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Bollinger Rolls Into Semifinals At Big West Fall Invite

The short story: Lucas Bollinger's run at the Big West Fall Invite continued with a win that advanced him past the quarterfinals to highlight a day of wins for UC Davis men's tennis on Friday.
 
COURTSIDE
  • Bollinger added to his day one victory with a straight set victory over UC Santa Barbara's Karel Fromel
  • The duo of Perry DiGiulio and Rithvik Katpelly won a pair of matches to advance past the second round
  • DiGiulio also recorded a singles win over Cal Poly's Sean Ferguson to advance past the second round of the Big West Invitational
  • Overall on the day the Aggies recorded six wins in singles and five wins in doubles
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Bollinger had one match on the day, and in his run on the court the Aggie senior cleaned up with a straight set 6-3, 6-4 win over Fromel to advance into the semifinals
  • The Aggie duo of DiGiulio and Katpelly opened their day with outlasting their opponents to win 8-6
  • In the second round, DiGiulio and Katpelly knocked off Li and Visaya from Hawai'i, again outlasting their opponent to win 8-5
  • DiGiulio also pulled off a win in singles, taking down Ferguson in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2
  • The Aggie duos of Eduardo Gonzalez/Nadaul Cheam (8-3) and Kurt Miller/Dylan Paterson (8-7[3]) each snagged wins in the first round to advance in their brackets
  • In the consolation matches, the Aggies got four wins – Nadaul Cheam came back against Abhinauv Chunduru (UCSD) in a three-set battle 4-6, 6-1, 10-5; Paterson won over Noris Nedelcovici (UCR) 7-6(4), 6-2; Kurt Miller knocked off Michael Chang (UCR) 6-4, 6-2 and Katpelly won against Ivaylo Simeonov (UCR) 6-2, 7-5
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Lucas Bollinger

Lucas Bollinger

5' 11"
Senior
Perry DiGiulio

Perry DiGiulio

Sophomore
Eduardo Gonzalez

Eduardo Gonzalez

5' 10"
Junior
Rithvik Katpelly

Rithvik Katpelly

Sophomore
Kurt Miller

Kurt Miller

Junior
Nadaul Cheam

Nadaul Cheam

Freshman
Dylan Paterson

Dylan Paterson

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lucas Bollinger

Lucas Bollinger

5' 11"
Senior
Perry DiGiulio

Perry DiGiulio

Sophomore
Eduardo Gonzalez

Eduardo Gonzalez

5' 10"
Junior
Rithvik Katpelly

Rithvik Katpelly

Sophomore
Kurt Miller

Kurt Miller

Junior
Nadaul Cheam

Nadaul Cheam

Freshman
Dylan Paterson

Dylan Paterson

Freshman