Weber State takes down Santa Clara 4-2

OGDEN, Utah -- The Weber State men's tennis team took down Santa Clara 4-2 in a well fought match.

"Santa Clara is very good and has beaten ranked teams this year," head coach Brad Ferreira said. "It was a very impressive perormance from everyone today."

The Wildcats had a good showing in singles, Jakub Gewert cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win over Ashot Khacharyan at No. 1 to give Weber State a strong start to the match. Landon Barlow took down Sam Bertram 6-2, 6-0 in the No. 4 spot. Hou-En Chen and Sanjay Goswami each followed with straight set wins to put the match away. Chen defeated Max Heerinckx 6-0, 6-2 at No. 5 and Goswami got past Sebastien Mathieu 6-2, 6-4 at No. 6 spot.

Santa Clara's points came in the No. 2 and No. 3 singles matches where Ilya Osintsev defeated Stefan Cooper and Mikheil Khmiadashvil defeated Todd Fought.

Due to scheduling conflicts the doubles matches were not played and could only be played if played if the singles matches ended in a tie.

The Wildcats moved to 5-8 overall record. They will resume Big Sky play by hosting Eastern Washington Sunday, March 8 followed by another pair of home matches against North Dakota and Portland State March 13-14.

Weber State 4, Santa Clara 2
Singles competition
1. GEWERT, Jakub (WSU) def. Ashot Khacharyan (SCU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Ilya Osintsev (SCU) def. COOPER, Stefan (WSU) 4-6, 6-3, 3-2 (11-9)
3. Mikheil Khmiadashvil (SCU) def. FOUGHT, Todd (WSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
4. BARLOW, Landon (WSU) def. Sam Bertram (SCU) 6-2, 6-0
5. CHEN, Hou-En (WSU) def. Max Heerinckx (SCU) 6-0, 6-2
6. GOSWAMI, Sanjay (WSU) def. Sebastien Mathieu (SCU) 6-2, 6-4

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Players Mentioned

Landon Barlow

Hou-En Chen

Stefan Cooper

Todd Fought

Jakub Gewert

Sanjay Goswami