Score: UC Davis 0, California 7
Location: Berkeley, Calif.
Records: UC Davis 3-3, California 7-0
The short story: In a tough one-sided match, the UC Davis men's tennis team suffered a dominant 7-0 loss to the Cal men's tennis squad, with the Aggies unable to secure a single point across singles or doubles.
COURTSIDE
HOW IT HAPPENED
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The Aggies opened up the morning with doubles. Sam DeVries and Rithvik Katpelly finished first and were unable to hole off their Golden Bear opponents.
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Next to finish in doubles were the pair of Ivan Savkin and Ryan Torres who were also unsuccessful in fending off their opponents putting Cal up one point.
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The doubles match of Lucas Bollinger and Kaveh Taheri went unfinished since the doubles point already went to the Golden Bears.
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In singles, Torres, Taheri, and DeVries were the first three Aggies to fall in doubles, all going down in two sets.
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Bollinger and freshman Perry DiGiulio were the next to fall, both going down in two sets.
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Freshman Katpelly took his second set to a tie breaker but was unable to hold off his Golden Bear opponent making the score 7-0.
RESULTS:
California 7, UC Davis Men's Tennis 0
Singles Competition
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#35 Theo Dean (Cal) def. Ryan Torres (UCDMTEN) 6-2, 6-3
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#75 Alex Chang (Cal) def. #93 Lucas Bollinger (UCDMTEN) 6-2, 6-3
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#88 Derrick Chen (Cal) def. Kaveh Taheri (UCDMTEN) 6-2, 6-2
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Lechno-Wasiutynski (Cal) def. Rithvik Katpelly (UCDMTEN) 6-1, 7-6 (7-2)
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Bernardo Munk Mesa (Cal) def. Sam De Vries (UCDMTEN) 6-2, 6-2
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Jonathan Irwanto (Cal) def. Perry DiGiulio (UCDMTEN) 6-4, 7-5
Doubles Competition
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Alex Chang and Mikey Wright (Cal) def. Ivan Savkin and Ryan Torres (UCDMTEN) 6-4
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Derrick Chen and Jonathan Irwanto (Cal) vs. Lucas Bollinger and Kaveh Taheri (UCDMTEN) match was unfinished 4-5
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Theo Dean and Lechno-Wasiutynski (Cal) def. Sam De Vries and Rithvik Katpelly (UCDMTEN) 6-2
Order of finish: doubles (3,1) singles (1,3,5,2,4,6)
UP NEXT: The Aggies take on Santa Clara on Feb. 21 at 12:00 p.m. PST.
