INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Thirty-first ranked California faced a familiar opponent in Arizona State on Sunday in the third-place match of the BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge. Cal defeated the Sun Devils, 4-2, just eight days earlier in Berkeley. The Golden Bears took a 3-1 lead on Sunday, but this time the Sun Devils rallied to upset the Bears, 4-3, at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

ASU clinched the victory when Cal sophomore Paul Barretto fell to Tim Ruehl, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, at court-four singles.

Cal captured the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead into singles, with the 33rd-ranked Paul Barretto and Can Kaya beating Justin Roberts and Makey Rakotomalala to clinch on court two.
 
In singles, ASU's Justin Roberts defeated Cal sophomore Jacob Brumm on court three, 6-2, 6-1, to tie things at 1-1.
 
The Bears took a 3-1 lead thanks to two more Cal sophomores, as first Bjorn Hoffmann knocked off Makey Rakotomalala, 6-2, 6-4, on court five and then Ben Draper bested Benjamin Hannestad, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, on court six.
 
The Bears just needed one more win to clinch the match. But losses by Jack Molloy on court two and then Yuta Kikuchi on one tied the contest at 3-3, and then Ruehl untied it on court four.
 
Cal returns to action when it hosts Nevada and Saint Mary's in a doubleheader on Sunday at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
 
BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge Presented by Oracle
 
Third-Place Match
 
Arizona State (6-9) defeated [4] No. 31 California (7-7), 4-3
March 17, 2019, in Indian Wells, Calif.
Indian Wells Tennis Garden
 
Doubles
1. No. 11 Jacob Brumm/Yuta Kikuchi (Cal) def. No. 49 Nathan Ponwith/Dominik Kellovsky (ASU), 6-2
2. No. 33 Paul Barretto/Can Kaya (Cal) def. No. 55 Justin Roberts/Makey Rakotomalala (ASU), 6-2^
3. Jack Molloy/Mert Zincirli (Cal) vs. Tim Ruehl/Benjamin Hannestad (ASU), Did Not Finish
 
Cal won the doubles point
Order of Finish: 1, 2*
*Clinched the doubles point
 
Singles: 
1. No. 74 Nathan Ponwith (ASU) def. Yuta Kikuchi (Cal), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
2. Dominik Kellovsky (ASU) def. Jack Molloy (Cal), 0-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)
3. Justin Roberts (ASU) def. Jacob Brumm (Cal), 6-2, 6-1
4. Tim Ruehl (ASU) def. Paul Barretto (Cal), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3^
5. Bjorn Hoffmann (Cal) def. Makey Rakotomalala (ASU), 6-2, 6-4
6. Ben Draper (Cal) def. Benjamin Hannestad (ASU), 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
 
Order of Finish: 3, 5, 6, 2, 1, 4^
^Clinched the overall match