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Aggies Fall to UC Irvine in Season Finale

Box Score

Score: UC Davis 2, UC Irvine 4
Location: Irvine, Calif. 
Records: UC Davis 13-6 (4-2), UC Irvine 15-5 (5-1) 

The short story: UC Davis men's tennis fell to UC Irvine 2-4 in the last matchup of the season, despite winning the early doubles point. 

COURTSIDE 

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

  • Kaveh Taheri won his singles match in three sets. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Aggies opened the morning with doubles, where Ryan Torres and Ivan Savkin finished first, taking down their opponent. 

  • Next to finish were Sam De Vries and Rithvik Katpelly, who also took down their opponents, grabbing the early doubles point for the Ags. 

  • Lucas Bollinger and Kaveh Taheri's doubles match went unfinished because the Aggies had already clinched the doubles point. 

  • On to singles, where two Aggies would fall quickly. Katpelly and Bollinger would fall to their opponents in two sets, putting the Aggies down 1-2.  

  • Senior Ryan Torres would fall next, losing to his opponent in three hard-fought sets, giving the match to the Anteaters. 

  • Both teams decided to play out the remainder of the matches. 

  • Freshman Taheri would get a three-set win against his opponent, and Perry DiGiulio would fall in three sets to his opponent. 

  • The match between Sam De Vries and his opponent went unfinished.  

RESULTS: 

UC Irvine 4, UC Davis Men's Tennis 2 

Singles Competition 

  1. Noah Zamora (UCI) def. Ryan Torres (UCD) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 

  2. Andy Nguyen (UCI) def. Lucas Bollinger (UCD) 6-2, 6-4  

  3. Kaveh Taheri (UCD) def. Rithvik Krishna  (UCI) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 

  4. Ruining Huang (UCI) vs. Sam De Vries (UCD) 4-6, 6-2, 4-2, unfinished

  5. Max Fardanesh (UCI) def. Rithvik Katpelly (UCD)  6-4, 6-1

  6. Sohrob Amiryavari (UCI) def. Perry DiGiulio (UCD) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2   

Doubles Competition 

  1. Ivan Savkin/Ryan Torres (UCD) def. #87 Andy Nguyen/Noah Zamora (UCI) 6-4

  2. Sohrob Amiryavari/Ruining Huang (UCI) vs. Lucas Bollinger/Kaveh Taheri (UCD) 4-5, unfinished

  3. Sam De Vries/Rithvik Katpelly (UCD) def. Max Fardanesh/Rithvik Krishna (UCI) 6-3   

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

UP NEXT: The Aggies will head to San Diego to compete in the Big West Championships on Apr. 25-27.
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Players Mentioned

Lucas Bollinger

Lucas Bollinger

5' 11"
Junior
Sam  De Vries

Sam De Vries

5' 9"
Senior
Ryan Torres

Ryan Torres

5' 8"
Senior
Ivan Savkin

Ivan Savkin

6' 3"
Sophomore
Rithvik Katpelly

Rithvik Katpelly

Freshman
Perry DiGiulio

Perry DiGiulio

Freshman
Kaveh Taheri

Kaveh Taheri

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lucas Bollinger

Lucas Bollinger

5' 11"
Junior
Sam  De Vries

Sam De Vries

5' 9"
Senior
Ryan Torres

Ryan Torres

5' 8"
Senior
Ivan Savkin

Ivan Savkin

6' 3"
Sophomore
Rithvik Katpelly

Rithvik Katpelly

Freshman
Perry DiGiulio

Perry DiGiulio

Freshman
Kaveh Taheri

Kaveh Taheri

Freshman