SAN DIEGO/LA JOLLA, Calif. – For the third time in four California victories, Jack Molloy clinched the win as the Golden Bears defeated San Diego State, 4-0, at the Aztec Tennis Center on Thursday. The freshman beat Rafael Gonzalez, 6-4, 6-0, at court-three singles to close out the nonconference dual match.
 
Cal improved to 4-4 with the win, while SDSU fell to 2-8.
 
Molloy also clinched Cal's 4-3 win over Oregon on Jan. 29 and Cal's 4-2 win at Tulsa on Jan. 14.
 
Also Thursday in nearby La Jolla, California, Cal began play in the Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championships held at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club. Cal freshmen Thomas Wright and Jackson Suh lost to the UC Davis pair of Mitchell Iwahiro and Arjith Jayaraman, 8-6. The ninth-seeded pair of Cal sophomore Bjorn Hoffman and Director of Men's Tennis Peter Wright was scheduled to play USC's Henry Ji and Jens Sweaney in the opening round of the open tournament, but the Bears retired with an injury.

The doubles tournament runs through Sunday.
 
California (4-4) defeated San Diego State (2-8), 4-0
March 1, 2018, in San Diego, Calif.
Aztec Tennis Center
 
Doubles
1. No. 30 Billy Griffith/J.T. Nishimura (Cal) vs. Sander Gjoels-Andersen/Nicholas Mitchell (SDSU), 4-3 Unfinished
2. Ben Draper/Jack Molloy (Cal) def. Santiago Cevallos/Rafael Gonzalez Almazan (SDSU), 6-1*
3. Dominic Barretto/Can Kaya (Cal) def. Joel Popov/Arnaud Restifo (SDSU), 6-0
 
Cal wins the doubles point
 
Order of finish: 3, 2*
*Clinched the doubles point
 
Singles
1. No. 79 Billy Griffith (Cal) def. Arnaud Restifo (SDSU), 6-0, 6-3
2. J.T. Nishimura (Cal) vs. Sander Gjoels-Andersen (SDSU), 7-5, 3-3 Unfinished
3. Jack Molloy (Cal) def. Rafael Gonzalez Almazan (SDSU), 6-4, 6-0^
4. Paul Barretto (Cal) vs. Jan Kirchhoff (SDSU), 6-2, 5-3 Unfinished
5. Jacob Brumm (Cal) def. David Hough (SDSU), 6-2, 6-2
6. Ben Draper (Cal) vs. Nicholas Mitchell (SDSU), 7-6(6), 3-3 Unfinished
 
Order of finish: 1, 5, 3^
^Clinched the overall match

Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championships
March 1, 2018, in La Jolla, Calif.
La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club
 
Cal Results
Mitchell Iwahiro/Arjith Jayaraman (UC Davis) def. Thomas Wright/Jackson Suh (Cal), 8-6
Henry Ji/Jens Sweaney (USC) def. [9] Bjorn Hoffmann/Peter Wright (Cal), Ret. (inj.)
[9] Ben Draper/Jack Molloy (Cal), Bye
[2] No. 30 Billy Griffith/J.T. Nishimura (Cal), Bye