Men's Tennis with Three Wins on Day One at UCSB Invitational

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Adam FaragCao teamed up with Valentin Faure to earn his first collegiate win on day one at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational on Friday. It was one of three victories on the day for the Broncos.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

FaragCao and Faure beat host UCSB's Charlie Underwood and Lorenzo Brunkow 8-7 (7-4) in the quarterfinals of the top flight A. Two other Broncos doubles teams competed but fell in the opening round quarterfinals.
In singles, Lukas Maskow downed Cal Poly's Raz Haviv in three sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the flight A round of 16 while Tiago Boschmans defeated another player from Cal Poly, Ernst Gouws, 6-2, 7-5 in the flight B round of 16.

RESULTS:
UCSB Invitational
10/9-11/2026 at Santa Barbara, Calif. (Arnhold Tennis Center)

Singles competition
A-R16   Connor Church (USC) def. Valentin Faure (Santa Clara) 6-2, 6-2
A-R16   Lukas Maskow (Santa Clara) def. Raz Haviv (Cal Poly) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
B-R16   Tristan Messerli (LMU) def. Adam FaragCao (Santa Clara) 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
B-R16   Pavel Bushuev (UC Santa Barbara) def. Alex Bergomi (Santa Clara) 6-2, 6-2
B-R16   Tiago Boschmans (Santa Clara) def. Ernst Gouws (Cal Poly) 6-2, 7-5
C-R16   Denzel Seetso (Cal Poly) def. Mahir Khurana (Santa Clara) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5

Doubles competition
A-QF   Miguel A. Cadena/Marcos Castro Fabra (UC Santa Barbara) def. Lukas Maskow/Alex Bergomi (Santa Clara) 8-3
A-QF   Valentin Faure/Adam FaragCao (Santa Clara) def. Charlie Underwood/Lorenzo Brunkow (UC Santa Barbara) 8-7 (7-4)
B-QF   Will Steinberg/Photos Photiades (Pepperdine) def. Tiago Boschmans/Mahir Khurana (Santa Clara) 8-4

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