SANTA BARBARA – Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski – the newest member of the California men's tennis team – collected the first clinching win of his college career and the Golden Bears swept singles in a decisive 6-1 rout of Texas Tech on Saturday. All five of Cal's nationally ranked singles players won matches, and the freshman from Poland defeated Sebastian Abboud 6-2, 6-2 to secure the victory.
 
Playing the nonconference dual match at UC Santa Barbara – where Cal will take on the host Gauchos on Sunday – the Bears kept their record perfect at 3-0, including 6-1 and 7-0 thrashings of Saint Mary's to open the season.
 
The Red Raiders' record is now 2-2.
 
After dropping the doubles point to Texas Tech, Cal dominated singles – losing just one set – to take the overall match. Cal senior Alex Chang, ranked 66th, beat Ludovico Vaccari 6-2, 6-2 to even the match at 1-1, and then 32nd-ranked Theo Dean bested Niksa Arsic 6-4, 6-2 to give Cal a 2-1 advantage. Timofey Stepanov, ranked 110th, followed with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Felipe Pagnacco before Lechno-Wasiutynski posted his straight-set result to give Cal the official win with the score 4-1.
 
Derrick Chen, ranked 102nd, extended Cal's lead to 5-1 with a 7-6(2), 6-4 victory over Thiago Guglieri, and fourth-ranked Carl-Emil Overbeck completed the day when he ousted Piotr Pawlak 6-3, 6-7(5), 1-0(8) on court one.
 
Cal plays the Gauchos at the Arnhold Tennis Center on Sunday at noon to end its road trip.
 
California (3-0) def. Texas Tech (2-2), 6-1
Jan. 25, 2025, in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Arnhold Tennis Center
 
Doubles
1. Sebastian Abboud/Piotr Pawlak (TT) def. #30 Carl Emil Overbeck/Theo Dean (Cal), 6-1
2. #84 Mikey Wright/Alex Chang (Cal) vs. Thiago Guglieri/Ludovico Vaccari (TT), 6-6(1-0) DNF
3. Niksa Arsic/Felipe Pagnacco (TTU-M) def. Derrick Chen/Timofey Stepanov (Cal), 6-4*
 
Order of Finish – 1, 3*
*Clinched the doubles point
 
Singles
1. #4 Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) def. Piotr Pawlak (TT), 6-3, 6-7(5), 1-0(8)
2. #32 Theo Dean (Cal) def. Niksa Arsic (TT), 6-4, 6-2
3. #66 Alex Chang (Cal) def. Ludovico Vaccari (TT), 6-2, 6-2
4. #102 Derrick Chen (Cal) def. Thiago Guglieri (TT), 7-6(2), 6-4
5. #110 Timofey Stepanov (Cal) def. Felipe Pagnacco (TT), 6-3, 6-2^
6. Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski (Cal) def. Sebastian Abboud (TT), 6-2, 6-2
 
Order of Finish – 3, 2, 5, 6^, 4, 1
^Clinched the overall victory
 
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