ANN ARBOR, Mich. \u2013 The 20th-ranked UCLA men’s tennis team earned its seventh consecutive win, holding off Michigan by a 4-2 score in Big Ten Conference play Friday at UM’s Varsity Tennis Center. The Bruins jumped out to a 2-0 lead before the Wolverines twice clawed back to within one.<\/p>\n
Freshman Bengt Reinhard<\/a> provided the clinching victory for UCLA (12-3, 6-0 Big Ten), which also got singles wins from Cassius Chinlund<\/a> and Emon van Loben Sels<\/a>. Michigan (7-8, 3-4) chipped away at its deficit with triumphs by Max Dahlin and Nicholas Steiglehner.<\/p>\n Playing together for the first time since Jan. 24, the 32nd-ranked duo of van Loben Sels\/Spencer Johnson<\/a> earned a 6-3 victory against Max Dahlin\/Pierce Shaya on the top doubles court. With the Bruins leading on Courts 2 and 3, it was Andy Nguyen<\/a>\/Aadarsh Tripathi<\/a> delivering the clincher. The pair bested Alex Cairo\/Bjorn Swenson 6-4 on the second court.<\/p>\n Reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Week Chinlund rolled to a 6-3, 6-0 win against Cairo on the fifth singles court. No. 10 Dahlin would then cut the UCLA lead in half with his 6-4, 6-2 decision over No. 66 Johnson on Court 1.<\/p>\n The Bruins established a cushion when No. 33 van Loben Sels completed his 6-2, 6-4 display opposite Mert Oral on Court 3. The Wolverines would not go quietly, however, with Nicholas Steiglehner handing Nguyen a 6-2, 6-4 defeat on Court 4.<\/p>\n With the Court 2 contest already in a third set, Reinhard seized his first career clinching victory. He got the better of Shaya on Court 6, prevailing 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n UCLA will complete its road trip Sunday, when it takes on Michigan State at MSU Tennis Center. First serve is scheduled for 9 a.m. PT.<\/p>\n Tennis Match Results #20 UCLA 4, #42 Michigan 2<\/p>\n Singles competition Doubles competition Match Notes:
\nUCLA vs Michigan
\n3\/27\/2026 at Ann Arbor, MI
\n(Varsity Tennis Center)<\/p>\n
\n1. #10 Max Dahlin (MICH) def. #66 Spencer Johnson<\/a> (UCLA) 6-4, 6-2
\n2. #73 Bjorn Swenson (MICH) vs. #119 Rudy Quan<\/a> (UCLA) 6-3, 3-6, 2-1, unfinished
\n3. #33 Emon van Loben Sels<\/a> (UCLA) def. Mert Oral (MICH) 6-2, 6-4
\n4. Nicholas Steiglehner (MICH) def. Andy Nguyen<\/a> (UCLA) 6-2, 6-4
\n5. Cassius Chinlund<\/a> (UCLA) def. Alex Cairo (MICH) 6-3, 6-0
\n6. Bengt Reinhard<\/a> (UCLA) def. Pierce Shaya (MICH) 6-3, 6-4<\/p>\n
\n1. #32 Spencer Johnson<\/a>\/Emon van Loben Sels<\/a> (UCLA) def. Max Dahlin\/Pierce Shaya (MICH) 6-3
\n2. Andy Nguyen<\/a>\/Aadarsh Tripathi<\/a> (UCLA) def. Alex Cairo\/Bjorn Swenson (MICH) 6-4
\n3. Mert Oral\/Nicholas Steiglehner (MICH) vs. Rudy Quan<\/a>\/Bengt Reinhard<\/a> (UCLA) 3-5, unfinished<\/p>\n
\nUCLA 12-3; National ranking #20
\nMichigan 7-8; National ranking #42
\nOrder of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (5,1,3,4,6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANN ARBOR, Mich. \u2013 The 20th-ranked UCLA men’s tennis team earned its seventh consecutive win, holding off Michigan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-569220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}