Wildcats Fall to San Francisco 5-2

OGDEN, Utah -- The Weber State men's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to a tough University of San Francisco squad on Saturday at the Ogden Athletic Club.

USF took the doubles point behind wins at the No. 1 and 3 positions. Weber State took the No. 2 match 8-4 as Todd Fought and Sanjay Goswami defeated Jonathon Knowlman and Richard Bucalem.

In singles play, Oliver Good and Caio Poitena earned points for the Wildcats. Poitena put the Wildcats on the board to tie the match at 1-1 as he defeated Rich Van Hout 6-3, 6-3. Good closed the match out, winning a three-set battle with William Schumacher 3-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Fought player a very fine match in the No. 2 singles spot, but eventually fell 6-4, 7-5 to Bernardo Saraiva, who remains undefeated on the season in singles for the Dons.

San Francisco 5, Weber State 2
Mar 23, 2013 at Ogden, UT (Ogden Athletic Club)

Singles competition
1. Thai Tu (USF) def. GEWERT, Jakub (WSU) 6-0, 6-2
2. Bernardo Saraiva (USF) def. FOUGHT, Todd (WSU) 6-4, 7-5
3. GOOD, Oliver (WSU) def. William Schumacher (USF) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
4. POITENA, Caio (WSU) def. Rich Van Hout (USF) 6-3, 6-3
5. Nils Skajaa (USF) def. GOSWAMI, Sanjay (WSU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
6. Richard Bucalem (USF) def. GARNER, Ryan (WSU) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Bernardo Saraiva/Nils Skajaa (USF) def. GOOD, Oliver/POITENA, Caio (WSU) 8-4
2. FOUGHT, Todd/GOSWAMI, Sanjay (WSU) def. Jonathon Knowlman/Richard Bucalem (USF) 8-4
3. Thai Tu/Germain Bahri (USF) def. GEWERT, Jakub/GARNER, Ryan (WSU) 8-4

Match Notes
San Francisco 6-4
Weber State 4-9

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Players Mentioned

Todd Fought

Oliver Good

Sanjay Goswami

Caio Poitena

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