{"id":158546,"date":"2026-02-01T00:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158546\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:26:08","slug":"uc-davis-mens-tennis-defeats-rival-sacramento-state-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158546\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Davis Men&#8217;s Tennis Defeats Rival Sacramento State 5-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Score: UC Davis 5, Sacramento State 2<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLocation: Davis, Calif.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRecords: UC Davis 3-2, Sacramento State 2-4<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The short story: UC Davis Men&#8217;s Tennis claimed the doubles point and won four of six singles matches to secure a 5-2 victory over rival Sacramento State.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">COURTSIDE<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">UC Davis secured the early lead by clinching the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/kurt-miller\/20103\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20103\" target=\"_blank\">Kurt Miller<\/a> earned a quick point for the Aggies at No. 5 singles after his opponent retired.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/lucas-bollinger\/20099\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20099\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Bollinger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/kaveh-taheri\/20105\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20105\" target=\"_blank\">Kaveh Taheri<\/a> anchored the top of the lineup with straight-set victories at No. 1 and No. 2 singles.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/perry-digiulio\/20100\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20100\" target=\"_blank\">Perry DiGiulio<\/a> survived a three-set battle to win at No. 3 singles, taking the super-tiebreaker 10-8.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Sacramento State managed points at No. 4 and No. 6 singles to avoid the sweep.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">HOW IT HAPPENED<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The Aggies set the tone in doubles play, with the duo of <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/lucas-bollinger\/20099\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20099\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Bollinger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/kurt-miller\/20103\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20103\" target=\"_blank\">Kurt Miller<\/a> dispatching their opponents 6-4 at the top spot.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/kaveh-taheri\/20105\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20105\" target=\"_blank\">Kaveh Taheri<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/perry-digiulio\/20100\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20100\" target=\"_blank\">Perry DiGiulio<\/a> followed up with a 6-2 win at No. 2 to clinch the opening doubles point for UC Davis.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/kurt-miller\/20103\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20103\" target=\"_blank\">Kurt Miller<\/a> added to the lead immediately at the start of singles competition when David Dai retired at 0-0 on court No. 5.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">At the top of the lineup, Bollinger defeated Martin Duris 6-1, 6-4, while Taheri handled Doni Gashi 6-1, 6-2 to put the match out of reach.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/perry-digiulio\/20100\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20100\" target=\"_blank\">Perry DiGiulio<\/a> prevailed in a tight battle at No. 3, splitting sets with Freddie Healey before winning a dramatic 10-8 super-tiebreaker.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Sacramento State fought back on the remaining courts, picking up wins at No. 6 (straight sets) and No. 4 (super-tiebreaker).<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">RESULTS<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Singles Competition<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/lucas-bollinger\/20099\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20099\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Bollinger<\/a> (UCD) def. Martin Duris (SAC) 6-1, 6-4<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/kaveh-taheri\/20105\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20105\" target=\"_blank\">Kaveh Taheri<\/a> (UCD) def. Doni Gashi (SAC) 6-1, 6-2<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/perry-digiulio\/20100\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20100\" target=\"_blank\">Perry DiGiulio<\/a> (UCD) def. Freddie Healey (SAC) 6-4, 6-7 (0-5), 10-8<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Nick Bowles (SAC) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/eduardo-gonzalez\/20101\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20101\" target=\"_blank\">Eduardo Gonzalez<\/a> (UCD) 7-6 (5-0), 3-6, 10-5<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/kurt-miller\/20103\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20103\" target=\"_blank\">Kurt Miller<\/a> (UCD) def. David Dai (SAC) 0-0, retired<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Adryan Ballestero (SAC) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/dylan-paterson\/20108\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20108\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Paterson<\/a> (UCD) 6-1, 6-3<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Doubles Competition<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/lucas-bollinger\/20099\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20099\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Bollinger<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/kurt-miller\/20103\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20103\" target=\"_blank\">Kurt Miller<\/a> (UCD) def. Doni Gashi\/Adryan Ballestero (SAC) 6-4<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/kaveh-taheri\/20105\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20105\" target=\"_blank\">Kaveh Taheri<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/perry-digiulio\/20100\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20100\" target=\"_blank\">Perry DiGiulio<\/a> (UCD) def. Martin Duris\/Nick Bowles (SAC) 6-2<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/dylan-paterson\/20108\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20108\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Paterson<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/eduardo-gonzalez\/20101\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20101\" target=\"_blank\">Eduardo Gonzalez<\/a> (UCD) vs. Sebastian Vlahos\/Freddie Healey (SAC) 4-5, unfinished<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Order of finish: Doubles (2,1), Singles (5,2,1,6,4,3)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT: The Aggies will hit the road to take on Cal Sunday, Feb 1 at 4:00 PM PST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; Score: UC Davis 5, Sacramento State 2&#13; Location: Davis, Calif.&#13; Records: UC Davis 3-2,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-158546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}