Box Score SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Freshman Satchel Benn closed out a three-set victory Friday to clinch the winning point and deliver Nevada a 4-3 victory over New Mexico State on the first day of the Golden State Invitational in Sacramento.

Benn's 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 victory over Gijs Akkermans broke the 3-3 deadlock and improved the Pack's 2021 record to 2-3.

Nevada continues action in Sacramento Saturday at 10 a.m., taking on San Francisco.

The Pack captured the doubles point to open the dual, with Benn again having a hand. The freshman teamed with fellow first-year Loris Zisswiller to defeat New Mexico State's Louis Menard and Petr Stavrovskij, 7-6, in the third and final match.

In singles, the teams traded victories all the way down to the wire, where Benn closed it out at No. 6.

Nevada vs. New Mexico Results

Doubles
1. Nicolas Buitrago/Jordy Visser (NMSU) def. Isaac Nortey/Juan Batalla (NEV) 6-2
2. Delmas N'tcha/Matheo Coupu (NEV) def. Corey Clarke/Martin Simecek (NMSU) 7-5
3. Satchel Benn/Loris Zisswiller (NEV) def. Louis Menard/Petr Stavrovskij (NMSU) 7-6

Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles
1. Menard (NMSU) def. N'tcha (NEV) 6-3, 6-3
2. Buitrago (NMSU) def. Nortey (NEV) 6-3, 6-1
3. Daniel Dudockin (NEV) def. Simecek (NMSU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Batalla (NEV) def. Visser (NMSU) 6-4, 6-1
5. Clarke (NMSU) def. Zisswiller (NEV) 6-3, 6-4
6. Benn (NEV) def. Gijs Akkermans (NMSU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2

Order of finish: 5, 4, 2, 3, 1, 6