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Weber State University
at Brigham Young
'Cats Fall to BYU in Season-Opener
1/16/2011 6:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
PROVO, Utah -- The Weber State men's tennis team opened up the 2011 season on Friday, falling 7-0 to Brigham Young University.
The Wildcats dropped all three doubles matches, with newcomers Oliver Good and Ciao Poitena putting up the biggest fight in an 8-4 loss at the No. 3 spot.
In singles, the Cougars took the No. 2 through 6 matches each in straight sets. Simon Unger battled to a third set in the No. 1 match against Evan Urbina. Unger narrowly lost the opening set 7-6 (7) in a tiebreak, but responded to dominate the second set 6-1 to stay alive. Urbina pulled out a 6-4 win in the third to finish off the sweep.
BYU 7, Weber State 0
Doubles
1. Shubert/Smith (BYU) def. Unger/Ramstromer Pello (WSU) 8-2
2. Batrakov/Hwang (BYU) def. Barlow/Hintze (WSU) 8-3
3. Campos/ Loong (BYU) def. Good/Poitena (WSU) 8-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
1. E. Urbina (BYU) def. S. Unger (WSU) 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-4
2. S. Smith (BYU) def. P. Ramstromer Pello (WSU) 6-2, 6-1
3. G. Batrakov (BYU) def. L. Barlow (WSU) 6-0, 6-4
4. D. Hwang (BYU) def. C. Poitena (WSU) 6-2, 6-0
5. P. Kawka (BYU) def. D. Hintze (WSU) 6-0, 6-1
6. R. Warias (BYU) def. O. Good (WSU) 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 4, 3, 1, 5, 6
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