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LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC Davis won the doubles round and five of six singles matches during Sunday's Big West Conference opener at UC San Diego to collect its fourth straight victory by defeating the Tritons, 6-1.

With a sweep of all three matches played throughout this past weekend's road swing through San Diego, the Aggies will return home with a 4-4 overall and 1-0 record against league teams. UC San Diego will continue its season at 0-3 and 0-1.

In UC Davis head coach Eric Steidlmayer's return to his alma mater — he coached at UCSD for 14 seasons before heading north to lead the Aggies' men's tennis program — Mitchell Davis and Andrei Volgin started the day with a 6-0 shutout over Marc Isaia and Cody Duong. Once David Goulak and Ivan Thamma pulled away to secure a 7-6 result against Daniel Traxler and Phillip Lan, securing their third doubles victory in a row in the process, UC Davis entered singles play leading 1-0.

What started with Chethan Swanson continued with Volgin, Arjith Jayaraman, and Andras Necz as each earned a straight-set victory to help their team officially record a weekend sweep and a win in its inaugural league series of the season. 

Even though he dropped the first set, Goulak rebounded by winning the next two to record the final team point of the day for the Aggies.

Swanson's victory was his first of the season, Jayaraman has now won four singles matchups in a row and leads all Aggies with five wins.

 
UC Davis 6, UC San Diego 1
March 7, 2021
La Jolla, Calif. (Northview Tennis Courts)

Doubles
1. Goulak, David/Thamma, Ivan (UCD) def. Daniel Traxler/Phillip Lan (UCSD) 7-6

2. Davis, Mitchell/Volgin, Andrei (UCD) def. Marc Isaia/Cody Duong (UCSD) 6-0

3. Zach Ermert/William Lan (UCSD) def. Jalali, Dariush/Jayaraman, Arjith (UCD) 6-4

Singles
1. Daniel Traxler (UCSD) def. Thamma, Ivan (UCD) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. Volgin, Andrei (UCD) def. Zach Ermert (UCSD) 6-2, 6-3

3. Goulak, David (UCD) def. Phillip Lan (UCSD) 0-6, 6-4, 6-3

4. Necz, Andras (UCD) def. Cody Duong (UCSD) 6-3, 6-2
5. Jayaraman, Arjith (UCD) def. Marc Isaia (UCSD) 6-0, 6-4

6. Swanson, Chethan (UCD) def. William Lan (UCSD) 6-0, 6-4


Match Notes
UC Davis 4-4, 1-0 BWC

UC San Diego 0-3, 0-1 BWC

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (6,2,5,4,1,3)



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