Box Score MORAGA, Calif. – Greg Valente was the hero for the Wolf Pack, winning his third set tiebreaker to clinch the dual, 4-3. Valente wasn't originally in the lineup for Nevada but moved into the sixth flight position after
Youssef Kadiri pulled out of singles play.
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The Wolf Pack won the doubles point with wins coming from flights two and three. Kadiri and sophomore
Rémy Trégourès won on court two against Finn Dyer and Pierre Lieutaud, 6-3. Paul Théate and
Max Contet won their third flight match, 6-3 as well, against Francisco Duran and Carlos Ramos.
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With Kadiri pulling out of singles play, the Gaels took advantage of the top of the lineup, winning flights one and two. Ramos defeated Théate in a dominant first set, 6-1, before edging out the win in a 7-6 (3) second set. Paulo Hugo Etchecoin defeated
Lucas Hammond on court two. Etchecoin handled the first set, winning it 6-3. Hammond won the second set in a tiebreaker, however Etchecoin won the deciding set, 6-3.
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Nevada owned the middle of the lineup winning the matches on courts three and four. Trégourès defeated Thibaud Maxant on court three in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.
Rayen Hermassi came back from down a set to defeat Dyer on court four. Dyer won the first set 6-2 before Hermassi won set two, 6-2, and set three, 7-5.
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On court five, Lietuad won a close first set against Contet, 7-6 (5), but dominated the second set, 6-2.
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The dual came down to the third set tiebreaker on court six. Valente won the first set 6-1, but Duran tied with a 7-5 set win in set two. The third set tiebreaker came down to the wire, with Valente coming out victorious 7-5 in the tiebreaker.
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The Wolf Pack head to Lubbock, Texas next week for a match at Texas Tech on February 22 and a neutral match against Florida Gulf Coast on February 23.
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Nevada 4, Saint Mary's 3
Doubles
No. 1 – Etchecoin/Maxant (SMC) vs. Hammond/Hermassi (NEV)
No. 2 – Kadiri/Trégourès (NEV) def. Dyer/Lieutaud (SMC), 6-3
No. 3 – Théate/Contet (NEV) def. Duran/Ramos (SMC), 6-3
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Singles
No. 1 – Ramos (SMC) def. Théate (NEV), 6-1, 7-6 (3)
No. 2 – Etchecoin (SMC) def. Hammond, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3
No. 3 – Trégourès (NEV) def. Maxant (SMC), 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 – Hermassi (NEV) def. Dyer (SMC), 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
No. 5 – Lieutaud (SMC) def. Contet (NEV), 7-6 (5), 6-2
No. 6 – Valente (NEV) def. Duran (SMC), 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (5)
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