STOCKTON, Calif. — UC Davis continued its winning ways on Saturday with its second straight victory at the Pacific Invite by knocking off Saint Mary's at the Eva Zimmerman Tennis Center. For the second straight match in as many days, the Aggies won five of six including all four singles and one of two in doubles.
Cyrus Ahmad won a grueling three-set match against Sam Simmonds (6-4, 6-7(7-9), 7-6(11-9) that saw him battle back from a second-set tiebreaker loss to win a third-set tiebreaker that took 20 points. Aiden Mueller (d. Bastien Maxant - 6-0, 6-1), Dylan Paterson (d. Joseph Lyon - 6-4, 6-2) and Jason Zhang (d. Devin Stuppin - 7-5, 6-3) each needed just two sets to claim their victories.
Ahmad and Patterson were also doubles winners for the second straight match, knocking off Maxant and Simmons (6-2), while Mueller and Zhang were defeated by Lyons and Stuppin (6-4).
"To get another dominant win today is just amazing," head coach Eric Steidlmayer said. "All of the guys' energy was fantastic today and all of the singles performances were really cool. I'm really happy for everyone to come through with the win today in singles."
UC Davis concludes the three-day Pacific Invite by playing host Pacific's "A" squad on Sunday (9 a.m.).
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