SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Nevada Men's Tennis falls in Sunday's clash against UC Santa Barbara despite winning the doubles point.
 
The Wolf Pack faced an uphill battle taking on UC Santa Barbara's five ranked singles players and ranked doubles pair. Despite this, Nevada opened the dual by winning the doubles point.
 
The Gauchos' ranked pair, Gianluca Brunkow and Dominique Rolland defeated Lucas Hammond and Rayen Hermassi, 6-3, taking an advantage early in the doubles session. Youssef Kadiri and Rémy Trégourès tied the doubles session with their own 6-3 victory, defeating Lucca Liu and Diogo Morais. Paul Théate and Max Contet's thrilling tiebreaker victory over Charlie Underwood and Conrad Brown, 7-6 (6), completed Nevada's comeback to take a 1-0 lead.
 
Nevada started the singles session strong, with Trégourès and Hermassi each winning their first sets, 6-4. Concurrently, Kadiri forced a tiebreaker against Brunkow but lost the set 7-6 (4).
 
The Wolf Pack struggled elsewhere, winning six games in the first set of the other three matches. UC Santa Barbara continued their dominance after the first set, only allowing one set victory across all six matches.
 
Brunkow wrapped up his victory over Kadiri, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Rolland defeated Théate 6-2, 6-4, on court three. Morais came back from his first set loss to Trégourès, defeating Nevada's sophomore, 4-6, 6-0, 6-0. Brown, also fighting back from down a set, defeated Hermassi, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Underwood dominated on court six, defeating Contet, 6-3, 6-3.
 
Hammond had the chance to earn Nevada a consolation point, forcing a super tiebreaker with his 7-6 (5) set win over Liu. However, Liu won the super tiebreaker, 10-6, capping his 6-1, 6-7 (5), [10-6] victory.
 
Nevada will return to play with a two-day trip to Spokane, Washington with a match at Gonzaga on February 1 and a neutral match against Montana State on February 2.
 
Nevada 1, UC Santa Barbara 6
Doubles
No. 1 - #37 Brunkow/Rolland (UCSB) def. Hammond/Hermassi (NEV), 6-3
No. 2 – Kadiri/Trégourès (NEV) def. Liu/Morais (UCSB), 6-3
No. 3 – Théate/Contet (NEV) def. Underwood/Brown (UCSB), 7-6 (6)
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
 
Singles
No. 1 - #21 Brunkow (UCSB) def. #121 Kadiri (NEV), 7-6 (4), 6-3
No. 2 - #122 Liu (UCSB) def. Hammond (NEV), 6-1, 7-6 (5), [10-6]
No. 3 - #94 Rolland (UCSB) def. Théate (NEV), 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 - #65 Morais (UCSB) def. Trégourès (NEV), 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 - #117 Brown (UCSB) def. Hermassi (NEV), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 – Underwood (UCSB) def. Contet (NEV), 6-3, 6-3
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 1, 3, 2, 5