Jan. 28, 2012

STOCKTON, Calif. - The UC Davis men's tennis team won the doubles point with victories in the first two positions, despite dropping a 6-1 contest at Pacific on Saturday at the Hal Nelson Tennis Courts.

The Aggies fell to 1-2 overall with a loss in the first Big West match of the season. The Tigers improved to 1-2 on the season with a 1-0 mark in conference play.

Kyle Miller and Hugo Verdi-Fortin paced UC Davis with a win at the No. 1 doubles position, downing the team of Castro/Hamilton, 8-6. Josh Albert and Alec Haley posted the clinching doubles win, taking an 8-4 victory over the pair of Golding/Cederwall.

Toki Sherbakov extended his singles match to three sets, before falling 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 to Ivan Castro in the No. 1 position. Pacific managed to take wins in straight sets in the remaining singles matches en route to the win.

The Aggies will be back in action next weekend, playing a pair of matches in Portland, starting with George Fox on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 3 p.m.


UC Davis at Pacific
Jan. 28, 2012 at Stockton, Calif.
(Hal Nelson Tennis Courts)

Pacific 6 - UC Davis 1

Doubles

1. (UCD) Miller/Verdi-Fortin def. (PAC) Castro/Hamilton, 8-6
2. (UCD) Albert/Haley def. (PAC) Golding/Cederwall, 8-4
3. (PAC) Krzyszkowski/Mirkin def. (UCD) Sherbakov/Aria, 8-7

Singles

1. (PAC) Ivan Castro def. (UCD) Toki Sherbakov, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
2. (PAC) Tomasz Krzyszkowski def. (UCD) Kyle Miller, 6-1, 6-1
3. (PAC) Alex Golding def. (UCD) Chris Aria, 6-2, 6-4
4. (PAC) Ben Mirkin def. (UCD) Josh Albert, 6-1, 6-4
5. (PAC) Erik Cederwall def. (UCD) Alec Haley, 6-3, 6-1
6. (PAC) Valentim Goncalves Jr. def. (UCD) George Horowitz, 6-1, 6-4