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Box Score 2 DAVIS, Calif. -Â Nevada men's tennis picked up a pair of wins Saturday in Davis, first defeating host UC Davis, 4-3, before rolling to a 7-0 victory over Holy Names University.
For the second-straight match, the Pack (7-1) rebounded from dropping the doubles point to take four singles matches for a comeback victory. Against the host Aggies, Nevada swept the Nos. 3-6 spots in singles play, a run which featured three come-from-behind, three-set victories.
At No. 4,
Satchel Benn came back after dropping the opening set for a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Brett Brinkman. At No. 5,
Delmas N'Tcha also came from behind, beating Ryan Morgan, who retired due to injury with the third set tied at 1-1. Finally,
Loris Zisswiller, in the No. 6 spot, bounced back from a 5-7 opening-set loss to capture a 5-7, 6-0, 6-4 victory over Mitchell Davis.
At No. 3,
Daniel Dudockin took a 6-4, 6-2 win over Andras Necz.
"Today, it was a great team win. Everyone fought really hard, and we're very proud of what we have accomplished," said Nevada head coach
Sylvain Malroux. "We look forward to the next two weeks of practice before our next matches in Utah."
In the afternoon match, the Pack got a quick doubles point behind
Juan Batalla and
Matheo Coupu defeating Ehlacene Driss and Mario Alviz, 6-0. Batalla,
Gilad Tamar,
Ambroise Marchand, and
Sasha Nicolau each went on to straight-sets wins to claim the Pack shutout.
Nevada returns to action with three matches from Feb. 11-13. The Pack will face host Idaho State (noon PT) and Linfield University (4 p.m. PT) in Pocatello, Feb. 11, followed by a road match at Utah (4 p.m. PT), Feb. 13.
Nevada 4, UC Davis 3
Doubles
No. 1 - Mitchell Davis/Ryan Torres (UCD) def.
Juan Batalla/
Gilad Tamar (NEV) 6-3
No. 2 - Andrei Volgin/Ryan Morgan (UCD) def.
Matheo Coupu/
Loris Zisswiller (NEV) 6-3
No. 3 -
Daniel Dudockin/
Satchel Benn (NEV) vs. Brett Brinkman/Andras Necz (UCD) 3-3 unf.
Singles
No. 1 - Volgin (UCD) def. Coupu (NEV) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 - Torres (UCD) def. Batalla (NEV) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 - Dudockin (NEV) def. Necz (UCD) 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 - Benn (NEV) def. Brinkman (UCD) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 -
Delmas N'Tcha (NEV) def. Morgan (UCD) 4-6, 6-4, 1-1 ret.
No. 6 - Zisswiller (NEV) def. Davis (UCD) 5-7, 6-0, 6-4
Nevada 7, Holy Names 0
Doubles
No. 1 -
Juan Batalla/
Matheo Coupu (NEV) def. Ehlacene Driss/Mario Alviz (HNU) 6-0
No. 2 -
Loris Zisswiller/
Sasha Nicolau (NEV) vs. Alfonso De Simon/Tomas Ruiz (HNU) 4-2 unf.Â
No. 3 - Nevada (walkover)
Singles
No. 1 - Batalla (NEV) def. Driss (HNU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 - Tamar (NEV) def. Alviz (HNU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 -
Ambroise Marchand (NEV) def. Tomas Ruiz (HNU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 - Nicolau (NEV) def. De Simon (HNU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 - Nevada (walkover)
No. 6 - Nevada (walkover)