SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara men's tennis team had a solid showing on the first day of competition at the Pacific Invitational on Friday, sweeping the three doubles matches and taking four out of five singles matches.   The Broncos faced Sacramento State in doubles and a combination of Washington and Saint Mary's players in singles.

The Pacific Invitational is a hidden dual play format that includes singles against one team and doubles against a different team each day.  Teams will lineup and play similar to a team dual match like in the spring but there is no team scoring, only individual wins and losses. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Four Broncos - Valentin Faure, Luca Bluett, Luca Lemaitre and Payton Jim On - won both their doubles and singles matches.  
• The SCU doubles pairings were Luca Bluett/Alexander Watanabe Eriksson,  Luca Lemaitre/Valentin Faure and Tiago Boschmans/Payton Jim On as they defeated the three doubles teams from Sacramento State. 
• In singles, an opposing player had to pull out due to an injury so the Broncos only played five matches.  
• Santa Clara took two out of three singles matches against Washington.  Faure defeated Brett Pearson 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 and Luca Bluett downed Nikola Plavsic 6-1, 6-2.  Alexander Watanabe Eriksson fell to Ivan Sodan 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).  
• Against Saint Mary's, Luca Lemaitre was victorious over Ellison Greco (Saint Mary's) 6-4, 6-4 while Payton Jim On took care of Aidan Watt 6-4, 6-3.  

NEXT UP:

• The Broncos is scheduled to play Saint Mary's in doubles starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, followed by singles against Pacific.  

Pacific Invitational
11/1-3/2024 at Stockton, Calif. (Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center)

Singles competition
Friday, Nov. 1
Fri       Ivan Sodan (Washington) def. Alexander W Eriksson (Santa Clara) 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
Fri       Valentin Faure (Santa Clara) def. Brett Pearson (Washington) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Fri       Luca Bluett (Santa Clara) def. Nikola Plavsic (Washington) 6-1, 6-2
Fri       Luca Lemaitre (Santa Clara) def. Ellison Greco (Saint Mary's) 6-4, 6-4
Fri       Payton Jim On (Santa Clara) def. Aidan Watt (Saint Mary's) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition
Friday, Nov. 1
Fri       Alexander W Eriksson/Luca Bluett (Santa Clara) def. Hayden Rand/Henry Lamchinniah (Sacramento State) 6-4
Fri       Luca Lemaitre/Valentin Faure (Santa Clara) def. Nick Bowles/Miles Whitehead (Sacramento State) 6-4
Fri       Tiago Boschmans/Payton Jim On (Santa Clara) def. Martin Duris/Liam Carpenter (SAC/SMC) 7-6 (7-1)

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