UC Irvine swept the Cal Poly men’s tennis team to win the 2010 Big West Conference Tennis Championship Sunday at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
The Anteaters opened play collecting the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3. The No. 1 team of Zac Tsai and Steven Henderson defeated Jordan Bridge and Alex Sonesson. The winning match came at No. 3 when Sam Gould and Khunpol Issara topped Blake Wardman and Brian McPhee.
In singles, the Anteaters were victorious at the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 6 positions to sweep the championship. Shimpei Suzuki defeated Drew Jacobs at No. 3 and Ryan Mayer followed with a triumph over Sebastion Bell at No. 6.
Henderson won a hard-fought match against Sonesson at No. 4 to wrap up the match and championship for UCI.
UCI improved to 17-11 on the year and earned the Big West’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA Championship.