Oct. 22, 2015 SEATTLE -- The UC Davis men's tennis team enjoyed a successful start in Seattle on Thursday, winning five of its first six singles matches and advancing a doubles team to close out day one of the USTA/ITA Northwest Regionals hosted by the University of Washington.
All five UC Davis wins were in straight sets, including a pair of Aggies who survived first-set tiebreakers to advance in the main draw. Play continues on Friday morning at 9 a.m. with singles, while doubles kicks-off later in the day at 2 p.m.
Senior Brett Bacharach and junior Jesse Ross eliminated a pair of Pacific-12 Conference opponents in their opening-round matches, defeating Oregon's Brent Chin (7-6, 6-3) and Stanford's Trey Strobel (7-6, 6-4), respectively.
Junior Bryce McKelvie opened his run with a win over Gonzaga's Connor Arend, 6-1, 6-3, junior James Wade took down Portland's Kent Andreasen, 6-2, 6-4, and senior Adam Levie defeated Seattle's John Stormans, 6-1, 6-3.
The only loss was suffered by sophomore Everett Maltby, who fell to Fresno State's Nikolas Papic, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4. Junior Alec Adamson will be well-rested, earning a first-round bye in singles play and scheduled to meet Washington's Sebastian Hawken on Friday morning in the round of 64.
In doubles, Bacharach and Levie made it 2-for-2 on the day, teaming up to cruise past Eastern Washington's Eduardo Bringold and Luke Ness, 8-3. The team of Maltby and McKelvie earned a first-round bye and will meet Washington's Jake Douglas and Piers Foley in the round of 32 on Friday at 5 p.m., while the tandem of Adamson and Wade will take on Portland State's Yousef Abdo and Nacor Ibanez in their first-round match-up on Friday at 2 p.m.
2015 USTA/ITA NORTHWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Seattle, Wash. (Hosted by the University of Washington)
Oct. 22, 2015
Day One Results (UC Davis results only)
SINGLES - MAIN DRAW
Alec Adamson (UCD) - First Round Bye
Brett Bacharach (UCD) def. Brent Chin (UO), 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
Bryce McKelvie (UCD) def. Connor Arend (GU), 6-1, 6-3
James Wade (UCD) def. Kent Andreasen (UP), 6-2, 6-4
Jesse Ross (UCD) def. Trey Strobel (STAN), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
Nikolas Papic (FSU) def. Everett Maltby (UCD), 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
Adam Levie (UCD) def. John Stormans (SU), 6-1, 6-3
DOUBLES - MAIN DRAW
Maltby/McKelvie (UCD) - First Round Bye
Bacharach/Levie (UCD) def. Eduardo Bringold/Luke Ness (EWU), 8-3
Oct. 23, 2015 -- Day Two Schedule
SINGLES
Alec Adamson (UCD) vs. Sebastian Hawken (UW), 9 a.m., NTC
Adam Levie (UCD) vs. Ashot Khacharyan (SCU), 9 a.m., ETC
Brett Bacharach (UCD) vs. Felix Fan (UP), 9 a.m., ETC
Bryce McKelvie (UCD) vs. Alex Hunt (SMC), 10:30 a.m., ETC
Jesse Ross (UCD) vs. No. 67 Daan Maasland (UO), 10:30 a.m. NTC
James Wade (UCD) vs. Hayden Smith (GU), 10:30 a.m., ETC
DOUBLES
Adamson/Wade (UCD) vs. Yousef Abdo/Nacor Ibanez (Portland State), 2 p.m.
Bacharach/Levie (UCD) vs. Ashot Khacharyan/Robert Seby (SCU) or Jerod Mah/Ryan Marker (USF), 4 p.m.
Maltby/McKelvie (UCD) vs. Jake Douglas/Piers Foley (UW), 5 p.m.
NTC = Nordstrom Tennis Center
ETC = Eastside Tennis Center
STC = Seattle Tennis Club