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Senior Eli Whittle posted a pair of straight-set wins on Friday to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2016 Aggie Invitational. (Photo by UC Davis Athletics)

Men's Tennis

Doubles dominate, singles trio advances to quarterfinals

Sept. 30, 2016

Complete Results & Updated Draws

DAVIS, Calif. -- UC Davis senior Eli Whittle, junior Everett Maltby, and freshman Max Pham, each posted a pair of straight-set victories and are through to Saturday's quarterfinal round, while all four Aggie doubles teams took home first-round wins to highlight day one of the 2016 Aggie Invitational at the Marya Welch Tennis Center on Friday.

Opening the morning with doubles, UC Davis powered through a trio of 8-3 victories -- including a win by third-seeded Maltby and senior Jesse Ross -- while the second-seeded tandem of Pham and Whittle edged Pacific's Kumara Adavelly and Nathan Hampton, 8-7 (4), to move on.

Freshman David Goulak and junior Tommy Lam will meet top seeded Mikus Losbergs and Kasparas Zemaitelis of Sacramento State in the Flight "A" quarterfinals on Saturday at 8:30 a.m., while seniors Bryce McKelvie and James Wade will look to upset the flight's No. 2 seed in Mathieu Garcia and Alexander Wallace of Portland.

In Flight "B" Maltby and Ross will take on Jesus Barajas and Kamran Khan of Santa Clara, while Pham and Whittle will battle Portland's Carlos Donat and Andrew Newell.

As the scene shifted to singles, three of the five Aggies in Flight "A" took home straight set wins in their opening match, but Maltby was the only one to emerge unscathed in the round of 16, defeating eighth-seeded William Genesen of Stanford, 6-3, 6-4.

Maltby is scheduled to face-off against third-seeded Mathieu Garcia of Portland -- the lone seeded player remaining in the top half of the bracket -- at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

In consolation play, Ross and McKelvie each advanced to the quarterfinals following their first-round main draw losses. Ross out-lasted Santa Clara's Robert Seby, 7-6 (6), 7-5, while McKelvie went three sets to defeat Gonzaga's Ruadhan O'Sullivan, 6-1, 1-6, 1-0 (10-5).

Ross takes on Portland's Pierre Garcia in the quarterfinals at 10 a.m. on Saturday, followed closely by McKelvie's quarterfinal bout against Nevada's Mile Cilic.

All three seeded Aggies in the Flight "B" singles draw took home first round wins, with Whittle and Pham punching their tickets to Saturday's next round thanks to victories in the round of 16.

The seventh-seeded Whittle opened with a 6-1, 6-3, win over Saint Mary's Matthew Campana, 6-1, 6-3, and then eased past Santa Clara's Kamran Khan, 6-1, 6-2. Pham, meanwhile, posted a 6-3, 6-3, win over the Gaels' Brian Lee, before closing out his day with a 6-3, 6-3, win over Nevada's Peter O'Donovan.

Whittle is scheduled to take on Portland's Carlos Donat -- the flight's No. 3 seed -- at 10 a.m. on Saturday, while Pham will face Ryan Shen of California. Shen upset the flight's No. 2 seed in Santa Clara's Connor Garnett in three sets in the round of 16.

Fourth-seeded David Goulak won his UC Davis debut, defeating Sacramento State's Louis Chabut, 6-4, 6-3, before suffering a 6-3, 6-2, loss to Nash Vollenweider of Saint Mary's.

2016 AGGIE INVITATIONAL
Marya Welch Tennis Center (Davis, Calif.)
Sept. 30, 2016 -- Day One Results (UC Davis student-athletes only)

FLIGHT "A" SINGLES
Round of 32
(6) James Wade (UCD) def. Vasileios Iliopoulos (SCU), 6-1, 6-1
Everett Maltby (UCD) def. Paul Giraud (USF), 7-5, 6-2
Tommy Lam (UCD) def. Pierre Garcia (PORT), 6-4, 6-3
Dom Miller (SAC) def. Jesse Ross (UCD), 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Yale Goldberg (STAN) def. Bryce McKelvie (UCD), 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (2)

Round of 16
Alexander Wallace (PORT) def. (6) James Wade (UCD), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
Everett Maltby (UCD) def. (8) William Genesen (STAN), 6-3, 6-4
(5) Brandon Sutter (STAN) def. Tommy Lam (UCD), 6-1, 5-7, 6-2

Consolation
Jesse Ross (UCD) def. Robert Seby (SCU), 7-6 (6), 7-5
Bryce McKelvie (UCD) def. (2) Ruadhan O'Sullivan (GONZ), 6-1, 1-6, 1-0 (5)

FLIGHT "B" SINGLES
Round of 32
(7) Eli Whittle (UCD) def. Matthew Campana (SMC), 6-1, 6-3
(4) David Goulak (UCD) def. Louis Chabut (SAC), 6-4, 6-3
(5) Max Pham (UCD) def. Brian Lee (SMC), 6-3, 6-3

Round of 16
(7) Eli Whittle (UCD) def. Kamran Khan (SCU), 6-1, 6-2
Nash Vollenweider (SMC) def. (4) David Goulak (UCD), 6-3, 6-2
(5) Max Pham (UCD) def. Peter O'Donovan (NEV), 6-3, 6-3

FLIGHT "A" DOUBLES
Round of 16
David Goulak / Tommy Lam (UCD) def. Samuel Feit/Vincent Rettke (GONZ), 8-3
Bryce McKelvie / James Wade (UCD) def. Yale Goldberg/Brandon Sutter (STAN), 8-3

FLIGHT "B" DOUBLES
Round of 16
(3) Everett Maltby / Jesse Ross (UCD) def. Kyle Everly/Ronzai Saurombe (GONZ), 8-3
(2) Max Pham / Eli Whittle (UCD) def. Kumara Adavelly/Nathan Hampton (PAC), 8-7 (4)


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Players Mentioned

David Goulak

David Goulak

5' 10"
Freshman
Max Pham

Max Pham

5' 9"
Freshman
Tommy Lam

Tommy Lam

5' 5"
Sophomore
Everett Maltby

Everett Maltby

5' 10"
Sophomore
Jesse Ross

Jesse Ross

6' 5"
Junior
Eli Whittle

Eli Whittle

6' 3"
Junior
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
Tommy Lam

Tommy Lam

5' 5"
Sophomore
Everett Maltby

Everett Maltby

5' 10"
Sophomore
Jesse Ross

Jesse Ross

6' 5"
Junior
Eli Whittle

Eli Whittle

6' 3"
Junior
Bryce McKelvie

Bryce McKelvie

6' 2"
Freshman
James Wade

James Wade

5' 10"
Freshman