Box Score STOCKTON, Calif. – The Wolf Pack picked up 20 wins over the weekend at the Pacific Invitational in Stockton, California, the final fall invitational before beginning the season in early January. This was the most wins out of any team competing, Sacramento State with 19, and UC Davis with 18. Highlighting the three days of competition, the Pack went 6-0 in singles play on Friday and 7-0 in singles play Saturday.
Friday set the tone for Nevada in singles play. Every Wolf Pack athlete competed against Holy Names, besides Sasha Nicolau who took Saint Mary's Thibaud Maxant 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
Matheo Coupu,
Satchel Benn, and Youssef Kadiri dominated their counterparts, Rajan Bhatia, 6-0, 6-0, Benn taking Regnar Madarang, 6-1, 6-0, and Kadiri over Phil Schoellhorn, 6-2, 6-1.
Delmas N'Tcha and
Loris Zisswiller had closer matches, but ultimately took the wins. N'Tcha defeated Patrick Wnuk, 6-4, 6-2, while Zisswiller took Luka Schoemer 6-2, 6-4.
In doubles play, partners
Juan Batalla and Benn took the only win for the Pack over Saint Mary's Thibaud Maxant and Aidan Watts, 6-4.
Continuing the momentum in singles play on Saturday, Nevada went 7-0 on the day. Like Friday, Nicolau took Saint Mary's Aidan Watts, 6-1, 6-0, while the rest of the Pack won matches over San Francisco. Coupu and N'Tcha both defeated their respective opponents, Stevie Gould and Moritz Hoffmann, 6-3, 6-3. Batalla and Kadiri followed in similar fashion, Batalla taking Johan Garpered, and Kadiri, Luka Kaleric, in 6-2, 7-6.
Zisswiller and Benn also had dominating performances Saturday. Zisswiller defeated Holy Names' Patrick Wnuk 6-2, 6-0, while Benn took Sacramento State's Michael Gravel, 6-2, 6-1, to wrap up the singles matches.
Partners Benn and Batalla saw their second win in doubles play over Santa Clara's Nick Cmager and Luka Schoemer, 6-1.
The Pack took four wins in Sunday singles play against Sacramento State. Nicolau played a close, hard-fought match against Michael Gravel, ultimately taking Gravel 7-5, 7-5. Coupu took Ori Maior 6-4, 7-6, while Zisswiller dominated Hayden Rand, 6-2, 6-1. Kadiri picked up the fourth win over Tyler Waddock 6-1, 6-4.
Concluding the doubles matches Sunday, partners Coupu and N'Tcha picked up a hard-fought 7-6 win over UC Davis' Sam De Vries and Constantinos Djakouris.
This wraps up the fall slate for Nevada, as they look to prepare for the season opener, January 14, at Point Loma.
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Nevada Results (Pacific Invitational)
Friday Singles
Nicolau def. Thibaud Maxant (St. Mary's), 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Coupu def. Rajan Bhatia (HNU), 6-0, 6-0
N'Tcha def. Patrick Wnuk (HNU), 6-4, 6-2
Kadiri def. Phil Schoellhorn (HNU), 6-2, 6-1
Zisswiller def. Luka Schoemer (HNU), 6-2, 6-4
Benn def. Regnar Madarang (HNU), 6-1, 6-0
Friday Doubles
Caelan Potts/Diego Jarry (St. Mary's) def. Kadiri/Zisswiller, 6-3
Carlos Ramos/Felipe Rincon (St. Mary's) def. N'Tcha/Coupu, 7-5
Batalla/Benn def. Thibaud Maxant (St. Mary's), 6-4
Saturday Singles
Nicolau def. Aidan Watts (St. Mary's), 6-1, 6-0
Coupu def. Stevie Gould (SF), 6-3, 6-3
N'Tcha def. Moritz Hoffmann (SF), 6-3, 6-3
Batalla def. Johan Garpered (SF), 6-2, 7-6
Kadiri def. Luka Kaleric (SF), 6-2, 7-6
Benn def. Michael Gravel (SAC), 6-2, 6-1
Zisswiller def. Patrick Wnuk (HNU), 6-2, 6-0
Saturday Doubles
Santiago Hinojosa/Jack Pulliam (SC) def. Kadiri/Zisswiller, 6-1
Mann Shah/Matthew Rodriguez (SC) def. Coupu/Zisswiller, 6-4
Batalla/Benn def. Nick Cmager/Luka Schoemer (SC), 6-1
Sunday Singles
Coupu def. Ori Maior (SAC), 6-4, 7-6
Jiri Novak (SAC) def. N'Tcha, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
Rudolfs Aksenoks (SAC) def. Benn, 6-2, 6-4
Zisswiller def. Hayden Rand (SAC), 6-2, 6-1
Kadiri def. Tyler Waddock (SAC), 6-1, 6-4
Nicolau def. Michael Gravel (SAC), 7-5, 7-5
Sunday Doubles
Mitchell Davis/Andrei Volgin (UCD) def. Benn/Kadiri, 6-2
Coleton Hootman/Lucas Bollinger (UCD) def. N'Tcha/Zisswiller
Coupu/Nicolau def. Sam De Vries/Constantinos Djakouris (UCD), 7-6