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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
On court five, Lietuad won a close first set against Contet, 7-6 (5), but dominated the second set, 6-2.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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)