On Saturday at the Merritt College tennis courts in Oakland, the No. 17 UCSD men’s tennis team handily dispatched No. 32 Holy Names 7–2.

UCSD improved its record to 11–6 on the season.

The Tritons had a 2–1 lead after the doubles matches and would go on to win five of the six singles matches.

In No. 1 singles, sophomore Eric Tseng captured his third straight win, defeating freshman Hugo Colpart 4–6, 6–0 and 7–6. It was Tseng’s fourth match in the No. 1 spot. With an impressive win streak of his own, sophomore Justin Zhang earned his seventh straight victory at the No. 2 spot, beating senior Andrew Armor 6–3 and 6–1.

At No. 3, junior Alexandre Miaule defeated junior Matthew Halligan 6–7, 6–3 and 6–4 in three sets. No. 4 freshman Rodrigo Amaral and No. 6 freshman Richard Han earned decisive straight-set victories.  

In doubles, Miaule and senior Horea Porutiu raised their season record to 12–3 by taking care of senior Adam Duong and junior Ivan Parra 8–6 at No. 2. Amaral and Zhang teamed up at No. 3 to down Armor and freshman Bernardo Moraes 8–6 as well.

Holy Names University won the No.1 doubles match as Colpart and Halligan defeated Tseng and senior Axel Bouillin at 8–10.

The Tritons will look to earn their third straight victory when they face off against Concordia in Irvine on March 30. UCSD won the last matchup 8–1 in La Jolla on Jan. 30.