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Winner UC Santa Barbara UCSB-M (12-3)
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UC Davis Men's Tennis UCD (10-5)
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UC Santa Barbara UCSB-M
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UC Davis Men's Tennis UCD
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Aggies Fall to UCSB in Big West Play

Score: UC Davis 3, UCSB 4
Location: Davis, Calif. 
Records: UC Davis 10-5, UCSB 12-3 

The short story: Despite securing the early doubles point, UC Davis men's tennis saw their eight-match win streak come to an end as they fell to UCSB 3-4. 

COURTSIDE 

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

  • Senior Ryan Torres won his singles match in two sets. 

  • Freshman Perry DiGiulio 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, falling to their Gaucho opponents. 

  • Next to finish were Sam DeVries and Rithvik Katpelly, who took down their opponents, putting the Ags up one doubles match. 

  • Last to finish in doubles were Ryan Torres and Ivan Savkin, who won their match after a tiebreaker, giving the Aggies the doubles point. 

  • On to singles, where junior Bollinger fell to his opponent after two quick sets. 

  • First to get a point in shingles was senior Torres, who took down his Gaucho opponent after two sets and a tiebreaker, making the score 2-1. 

  • Next to finish was freshman Katpelly, who lost his match after three grueling sets. 

  • Next to fall was freshman Taheri, who also took his match to three sets but couldn't come out with a win, making the overall score 2-3. 

  • Perry DiGiulio was next to finish, winning his match after just two sets. 

  • With the score tied at 3-3, it was all up to senior DeVries to clinch the match for the Aggies. DeVries was unfortunately not able to come out with a win after a grueling three-set match to decide the result. 

RESULTS: 

UCSB 4, UC Davis Men's Tennis 3 

Singles Competition 

  1. Ryan Torres (UCD) def. Gianluca Brunkow (UCSB-M) 7-6 (10-2), 6-2

  2. Lucca Liu (UCSB-M) def. Lucas Bollinger (UCD) 6-4, 6-3

  3. Dominique Rolland (UCSB-M) def. Kaveh Taheri (UCD) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

  4. Diogo Morais (UCSB-M) def. Rithvik Katpelly (UCD) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

  5. 5. Charlie Underwood (UCSB-M) def. Sam De Vries (UCD) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 6. Perry DiGiulio (UCD) def. Matei Gavrea (UCSB-M) 7-5, 6-3 

Doubles Competition 

  1. Gianluca Brunkow/Dominique Rolland (UCSB-M) def. Lucas Bollinger/Kaveh Taheri (UCD) 6-1

  2. Ryan Torres/Ivan Savkin (UCD) def. Lucca Liu/Diogo Morais (UCSB-M) 7-6 (8-6)

  3. Sam De Vries/Rithvik Katpelly (UCD) def. Conrad Brown/Charlie Underwood (UCSB-M) 7-5 

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

UP NEXT: The Aggies will take on the University of Nevada on Apr. 9 at 1:00 p.m. PST.
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