LOS ANGELES – John Kim was involved in both the doubles point and the match clinchers to help No. 71 Santa Clara men's tennis defeat No. 73 LMU 4-2 on the road to pick up their first West Coast Conference win of the season. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Kim's match clincher came on court five over Tristan Messerli 6-1, 2-6, 7-5.
• In doubles, Kim teamed up with Luca Bluett atop the lineup to beat Sebastian Nothhaft and Youssef Sadek 6-4 to secure the first point for Santa Clara (10-7, 1-1 WCC) after the teams split the two doubles matches.  
• LMU (5-9, 0-2 WCC) bounced back taking the opening singles match on court six.  Jacopo Denitto made quick work of Tiago Boschmans 6-0, 6-1 to even the team score at 1-all. 
• Lukas Maskow and Bluett each won their singles matches on courts four and three to put the Broncos one win away from taking the match.  Maskow downed Youssef Sadek 6-2, 6-2 and Bluett took care of Cesar Ruiz 6-3, 6-4. 
• The Lions narrowed the gap to 3-2 on Arthur Pantino's triumph over Alexander Watanabe Eriksson in three sets on court one, 6-0, 5-7, 6-3.  
• Kim's match clincher followed just as another tight match was coming to a close on court two which went unfinished with Nothhaft ahead of Luca Lemaitre 6-3, 3-6, 6-5.  

• Santa Clara hosts Portland at the Degheri Tennis Center on Thursday.    

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