DAVIS, Calif. — UC Davis men's tennis extended its win streak to six to start the season undefeated with a sweep in Saturday's doubleheader against Nevada and Sonoma State.

The Aggies continued to dominate the doubles point, and is 5-0 on the season in doubles. Daniel Landa and Alex Scemanenco remain undefeated, clinching the doubles point against the Wolfpack 7-6, and cruising through the Seawolves 6-1 on court No. 2, while the other teams each notched a win.

After doubles play, Nevada evened the team score with a win at No. 5 singles, before Nil Giraldez and David Goulak lifted the Aggies to a 3-1 lead with straight set wins. 

At 3-2 in favor of UC Davis, all eyes fell on No. 4 and No. 6 singles, which were locked in three set battles to decide the match. Despite letting his opponent back into the third set, sophomore Arjith Jayaraman served for the match at 5-4, and held to remain undefeated at No. 6, and to bump the Aggies to a 4-2 winning score. 

In the afternoon match of the doubleheader, UC Davis quickly dispatched Sonoma State in doubles, while Dariush Jalali and Landa got to see singles action at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions. The two were the first two off the court with straight set wins, before Giraldez clinched the 4-0 victory on court No. 2. Giraldez is now 5-0, and has only dropped a set in singles this season.

The Aggies look to test their win streak against No. 5 USC in a Friday morning match in Los Angeles, before ending their fourth doubleheader against Hope International in the afternoon.

UC Davis 4, Nevada 3

Doubles
1. Goulak, David/Thamma, Ivan (UCD) vs. Evrard,Julien/Nesterenko,Kostya (NEV) 5-6, unfinished 
2. Landa, Daniel/Scemanenco, Alex (UCD) def. Merville,Jeremy/Radionov,Matvey (NEV) 7-6
3. Jalali, Dariush/Swanson, Chethan (UCD) def. Aremon,Jonathan/N'tcha,Delmas (NEV) 6-3 

Order of Finish: 3, 2

Singles
1. Evrard,Julien (NEV) def. Thamma, Ivan (UCD) 6-4, 7-6
2. Goulak, David (UCD) def. Nesterenko,Kostya (NEV) 6-2, 7-6
3. Giraldez, Nil (UCD) def. Merville,Jeremy (NEV) 6-4, 6-4
4. Radionov,Matvey (NEV) def. Swanson, Chethan (UCD) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 5. Aremon,Jonathan (NEV) def. Scemanenco, Alex (UCD) 6-2, 6-4
6. Jayaraman, Arjith (UCD) def. Dudockin,Daniel (NEV) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 

Order of Finish: 5, 3, 2, 1, 6, 4

UC Davis 5, Sonoma State 2

Doubles
1. Goulak, David/Thamma, Ivan (UCD) def. Nate Oppenheim/Santiago Sarudiansky (SSU) 6-1 
2. Landa, Daniel/Scemanenco, Alex (UCD) def. Igor Pissarenko/Josh Liu (SSU) 6-1
3. Jalali, Dariush/Swanson, Chethan (UCD) vs. Alec Wong/Max Nudell (SSU) 5-2, unfinished 

Order of Finish: 2, 1

Singles
1. Nate Oppenheim (SSU) def. Thamma, Ivan (UCD) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11-9) 
2. Giraldez, Nil (UCD) def. Santiago Sarudiansky (SSU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Max Nudell (SSU) def. Scemanenco, Alex (UCD) 6-4, 6-0
4. Jayaraman, Arjith (UCD) def. Igor Pissarenko (SSU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 
5. Landa, Daniel (UCD) def. Josh Liu (SSU) 6-4, 6-0
6. Jalali, Dariush (UCD) def. Alec Wong (SSU) 6-1, 6-3 

Order of Finish: 6, 5, 2, 3, 4, 1

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