STOCKTON, Calif. -- Sacramento State sent five players to the Pacific Tennis Invitational, held over the weekend at the Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center on the Pacific campus.
The tournament marked the conclusion of the team's fall schedule.
The five Hornets -
Nick Bowles,
Martin Duris,
Henry Lamchinniah,
Hayden Rand and
Miles Whitehead - each competed in both the singles and doubles draws. Everyone but Rand is brand new to the program.
Highlighting the event were Lamchinniah and Bowles, who both posted 3-0 singles records. In fact, each player won all three of his matches in straight sets over opponents from Saint Mary's (Friday), Washington (Saturday) and Santa Clara (Sunday).
All five Hornets won at least one singles match, including
Martin Duris who went 2-1 in his fall debut with team. The Hornets went 3-0 in singles play vs. Washington as Lamchinniah, Bowles and Rand each posted victories against the Huskies.
Lamchinniah and Bowles completed impressive fall seasons that saw both players rack up six singles victories over three tournaments. Lamchinniah went 6-2 during the fall, while Bowles was 6-3.
"I like the progress our guys made throughout the fall," Sacramento State head coach
Kevin Kurtz said. "We have a really good group of players who work hard, and the excitement level is high for the spring season."
Sacramento State does not play again until opening the spring schedule on Jan. 16 at Santa Clara. Each of the Hornets' first three spring matches are on the road. The home opener is Jan. 31 vs. Pacific.
All of the Hornets' results from the Pacific Invitational can be found below.
SINGLES
Henry Lamchinniah
Nov. 1 - Round 1 - def. Carlos Ramos (SMC), 6-4, 6-2
Nov. 2 - Round 2 - def. Ivan Sodan (UW), 6-2, 6-4
Nov. 3 - Round 3 - def. Alexander Watanabe (SCU), 6-0, 6-3
Nick Bowles
Nov. 1 - Round 1 - def. Stevie Gould (SMC), 6-2, 6-3
Nov. 2 - Round 2 - def. Brett Pearson (UW), 6-2, 6-1
Nov. 3 - Round 3 - def. Valentin Faure (SCU), 6-4, 6-4
Hayden Rand
Nov. 1 - Round 1 - lost to Paulo Etchecoin (SMC), 6-0, 6-1
Nov. 2 - Round 2 - def. Nikola Plavsic (UW), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Nov. 3 - Round 3 - lost to Luca Bluett (SCU), 6-2, 6-1
Miles Whitehead
Nov. 1 - Round 1 - lost to Francisco Duran (SMC), 6-3, 6-3
Nov. 2 - Round 2 - def. Ellison Greco (SMC), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Nov. 3 - Round 3 - lost to Tiago Boschmans (SCU), 6-1, 6-1
Martin Duris
Nov. 1 - Round 1 - def. Thibaud Maxant (SMC), 6-1, 6-2
Nov. 2 - Round 2 - def. Aidan Watt (SMC), 7-5, 6-0
Nov. 3 - Round 3 - lost to Luca Lemaitre Vilchis (SCU), 6-1, 6-1
DOUBLES
Hayden Rand/
Henry Lamchinniah
Nov. 1 - Round 1 - lost to Eriksson/Bluett (SCU), 6-4
Nov. 2 - Round 2 - lost to Amar/Trainauskas (UOP), 6-3
Nov. 3 - Round 3 - lost to Pearson/Sodan (UW), 7-6 (6)
Miles Whitehead/
Nick Bowles
Nov. 1 - Round 1 - lost to Vilchis/Faure (SCU), 6-4
Nov. 2 - Round 2 - lost to Patel/Zuckerman (UOP), 6-4
Nov. 3 - Round 3 - lost to Lieutaud/Greco (SMC), 6-4
Martin Duris played with Liam Carpenter (SMC)
Nov. 1 - Round 1 - lost to Boschmans/Jim On (SCU), 7-6 (2)
Nov. 2 - Round 2 - lost to Das/Coffey (UOP), 6-1