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Aggies shine at rain-shortened Gael Invitational

Oct. 30, 2016

MORAGA, Calif. -- Four Aggie singles players and another doubles tandem took home titles of their respective brackets on Saturday, highlighting the UC Davis men's tennis team's stay at the rain-shortened Saint Mary's Fall Invitational in Moraga, Calif.

Originally scheduled to run the entire weekend, Mother Nature conspired to cut the event to just one day, featuring 14, four-player, singles brackets, and seven more in doubles play, guaranteeing each player and doubles team two matches.

Seniors Alec Adamson and Jesse Ross, along with freshmen David Goulak and Max Pham, won their respective singles brackets, while seniors James Wade and Eli Whittle took home the Flight "B" doubles title, on the day. Junior Everett Maltby and senior Bryce McKelvie posted runner-up finishes in their respective flights, as did the doubles tandem of Goulak and McKelvie, while UC Davis brought home a pair of third-place doubles finishes by the teams of Adamson and Maltby along with Pham and Ross.

Pham, Goulak, and Ross, all brought home straight-set wins in both of their contests, while the 67th-ranked Adamson battled Stanford's Roy Lederman in a three-set win, 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8), before sweeping past Santa Clara's Robert Seby in the final.

Pham and Ross also put together wins over a pair of Pac-12 Conference foes in their opening round matches, with Pham upending California's Gunther Matta, 6-3, 6-4, while Ross put together a 6-3, 7-5, triumph over the Golden Bears' Ryan Cardiff. Both Aggies then defeated opponents from Santa Clara in their championship matches.

Maltby won his opening match against the Broncos' Vasileios Iliopoulos, 6-3, 7-5, before falling to California's Dominic Barretto in the championship, while McKelvie opened with a straight-set win over Santa Clara's Jesus Tapiador Barajas, before taking on Pacific's Alex Giannini in the championship match, falling in three sets, 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4).

In doubles, the team of Wade and Whittle lost only two games en route to their title in Flight "B", shutting out Fresno State's Bailey Gong and Patrik Pech, 6-0, before taking down the Saint Mary's tandem of Calvin Jordaan and Nash Vollenweider, 6-2, in the final.

The team of Goulak and McKelvie posted a runner-up finish in Flight "C", opening with a 6-1 win over Sonoma State's Allan Lock and Blaine Mengert, before locking horns with Sacramento State's Christopher Clayton and Kasparas Zemaitalis, before falling, 7-5.

UC Davis' teams of Adamson and Maltby in Flight "A", along with Pham and Ross in Flight "D", finished third in their respective brackets.

The event was the Aggies' final competition of the fall, now taking a break until the start of their spring season on Jan. 14, when they take on Pacific and Fresno State in a pair of dual matches in Stockton, Calif.

2016 GAEL INVITATIONAL
Timothy Korth Tennis Complex (Moraga, Calif.)
Oct. 29, 2016
(UC Davis results only)

SINGLES
#67 Alec Adamson (UCD) def. Roy Lederman (STAN), 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8)
#67 Alec Adamson (UCD) def. Robert Seby (SCU), 6-3, 6-3
Louis Chabut (SAC) def. James Wade (UCD), 7-6 (5), 2-6, 1-0 (11-9)
Ross Watson (PAC) def. James Wade (UCD), 7-6 (4), 6-4
Everett Maltby (UCD) def. Vasileios Iliopoulos (SCU), 6-3, 7-5
Dominic Barretto (CAL) def. Everett Maltby (UCD), 6-2, 6-2
Bryce McKelvie (UCD) def. Jesus Tapiador Barajas (SCU), 6-3, 6-2
Alex Giannini (PAC) def. Bryce McKelvie (UCD), 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)
Max Pham (UCD) def. Gunther Matta (CAL), 6-3, 6-4
Max Pham (UCD) def. Kamran Khan (SCU), 6-2, 6-4
Dom Miller (SAC) def. Eli Whittle (UCD), 6-4, 6-4
Nash Vollenweider (SMC) def. Eli Whittle (UCD), 7-5, 6-2
David Goulak (UCD) def. Javier Luque (HNU), 6-2, 6-1
David Goulak (UCD) def. Allan Lock (SSU), 6-1, 6-3
Jesse Ross (UCD) def. Ryan Cardiff (CAL), 6-3, 7-5
Jesse Ross (UCD) def. Sebastien Mathieu (SCU), 6-4, 7-5

DOUBLES
Alex Giannini / Ross Watson (PAC) def. Alec Adamson / Everett Maltby (UCD), 6-3
Alec Adamson / Everett Maltby (UCD) def. Nikita Demir / Roy Lederman (STAN), 6-3
James Wade / Eli Whittle (UCD) def. Bailey Gong / Patrik Pech (FSU), 6-0
James Wade / Eli Whittle (UCD) def. Calvin Jordaan / Nash Vollenweider (SMC), 6-2
David Goulak / Bryce McKelvie (UCD) def. Allan Lock / Blaine Mengert (SSU), 6-1
Christopher Clayton / Kasparas Zemaitalis (SAC) def. David Goulak / Bryce McKelvie (UCD), 7-5
Andrew Gu / Vasileios Iliopoulos (SCU) def. Max Pham / Jesse Ross (UCD), 7-5
Max Pham / Jesse Ross (UCD) def. Matthew Campana / Manuel De Luis (SMC), 7-6 (3)


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Players Mentioned

David Goulak

David Goulak

5' 10"
Freshman
Max Pham

Max Pham

5' 9"
Freshman
Everett Maltby

Everett Maltby

5' 10"
Sophomore
Jesse Ross

Jesse Ross

6' 5"
Junior
Eli Whittle

Eli Whittle

6' 3"
Junior
Alec Adamson

Alec Adamson

6' 4"
Freshman
Bryce McKelvie

Bryce McKelvie

6' 2"
Freshman
James Wade

James Wade

5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

David Goulak

David Goulak

5' 10"
Freshman
Max Pham

Max Pham

5' 9"
Freshman
Everett Maltby

Everett Maltby

5' 10"
Sophomore
Jesse Ross

Jesse Ross

6' 5"
Junior
Eli Whittle

Eli Whittle

6' 3"
Junior
Alec Adamson

Alec Adamson

6' 4"
Freshman
Bryce McKelvie

Bryce McKelvie

6' 2"
Freshman
James Wade

James Wade

5' 10"
Freshman