johnsson (UCSB) def. Carter Lam/Marcel Chan (UH) 6-1

2. Ziad Sultan/Teague Hamilton (UCSB) vs. Joakim Pinola/Nils Schuhmann (UH) 5-4, unfinished

3. Morgan Mays/Cody Riminton (UCSB) def. Chas Okamoto/Fabian Woehrl (UH) 6-2

Hawaii 6-11, 0-3 BWC

UC Santa Barbara 8-7, 1-1 BWC; National ranking #60

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (4,6,1,2,5,3)

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