SAN DIEGO, Calif.—UC San Diego's Sahm Irvine paired with San Diego State's Roni Rikkonen for a doubles victory over UNLV on Saturday at the SDSU Fall Invitational at Aztec Tennis Center.
 
The three-day round-robin event included players from Arizona, Loyola Marymount, San Diego State, UNLV, in addition to the Tritons.
 
Irvine registered the Tritons only victory of the weekend with an 8-6 defeat of Jack Hambrook/Thomas Navarro from UNLV. Phillip Lan and William Lan fell in doubles competition on day one, 8-2 to LMU, while Phillip dropped a 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-1 decision to Connor Olsen (Arizona) and William fell to Jared Horwood (Arizona), 6-0, 6-4.
 
In addition to his doubles victory, Irvine also competed in singles but fell to John Bryan Otico of LMU, 6-1, 6-0 on day two.
 
Zach Ermert wrapped up the weekend for the Tritons, pairing with SDSU's Judson Blair in the third day of doubles competition. The duo battled but ultimately fell to Jett Middleton/Conner Olsen (Arizona), 8-4.
 
NEXT UP
Up next, UC San Diego men's tennis will travel to compete in the ITA Regional Championships, Oct. 22-24 in Malibu, Calif. as part of the fall competition schedule.
 
DAY ONE RESULTS – Oct. 15, 2021
Doubles
Judson Blair/Roni Rikkonen (SDSU) def. Rana-Roop Bhullar/Jose Dominguez Alonso (LMU), 8-7(3)
John Bryan Otico/Ermin Torlic (LMU) def. Phillip Lan/William Lan (UCSD), 8-2
Jared Horwood/Nick Lagaev (Arizona) def. Zac Brodney/Tom Ciszewski (UNLV), 8-2
Jett Middleton/Conner Olsen (Arizona) def. Jack Hambrook/Thomas Navarro (UNLV), 8-3
 
Singles
Nick Lagaev (Arizona) def. Judson Blair (SDSU), 6-4, 6-1
Jett Middleton (Arizona) def. Roni Rikkonen (SDSU), 5-7, 6-0, 6-2
Conner Olsen (Arizona) def. Phillip Lan (UCSD), 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-1
Jared Horwood (Arizona) def. William Lan (UCSD), 6-0, 6-4
Rana-Roop Bhullar (LMU) def. Zac Brodney (UNLV), 6-4, 6-1
Jose Dominguez Alonso (LMU) def. Tom Ciszewski (UNLV), 6-2, 6-3
Ermin Torlic (LMU) def. Thomas Navarro (UNLV), 6-1, 6-4
John Bryan Otico (LMU) def. Jack Hambrook (UNLV), 6-0, 6-0
 
DAY TWO RESULTS – Oct. 16, 2021
Doubles
Zac Brodney/Tom Ciszewski (UNLV) def. Judson Blair/Alex Scemanenco (SDSU) 8-4
Roni Rikkonen (SDSU)/Sahm Irvine (UCSD) def. Jack Hambrook/Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 8-6
Rana-Roop Bhullar/Jose Dominguez Alonso (LMU) def. Jared Horwood/Nick Lagaev (Arizona) 8-7(5)
John Bryan Otico/Ermin Torlic (LMU) def. Jett Middleton/Conner Olsen (Arizona) 8-6
 
Singles
Judson Blair (SDSU) def. Jose Dominguez Alonso (LMU) 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
Rana-Roop Bhullar (LMU) def. Alex Scemanenco (SDSU) 6-3, 6-4
Ermin Torlic (LMU) def. Roni Rikkonen (SDSU) 6-3, 6-3
John Bryan Otico (LMU) def. Sahm Irvine (UCSD), 6-1, 6-0
Zac Brodney (UNLV) def. Nick Lagaev (Arizona) 7-6(3), 6-4
Jett Middleton (Arizona) def. Tom Ciszewski (UNLV) 6-4, 6-3
Conner Olsen (Arizona) def. Jack Hambrook (UNLV) 6-1, 6-2
Jared Horwood (Arizona) def. Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 6-0, 6-0
 
DAY THREE RESULTS – Oct. 17, 2021
Doubles
Jared Horwood/Nick Lagaev (Arizona) def. Roni Rikkonen/Alex Scemanenco (SDSU) 8-1
Jett Middleton/Conner Olsen (Arizona) def. Judson Blair (SDSU)/Zach Ermert (UCSD) 8-4
Rana-Roop Bhullar/Jose Dominguez Alonso (LMU) def. Zac Brodney/Tom Ciszewski (UNLV) 8-3 
John Bryan Otico/Ermin Torlic (LMU) def. Jack Hambrook/Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 8-2
 
Singles
Alex Scemanenco (SDSU) def. Tom Ciszewski (UNLV) 6-2, 6-1
Zac Brodney (UNLV) def. Judson Blair (SDSU) 6-1, 7-6(5)
Thomas Navarro (UNLV) def. Roni Rikkonen (SDSU) 6-2, 6-4
Zach Ermert (UNLV) def. Jack Hambrook (UNLV) 6-0, 6-0
Rana-Roop Bhullar (LMU)def. Nick Lagaev (Arizona) 6-4, 6-4
Jose Dominguez Alonso (LMU) def. Jett Middleton (Arizona) 6-2, 6-4
Conner Olsen (Arizona) def. Ermin Torlic (LMU) 6-4, 7-5
Jared Horwood (Arizona) def. John Bryan Otico (LMU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1

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