The Stanford men’s tennis team ended its regular season on a high note, beating rival California last Saturday, 5-2.

The No. 25 Cardinal (12-8, 5-2 Pac-10) completed a season sweep of the Golden Bears (12-10, 4-3) and secured third place in the conference behind first-place UCLA and runner-up USC.

The match started poorly for the Cardinal, which lost the doubles point for the sixth straight match. Stanford was swept in doubles, with Jonathan Dahan and Bozhidar Katsarov of Cal beating sophomore Kevin Kaiser and freshman Ted Kelly at the No. 3 spot for the clincher.

But, continuing the team’s recent trend, Stanford came storming back in singles to capture five of the six matches and claim victory. The Cardinal was led by freshman No. 6 Alex Clayton, who picked up a 7-5, 6-2 win over No. 107 Kallim Stewart and improved his season record to 25-7.

Sophomore Richard Wire extended his winning streak to nine matches as he downed Cal’s Pierre Mouillon, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 for his 24th victory of the year. Junior Blake Muller also won a three-set match at No. 3 singles, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 over Eoin Heavey of Cal, picking up his 14th singles win of the season.

Other winners included freshman Greg Hirshman at No. 5 singles and Kaiser at No. 6 singles. Both won in straight sets, and Kaiser’s victory was the overall match clincher for the Cardinal.

The win was Stanford’s fourth in a row, with all four coming after the Cardinal lost the opening doubles point.

Stanford will now travel down to Ojai, Calif., at the end of the week for the Pac-10 singles and doubles championships. This will be the last competition before the NCAA tournament starts at the end of April.

Cardinal athletes will be defending a pair of titles at the conference tournament, as junior Matt Bruch is the two-time defending Pac-10 singles champion, and Bruch and Muller are the defending doubles champions.

Stanford’s competitors and pairings have yet to be announced, but as the final tune-up before the deciding NCAA event, the Cardinal players will bring their best game to Ojai.