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IRVINE, Calif. – UC Davis jumped out to an early 1-0 lead by winning the doubles round of Friday's First Round matchup versus Hawai'i at the Big West Conference Men's Tennis Championship.

Andrei Volgin and Mitchell Davis earned their team-high 11th doubles victory of the season, and were the first Aggie tandem to finish action on their respective court by defeating Blaz Seric and Axel Labrunie, 6-1. After the Rainbow Warriors won the next doubles match, Ivan Thamma and David Goulak's 6-3 victory allowed the Aggies to win the round and take a 1-0 lead, entering singles play.

When action resumed, Chethan Swanson won his second-set tiebreaker by a 7-5 result to record a 6-3, 7-6 straight-set result over Tristan Martins.

Andras Necz and Axel Labrunie split the first two sets of their matchup; Necz took the first set, 6-2, dropped the second set, 6-1, and led 5-2 when play was halted because UH collected its fourth team point by winning the other singles contests to defeat UC Davis, 4-2, at Orange County Great Park.

Men's tennis ends the 2021 season with an 8-11 overall record, Hawai'i will advance to Saturday's semifinal round with a 5-3 record.


 
Big West Men's Tennis Championship
First Round
April 30, 2021
Irvine, Calif. (Orange County Great Park)

Doubles
1. Thamma, Ivan/Goulak, David (UCD) def. Andre Ilagan/Lucas Labrunie (UH) 6-3

2. Volgin, Andrei/Davis, Mitchell (UCD) def. Blaz Seric/Axel Labrunie (UH) 6-1

3. Tristan Martins/Simao Telo Alves (UH) def. Swanson, Chethan/Jalali, Dariush (UCD) 6-2
 
Singles
1. Andre Ilagan (UH) def. Thamma, Ivan (UCD) 6-4, 6-1

2. Lucas Labrunie (UH) def. Volgin, Andrei (UCD) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2

3. Blaz Seric (UH) def. Goulak, David (UCD) 6-3, 6-2

4. Axel Labrunie (UH) vs. Necz, Andras (UCD) 6-2, 1-6, 5-2, unfinished
5. Swanson, Chethan (UCD) def. Tristan Martins (UH) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)

6. Simao Telo Alves (UH) def. Jayaraman, Arjith (UCD) 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
 
 
Match Notes
UC Davis 8-11
Hawaii 5-3

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

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