Men’s tennis: UCI doubles team advances

UC Irvine’s Brian Morton and Jon Endrikat advanced to the

semifinals of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals at

Pepperdine University.

On Friday, Morton and Endrikat defeated Stephen Capriatti and Carl

Hagman of the University of Arizona, 8-5, and beat fifth-seeded Al

Garland and Calle Hansen of Pepperdine, 9-8.

Garland and Hansen had two match points, but UCI battled back and

outscored the Pepperdine doubles team, 9-7, in the tie breaker.

Morton and Endrikat will play the top-seeded team of Marcin Matkowski

and Jean-Julien Rojer from UCLA today at 3 p.m. in a semifinal game.

UCI’s Sean O’Connor will play UC Santa Barbara’s Alex Anselme in a

quarterfinal consolation game today at 9 a.m.

O’Connor won his matches, 6-2, 6-1, and 6-4, 6-4, on Friday.