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Wildcats get first Big Sky win taking down EWU 6-1
3/9/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
OGDEN, Utah -- The Weber State men's tennis team picked up their first Big Sky win Sunday. The Wildcats took down Eastern Washington 6-1.
"I was very happy with the we played today," head coach Brad Ferriera said. "We still have a few things to work on but we seem to have ironed out some of our earlier problems in time for Big Sky play."
The Wildcats got things going in doubles play by earning the doubles point. The team of Todd Fought and Jakub Gewert took down Vuk Vuckovic and Luke Thompson 6-4 in the No. 2 doubles match. While Hou-En "Edward " Chen and Landon Barlow defeated Eduardo Bringold and Wacil Bendjelti 7-6 giving the Wildcats the point and the momentum going into the singles rounds.
In singles, Cooper took down Vuckovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 2 spot. Fought defeated Eduardo Martinez 6-1, 6-7, 6-4 in the No. 3 spot. Barlow continued his dominating play by taking down Thompson 6-0, 6-1 in a quick two sets bringing them team one point away from victory. Ending the day on a high note were Shao-Po "Jack" Yin and Goswami. Yin took down Bringold 2-6, 6-0, 6-0 and Goswami sealed the deal with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Stefan Farrar.
Eastern Washington's lone point came in the No. 1 singles spot as Robert Dula took down Gewert in a close 4-6, 6-9 (11-9) tiebreaker match.
The Wildcats have a 5-8 overall record on the season and now move to 1-1 in Big Sky play. The men's tennis team will continue Big Sky by hosting North Dakota and Portland State March 13-14.
Weber State 6, Eastern Washington 1
Singles competition
1. DULA, Robert (EWU) def. GEWERT, Jakub (WSU) 4-6, 6-4 (11-9), 1-0
2. COOPER, Stefan (WSU) def. VUCKOVIC, Vuk (EWU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
3. FOUGHT, Todd (WSU) def. MARTINEZ, Eduardo (EWU) 6-1, 6-7, 6-4
4. BARLOW, Landon (WSU) def. THOMPSON, Luke (EWU) 6-0, 6-1
5. YIN, Shao-Po (Jack) (WSU) def. BRINGOLD, Eduardo (EWU) 2-6, 6-0, 6-0
6. GOSWAMI, Sanjay (WSU) def. FARRAR, Stefan (EWU) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. DULA, Robert/MARTINEZ, Eduardo (EWU) def. COOPER, Stefan/GOSWAMI, Sanjay (WSU) 7-5
2. FOUGHT, Todd/GEWERT, Jakub (WSU) def. VUCKOVIC, Vuk/THOMPSON, Luke (EWU) 6-4
3. CHEN, Hou-En/BARLOW, Landon (WSU) def. BRINGOLD, Eduardo/BENDJELTI, Wacil (EWU) 7-6
