DENVER, Colo. – The Drake University men's tennis team dropped a 4-3 decision for the second-straight day, this time in a neutral site match against UC Santa Barbara on Saturday in Denver.
 
The Bulldogs fell behind early, 2-0, after dropping the doubles point and falling at No. 4 singles.
 
Junior Calum MacGeoch put Drake on the board with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Simon Freund at No. 3 singles.
 
Drake's Ben Wood then tied the match up at 2-2 with a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 6 singles.
 
Ben Stride gave Drake a 3-2 advantage with is 6-2, 6-3 win over Morgan Mays at No. 2 singles.
 
The Gauchos went on to seal the 4-3 victory with a pair of three-set wins at No. 1 and No. 5, respectively.
 
The Bulldogs return to the Roger Knapp Tennis Center on Saturday, April 8 with a pair of Missouri Valley Conference matches. Drake will host Southern Illinois at 10 a.m. and Illinois State at 2 p.m.
 
UCSB 4, Drake 3
April 1, 2017
Denver, Indoors (Weather)
 
Doubles
1. No. 9 Morgan Mays/Simon Freund (UCSB) def. Bayo Philips/Barny Thorold (Drake) 6-4
2. Nicolas Moreno de Alboran/Anders Holm (UCSB) def. Vinny Gillespie/Tom Hands (Drake) 7-6
3. Cody Rakela/Kristian Prior (UCSB) vs. Calum MacGeoch/Ben Wood (Drake) DNF
Order of finish:1, 2, 3
Singles
1. Nicolas Moreno (UCSB) def. No. 61 Vinny Gillespie (Drake) 6-7, 6-4, 6-1
2. Ben Stride (Drake) def. Morgan Mays (UCSB) 6-4, 6-3
3. Calum MacGeoch (Drake) def. Simon Freund (UCSB) 6-2, 6-3
4. Anders Holm (UCSB) def. Tom Hands (Drake) 6-1, 6-1
5. Cody Rakela (UCSB) def. Barny Thorold (Drake) 7-5, 6-7, 6-4
6. Ben Wood (Drake) def. Chase Masciorini (UCSB) 6-3, 6-3
 
Order of finish:4, 3, 6, 2, 1, 5