INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - California got off to a good start against Purdue on Friday.

Playing in their opener of the BNP Paribas Collegiate Tennis Challenge presented by Oracle, the top-seeded Golden Bears won the doubles point to lead, 1-0, heading into singles at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. But that's where things got hairy for 10th/13th-ranked Cal. The Bears, who had lost each of their previous three dual matches 4-3, lost three straight in singles to the unranked Boilermakers to trail 3-1.

But 30th-ranked senior Andre Goransson won on court one – beating Ricky Medinilla, 6-2, 7-5 – and junior Billy Griffith won on court three – defeating Benjamin Ugarte, 6-2, 7-6 – to tie things at 3-3. With the result hinging on court five, Cal junior J.T. Nishimura won a pair of tiebreakers to edge Athell Bennett, 7-6(3), 7-6(4), and put Cal on the positive side of a 4-3 result.

In doubles, the teams split on courts one – with Cal's top-ranked Filip Bergevi and Florian Lakat winning – and three – with Purdue winning – to set up court two as the clincher. On two, Cal's 54th-ranked Goransson and Griffith beat Medinilla and Ugarte, 6-4, to give the Bears the early lead.
 
"Today our boys came out with purpose and intensity in doubles," Cal associate head coach Tyler Browne said. "Give credit to Purdue; they came out motivated in singles and jumped on our guys early. We responded well and fought the heat to come back from a 3-1 deficit."

The temperature got up to 95 degrees in Indian Wells on Friday.

Cal next plays third-seeded Baylor on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the semifinals of the Collegiate Tennis Challenge. This marks the second Bears vs. Bears matchup this season, as Cal beat Baylor, 4-2, in their opener at the ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship in February.

BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge Presented by Oracle
 
Quarterfinal Round
 
No. 10/13 California (10-4) defeated Purdue (11-6), 4-3
March 17, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif.
Indian Wells Tennis Garden
 
Doubles
1. No. 1 Filip Bergevi/Florian Lakat (Cal) def. Stephan Koenigsfest/Dominik Sochurek (Purdue), 6-2
2. No. 54 Andre Goransson/Billy Griffith (Cal) def. Ricky Medinilla/Benjamin Ugarte (Purdue), 6-4*
3. Gergely Madarasz/Athell Bennett (Purdue) def. Bjorn Hoffmann/J.T. Nishimura (Cal), 6-4
 
Cal won the doubles point
 
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2*
 
*Clinched the doubles point
 
Singles
1. No. 30 Andre Goransson (Cal) def. Ricky Medinilla (Purdue), 6-2, 7-5
2. No. 102 Gergely Madarasz (Purdue) def. No. 109 Filip Bergevi (Cal), 6-2, 6-4
3. No. 53 Billy Griffith (Cal) def. Benjamin Ugarte (Purdue), 6-2, 7-6
4. Stephan Koenigsfest (Purdue) def. Bjorn Hoffmann (Cal), 6-2, 6-3
5. J.T. Nishimura (Cal) def. Athell Bennett (Purdue), 7-6(3), 7-6(4)^
6. Renan Hanayama (Purdue) def. Connor Heap (Cal), 6-1, 6-4
 
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 6, 1, 3, 5^
 
^Clinched the overall match