LOS ANGELES – Cal got off to a rough start to its Los Angeles road trip on Friday, when the Golden Bears lost, 4-2, to seventh-ranked UCLA in a nonconference dual match. The Bruins clinched the victory when Govind Nanda beat Cal sophomore Jack Molloy, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, on court three at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
 
Cal's record fell to 1-3, while the Bruins improved to 3-0.
 
The Bears had taken a 1-0 lead after capturing the doubles point, with Molloy and Mert Zincirli clinching on court three. They later led 2-1 when Bjorn Hoffmann defeated the Bruins' Mathew Tsolakyan, 6-3, 6-2, at court-five singles.

The Bears also won at court-two doubles, with the 17th-ranked pair of Can Kaya and Paul Barretto topping Nanda and Ben Goldberg, 6-3. But Cal's eighth-ranked duo of Jacob Brumm and Yuta Kikuchi lost to Keegan Smith and Maxime Cressey in an upset on court one, 6-0.
 
In singles, after Hoffmann gave the lead back to the Bears at 2-1, Cal lost the next two to trail 3-2. Both remaining matches – on courts three court four – were in third sets, with Kikuchi tied with Patrick Zahraj, 6-4, 4-6, 3-3, on four. But that match was abandoned once UCLA clinched.

Cal next plays USC on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Trojans' Marks Tennis Stadium
 
No. 7 UCLA (3-0) defeated Cal (1-3), 4-2
Feb. 8, 2018, in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Tennis Center
 
Doubles
1. Maxime Cressey/Keegan Smith (UCLA) def. No. 8 Jacob Brumm/Yuta Kikuchi (Cal), 6-0
2. No. 17 Paul Barretto/Can Kaya (Cal) def. Ben Goldberg/Govind Nanda (UCLA), 6-3
3. Jack Molloy/Mert Zincirli (Cal) def. Bryce Pereira/Patrick Zahraj (UCLA), 7-5*

Cal won the doubles point 
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3*
*Clinched the doubles point
 
Singles
1. Maxime Cressey (UCLA) def. Paul Barretto (Cal), 6-4, 6-1
2. Keegan Smith (UCLA) def. Jacob Brumm (Cal), 6-3, 6-1
3. Govind Nanda (UCLA) def. Jack Molloy (Cal), 6-3, 2-6, 6-4^
4. Yuta Kikuchi (Cal) vs. Patrick Zahraj (UCLA), 6-4, 4-6, 3-3 unfinished
5. Bjorn Hoffmann (Cal) def. Mathew Tsolakyan (UCLA), 6-3, 6-2
6. Ben Goldberg (UCLA) def. Ben Draper (Cal), 6-4, 6-4
 
Order of Finish: 2, 5, 6, 1, 3^
^Clinched the overall win