RENO, Nev. – Nevada Men's Tennis lost its final non-conference match of the regular season, falling to UC Davis, 4-0. The Aggies started hot in all of their matches, taking commanding leads in six of the nine total matches.
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UC Davis won the bottom two doubles matches, clinching the early point for the Aggies. Each team on court two held serve to a 3-2 UC Davis lead. Ryan Torres and Ivan Savkin broke
Rémy Trégourès and
Rayen Hermassi, then held serve again and won the match by breaking the Pack again.
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On court three, Paul Théate and
Max Contet held serve with Sam De Vries and Rithvik Katpelly until the Aggies broke Théate and Contet to take a 5-3 lead and hold serve winning 6-3.
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Youssef Kadiri and
Lucas Hammond led 5-3 in their top-flight match against Lucas Bollinger and Kaveh Taheri when the session was abandoned.
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The Aggies got a second point early when Torres led Théate 5-1 in the first set, and Nevada decided to forfeit the match. Bollinger and Taheri each dominated their first sets, winning 6-0 over Hammond and Hermassi, respectively. Taheri kept his momentum into the second set, winning 6-2. Despite Hammond taking a 3-1 lead in the second set, Bollinger broke Hammond to tie 4-4 before holding serve to a 6-5 lead before breaking Hammond again to win the match.
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Contet and Trégourès led their singles matches on courts four and five, each winning the first set 7-5. Contet's match was abandoned in the second set at 2-2, while Perry DiGiulio led 3-2 in the second set. De Vries won the first set in a tight tiebreaker, 7-6 (6), leading when the match was abandoned.
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Nevada finishes out its home schedule on Saturday at 1 p.m. by hosting the Boise State Broncos for senior day at McArthur Tennis Center.
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Full Results
UC Davis 4, Nevada 0
Doubles
No. 1 – Kadiri/Hammond (NEV) vs. Bollinger/Taheri (UCD), 5-3, unfinished
No. 2 – Torres/Savkin (UCD) def. Trégourès/Hermassi (NEV), 6-2
No. 3 – De Vries/Katpelly (UCD) def. Théate/Contet (NEV), 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 3
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Singles
No. 1 – Torres (UCD) def. Théate (NEV), 5-1, win by forfeit
No. 2 – Bollinger (UCD) def. Hammond (NEV), 6-0, 7-5
No. 3 – Taheri (UCD) def. Hermassi (NEV), 6-0, 6-2
No. 4 – Contet (NEV) vs. Katepelly (UCD), 7-5, 2-2, unfinished
No. 5 – Trégourès (NEV) vs. DiGiulio (UCD), 7-5, 2-3, unfinished
No. 6 – Valente (NEV) vs. De Vries (UCD), 6-7 (6), unfinished
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
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