DAVIS, Calif. — UC Davis men's tennis team (9-9) narrowly fell to UC Irvine (9-6), 4-3, on Tuesday, April 1, at the Marya Welch Tennis Center. The Aggies secured the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3. The match began on March 31 and was completed April 1 following a weather delay.
 

HOW IT HAPPENED

UC Davis claimed the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3. UC Irvine responded with straight-set victories on courts six and three to take a 2-1 lead. The Aggies answered with wins at No. 2 and No. 4 singles to move back in front, 3-2. UC Irvine evened the match at 3-3 with a three-set win on court five. After a weather delay, the match was decided at No. 1 singles, where UC Irvine's Hiroki Sakagawa rallied for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win to clinch the 4-3 result.

RESULTS

Doubles

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Ivan Savkin/Dylan Paterson (UCD) def. Max Fardanesh/Rohan Sachdev (UCI) 5-4  

Lucas Bollinger/Kurt Miller (UCD) def. Tal Goodman/Hiroki Sakagawa (UCI) 6-1  

Perry DiGiulio/Kaveh Taheri (UCD) def. Sohrob Amiryavari/Alex Guajardo (UCI) 6-3  

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1  

Singles 

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Hiroki Sakagawa (UCI) def. Lucas Bollinger (UCD) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3  

Kaveh Taheri (UCD) def. Max Fardanesh (UCI) 6-3, 6-4  

Tal Goodman (UCI) def. Perry DiGiulio (UCD) 6-1, 6-0  

Ivan Savkin (UCD) def. Sohrob Amiryavari (UCI) 7-6(7), 6-2  

Ruining Huang (UCI) def. Nadaul Cheam (UCD) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2  

Greg Gamal (UCI) def. Eduardo Gonzalez (UCD) 6-3, 6-2  

Order of finish: 6, 3, 2, 4, 5, 1  

The UC Davis Aggies hold an overall record of 9-9, while UC Irvine stands at 9-6.

UP NEXT

The Aggies travel to face Cal Poly on Friday, April 3, at 2 p.m. in San Luis Obispo, Calif., before taking on UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, April 4, at 1 p.m.