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Senior Brett Bacharach (pictured) and teammate Bryce McKelvie advanced to the third round of the consolation bracket at the Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championships in La Jolla on Friday. (Photo by Wayne Tilcock/Davis Enterprise)

Men's Tennis

Adamson, Levie advance to round of 32 in La Jolla

March 4, 2016

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- UC Davis senior Adam Levie and junior Alec Adamson made a run to the main draw round of 32 on Friday, highlighting the Aggies' efforts at the 127th Annual Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championships at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.

Four of the five UC Davis teams advanced out of the opening round, with the only loss coming against a No. 3-seeded team from Stanford. The No. 12 seeded duo of Adamson and Levie led the way, opening with an 8-1 win over Adrian Cordova and Kona Luu, then followed that up with an 8-5 triumph over Boise State's Pedro Cavalcante and Brian Foley.

The wins propelled the tandem into a match against the tournament's top seed in Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe of Oklahoma State, who posted an 8-4 to end the Aggies' run. Cash and Kadhe are ranked No. 15 in the nation according to the Feb. 23 Oracle/ITA Division I doubles rankings.

Sophomore Tommy Lam and junior Jesse Ross opened with an 8-3 win over UC San Diego's Rodrigo Amaral and Justin Zhang, and James Wade and Eli Whittle posted an 8-6 victory over Stanford's Anthony Tsodikov and Brandon Sutter, to begin their day.

In the round of 64, Lam and Ross fell to the sixth-seeded duo of Filip Bergevi and Florian Lakat, 8-1, while Wade and Whittle dropped an 8-3 decision to Pepperdine's Petr Iamachkine and Lautaro Pane, who upset the tournament's No. 6 seed in their first-round match.

Senior Brett Bacharach and junior Bryce McKelvie rebounded after a first-round loss to win a pair of matches in the consolation bracket. The duo opened with an 8-0 win over Jack Hogan and Floyd Penners and advanced all the way to the third round following a bye. However, once there, Bacharach and McKelvie ran into the tournament's No. 10 seeded team of Felipe Rios and Maxime Tchoutakian from Baylor, falling in a hard-fought match, 8-6.

Also getting into the action on Friday were the coaching tandem of Head Coach Eric Steidlmayer and Assistant Coach Michael Meyer, who opened with an 8-4 win over Georgetown's Marco Lam and Mac Rechan before falling to UCLA's Logan Staggs and Ryoto Tachi, 8-4.

Following a first-round loss, UC Davis signee David Goulak and his partner -- one of the tournament's No. 3 seeds -- have advanced to the fourth round of the consolation bracket with a pair of wins on Friday, and will meet UC Irvine's Sebastian Heim and Nico Mertens on Saturday morning at 9 a.m.

Once competition wraps up in La Jolla, the Aggies return to dual match play at home on March 9, welcoming Fresno State to the Marya Welch Tennis Center for a 2 p.m. competition. UC Davis then teams up with Causeway rival Sacramento State to co-host the inaugural Golden State Invitational, featuring Saint Mary's Nevada, Portland, Green Bay, and UTSA, alongside the Aggies and Hornets, on March 11-13.

NCAA MEN'S TENNIS
UC Davis at 127th Annual Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championships
March 4, 2016 at La Jolla, Calif. (La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club)

DAY TWO RESULTS - MAIN DRAW
Round of 128
(12) Alec Adamson / Adam Levie (UCD) def. Adrian Cordova/Kona Luu, 8-1
Tommy Lam / Jesse Ross (UCD) def. Rodrigo Amaral/Justin Zhang (UCSD), 8-3
(3) Thomas Fawcett/Maciek Romanwicz (STAN) def. Brett Bacharach / Bryce McKelvie (UCD), 8-2
(15) Michael Meyer / Eric Steidlmayer def. Marco Lam/Mac Rechan (Georgetown), 8-4
James Wade / Eli Whittle (UCD) def. Anthony Tsodikov/Brandon Sutter (STAN), 8-6

Round of 64
(12) Alec Adamson / Adam Levie (UCD) def. Pedro Cavalcante/Brian Foley (BOISE), 8-5
(6) Filip Bergevi/Florian Lakat (CAL) def. Tommy Lam / Jesse Ross (UCD), 8-1
Logan Staggs/Ryoto Tachi (UCLA) def. (15) Michael Meyer / Eric Steidlmayer, 8-4
Petr Iamachkine/Lautaro Pane (PEP) def. James Wade / Eli Whittle (UCD), 8-3

Round of 32
(1) Julian Cash/Arjun Kadhe (OSU) def. (12) Alec Adamson / Adam Levie (UCD), 8-4

DAY TWO RESULTS - CONSOLATION
Consolation - 1st Round
Brett Bacharach / Bryce McKelvie (UCD) def. Jack Hogan/Floyd Penners, 8-0

Consolation - 2nd Round
Brett Bacharach / Bryce McKelvie (UCD) - BYE

Consolation 3rd Round
(10) Felipe Rios/Maxime Tchoutakian (BAY) def. Brett Bacharach / Bryce McKelvie (UCD), 8-6

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Players Mentioned

David Goulak

David Goulak

5' 10"
Sophomore
Tommy Lam

Tommy Lam

5' 5"
Sophomore
Jesse Ross

Jesse Ross

6' 5"
Junior
Eli Whittle

Eli Whittle

6' 3"
Junior
Alec Adamson

Alec Adamson

6' 4"
Freshman
Brett Bacharach

Brett Bacharach

5' 10"
Sophomore
Adam Levie

Adam Levie

5' 10"
Sophomore
Bryce McKelvie

Bryce McKelvie

6' 2"
Freshman
James Wade

James Wade

5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

David Goulak

David Goulak

5' 10"
Sophomore
Tommy Lam

Tommy Lam

5' 5"
Sophomore
Jesse Ross

Jesse Ross

6' 5"
Junior
Eli Whittle

Eli Whittle

6' 3"
Junior
Alec Adamson

Alec Adamson

6' 4"
Freshman
Brett Bacharach

Brett Bacharach

5' 10"
Sophomore
Adam Levie

Adam Levie

5' 10"
Sophomore
Bryce McKelvie

Bryce McKelvie

6' 2"
Freshman
James Wade

James Wade

5' 10"
Freshman