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RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Cal Poly men’s tennis team secured the No. 1 seed going into the Big West Conference Tournament with a 6-1 win over the UC Riverside Highlanders on Sunday. With the win the Mustangs improve to 4-1 in BWC play and 7-12 overall with the Highlanders falling to 0-3 in conference matches and 3-14 overall.

“I’m really proud of the guys,” said head coach Justin McGrath. “This puts us in a good position going into the conference tournament.”

With the win the Mustangs will open the BWC championships on April 28 at Indian Wells as the No. 1 seed.

The match opened with the Mustangs sweeping the doubles point. Alexander Sonesson and Jordan Bridge teamed to defeat John Park and Quoc Doam 8-2 to open the match at No. 1 doubles. Matt Fawcett and Robert Foy defeated Austin Andres and Mike Conroy at No. 2, 8-5 while Brian McPhee and Blake Wardman won in convincing fashion, 8-0, over Ryan Stanbury and Sean Peterson in the three position.

In singles play the Mustangs again won five of the six, for the second match in a row. Bridge defeated Doam 6-1 and 6-4 at the No. 1 slot while Sonesson defeated Andres 7-2, 7-6 (10-6) at No. 3.

Jacobs dominated at No. 4 winning 6-3 and 6-4 over Mike Conroy in the No. 4 position with McPhee winning 6-0 and 6-1 at No. 5.

The Mustangs will play a non-conference match on April 15th when the team travels to Fresno State.

6-1 Cal Poly

No. 1 Jordan Bridge (CP) def. Quoc Doam (UCR) 6-1, 6-4
No. 2. John Park (UCR) def. Matt Fawcett (CP) 6-4, 2-6, 4-10
No. 3 Alexander Sonesson (CP) def. Austin Andres (UCR) 6-2, 7-6 (10-6)
No. 4 Drew Jacobs (CP) def. Mike Conroy (UCR) 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 Brian McPhee (CP) def. Sean Peterson (UCR) 6-0-6-1
No. 6 Robert Foy (CP) def. Ryan Stanbury 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
No. 1 Sonesson/Bridge (CP) 8-2 Park/Doam (UCR) 8-2
No. 2 Fawcett/Foy (CP) def. Andres/Conroy (UCR) 8-5
No. 3 McPhee/Wardman (CP) def. Stanbury/Peterson 8-0