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New Mexico State NMSU (8-11)
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Winner UC Davis Men's Tennis UCD (9-4)
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UC Davis Men's Tennis UCD
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Aggies Dominate Golden State Invite; Defeat New Mexico State

Score: UC Davis 4, New Mexico State 1
Location: Davis, Calif. 
Records: UC Davis 9-4, New Mexico State 8-11 

The short story: UC Davis men's tennis secured a 4-1 victory over New Mexico State, completing a successful weekend sweep at the Golden State Invite after earlier wins. 

COURTSIDE 

  • New Mexico State took the early lead, grabbing the doubles point. 

  • Ryan Torres and Ivan Savkin went undefeated as a doubles pair throughout the weekend.

  • Four different Aggies got singles wins in today's match. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Aggies opened up the morning with doubles where Torres and Savkin finished first grabbing a win against their opponents.  

  • Both Aggie pairs of Lucas Bollinger and Kaveh Taheri and Sam De Vries and Rithvik Katpelly lost their matches putting the Aggies down by a point. 

  • On to singles, where freshman Rithvik Katpelly finished first securing the day's first singles win for the Aggies after two dominating sets. 

  • Next to win was freshman Perry DiGiulio who also took down his opponent in two sets, making the score 2-1 Aggies. 

  • Junior Bollinger would also come out on top after two sets and a tiebreaker giving the Aggies an extra point. 

  • Last to finish in singles was senior Ryan Torres who took down his New Mexico State opponent in three grueling sets, but he ultimately clinched the match for the Aggies. 

  • The matches of Kaveh Taheri and Sam De Vries went unfinished since the Aggies had already won the dual match. 

RESULTS: 

New Mexico State 1, UC Davis Men's Tennis 4 

Singles Competition 

  1. Ryan Torres (UCD) def. Itay Feigin (NMSU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

  2. Lucas Bollinger (UCD) def. Tobias Wallin (NMSU) 6-3, 7-6 (10-6)

  3. Kaveh Taheri (UCD) vs. Holland Snell (NMSU) 6-7 (5-10), 7-5, 0-2, unfinished

  4. Rithvik Katpelly (UCD) def. Matias Rojas (NMSU) 6-3, 6-0

  5. Sam De Vries (UCD) vs. Roko Stipetic (NMSU) 7-6 (10-5), 5-7, 2-2, unfinished

  6. Perry DiGiulio (UCD) def. Patrick Lohmann (NMSU) 6-4, 6-1 

Doubles Competition 

  1. Tobias Wallin/Gustavo Campos (NMSU) def. Lucas Bollinger/Kaveh Taheri (UCD) 7-5

  2. Ryan Torres/Ivan Savkin (UCD) def. Itay Feigin/Patrick Lohmann (NMSU) 6-3

  3. Holland Snell/Matias Rojas (NMSU) def. Sam De Vries/Rithvik Katpelly (UCD) 7-5 

Order of finish: doubles (2,1,3) singles (4,6,2,1) 

UP NEXT: The Aggies remain at home to take on Eastern Washington State on Mar. 14 at 1:00 p.m. PST.
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