STOCKTON, Calif.- The Pacific men's tennis team captured its first home match victory, downing UC Davis 4-3.
 
The Tigers (2-1) cruised to the 1-0 start after earning the doubles point on courts one and two. Junior Justas Trainauskas and senior Peter Alam swiftly handled the Aggies' (0-1) Ryan Torres and Max Fardanesh 6-1 on court one. Sophomores Tiago Silva and Terence Das clinched the point for the Tigers, defeating Antreas Ajakouris and Lucas Bollinger 6-2 on court two.
 
In a highly competitive bout of singles matches, Alam put the Tigers up 2-0 after defeating Antreas Djakouris 6-2, 6-3 on court three. Davis got on the board after Trainauskas retired from the match on court one.
 
Senior Andre Rodeia struck back with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Bollinger on court five, before Das claimed the match on court four. Das, after cruising past Brett Brinkman 6-0 in the first set, came back from an early second set deficit. He tied it 4-4 before edging out Brinkman 6-4 to put the Tigers up 4-1.
 
Pacific played on, with freshman Tommy Czaplinski and Silva remaining. Czaplinski came back to take the second set 6-2 against Fardanesh but fell in the final set. Silva ended up in a back and forth with Davis' Constantinos Djakouris that went into the third set, but the Aggie took the edge to help UC Davis claim its final point
 
"That was a great team win," head coach Robin Goodman shared after the match, "Everyone contributed. The energy was high and the guys played tough. Credit to UC Davis who hung in there after doubles and made us really earn it. I'm proud of the fighting attitude our guys showed today."
 
The Tigers return to action on Saturday, Feb. 10 as they travel to take on UC San Diego at 10 a.m.
 
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