Score: UC Davis 4, Cal Poly 2
Location: Davis, Calif. 
Records: UC Davis 12-5 (3-1), Cal Poly 8-13 (2-2)  

The short story: UC Davis men's tennis delivered a strong performance in conference play with a 4-2 victory over Cal Poly, setting the tone early by securing the doubles point. 

COURTSIDE 

• The Aggies took the early lead, grabbing the doubles point. 

• Sam De Vries won his singles match in two sets. 

• Lucas Bollinger won his singles match in two sets. 

• Kaveh Taheri won his singles match in two sets. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Aggies opened the morning with doubles, where Lucas Bollinger and Kaveh Taheri finished first, losing to their opponents. 

• Next to finish were Ivan Savkin and Ryan Torres, who took down their opponents, 

• The last doubles pair to finish was Sam De Vries and Rithvik Katpelly, who also won their match, giving the Ags the overall doubles point. 

• On to singles, where freshman Taheri finished first, winning his match in two sets. 

• Next to finish was Katpelly, who fell to his opponent, making the overall score 2-1. 

• Junior Bollinger finished next with a dominant two-set win against his opponent. 

• Next to finish was freshman Perry DiGiulio, who fell to his opponent in three tough sets, making the score 3-2. 

• With one point away from clinching the overall match, Senior De Vries overcame a tie-breaking point to win the last point for the Aggies. 

• Senior Ryan Torres' match went unfinished since the Ags had already won the match. 

RESULTS: 

Cal Poly 2, UC Davis Men's Tennis 4 

Singles Competition 

1. Ryan Torres (UCD) vs. Raz Haviv (CP) 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 0-2, unfinished

2. Lucas Bollinger (UCD) def. Bastiaan Weststrate (CP) 6-3, 6-3

3. Kaveh Taheri (UCD) def. John Cross (CP) 6-3, 6-2

4. Sean Kamyshev (CP) def. Rithvik Katpelly (UCD) 6-3, 6-1

5. Sam De Vries (UCD) def. Jack McGary (CP) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)

6. Aaron Eliscu (CP) def. Perry DiGiulio (UCD) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3   

Doubles Competition 

1. Ivan Savkin/Ryan Torres (UCD) def. Raz Haviv/Bastiaan Weststrate (CP) 6-4

2. Sean Kamyshev/John Cross (CP) def. Lucas Bollinger/Kaveh Taheri (UCD) 6-2

3. Sam De Vries/Rithvik Katpelly (UCD) def. Wian Roothman/Aaron Eliscu (CP) 6-4   

Order of finish: doubles (2,1,3) singles (3,4,2,6,5) 

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