Weber State University Athletics
Thursday, January 16
Salt Lake City, UT
5:00 pm
Weber State University
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Weber State hung tight but fell 5-2 to Utah
1/16/2020 11:08:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Weber State men's tennis took on in-state rival Utah today and fell 5-2.Â
"This was a very good match for us," said Director of Tennis Brad Ferriera. "The most impressive win was by Arthur Serafim who beat a player that was ranked #15 in the world in juniors and 750 ATP. Kris van Wyk had a very dominant match at the No. 1 spot. We came up short on the other matches, although, we took them to three sets in the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 spots. We scared them a bit. These guys did this on their own and it was a great effort."
The University of Utah came away with the doubles point after picking up wins in the No. 3 and No.1 spot. The No. 1 spot was a narrow match as WSU duo Arthur Serafim and Brendan Barr fell just 6-5 to Utah's Randy Cory and Russell Benkaim. The No. 2 spot went unfinished.Â
In singles play, the Utes picked up the first point in the No. 6 spot. Kris van Wyk came up with a great win in the No. 1 spot by defeating Benkaim with 6-2, 6-3.Â
Utah came away with wins in the No. 4 and No. 3 spots to claim the overall match victory. Singles action wasn't over yet.Â
Serafim had a big win in the No. 2 spot. Serafim took down Franco Capalbo with a 6-7, 6-2 (10-7) victory to give WSU its second point of the match.Â
Sebastian Buxman, Bo-Han Li and Brendan Barr each took their matches into a full three sets but fell just short.Â
Weber State is now 1-1 overall on the season and will hit the road to take on Denver Jan. 24 and Bryant Jan. 25.Â
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"This was a very good match for us," said Director of Tennis Brad Ferriera. "The most impressive win was by Arthur Serafim who beat a player that was ranked #15 in the world in juniors and 750 ATP. Kris van Wyk had a very dominant match at the No. 1 spot. We came up short on the other matches, although, we took them to three sets in the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 spots. We scared them a bit. These guys did this on their own and it was a great effort."
The University of Utah came away with the doubles point after picking up wins in the No. 3 and No.1 spot. The No. 1 spot was a narrow match as WSU duo Arthur Serafim and Brendan Barr fell just 6-5 to Utah's Randy Cory and Russell Benkaim. The No. 2 spot went unfinished.Â
In singles play, the Utes picked up the first point in the No. 6 spot. Kris van Wyk came up with a great win in the No. 1 spot by defeating Benkaim with 6-2, 6-3.Â
Utah came away with wins in the No. 4 and No. 3 spots to claim the overall match victory. Singles action wasn't over yet.Â
Serafim had a big win in the No. 2 spot. Serafim took down Franco Capalbo with a 6-7, 6-2 (10-7) victory to give WSU its second point of the match.Â
Sebastian Buxman, Bo-Han Li and Brendan Barr each took their matches into a full three sets but fell just short.Â
Weber State is now 1-1 overall on the season and will hit the road to take on Denver Jan. 24 and Bryant Jan. 25.Â
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
1
5
Russel Benkaim/ Randy Cory [UU]
6
#2 Doubles Match
12
20
Franco Capalbo/ Wally Thayne [UU]
4UF
#3 Doubles Match
1
1
Slava Shainyan/ Azat Hankuliyev [UU]
6
#1 Singles Match
12
66
Russel Benkaim / 0 [UU]
23
#2 Singles Match
123
6610
Franco Capalbo / 0 [UU]
727
#3 Singles Match
123
462
Slava Shainyan / 0 [UU]
626
#4 Singles Match
123
262
Mathias Gavelin / 0 [UU]
626
#5 Singles Match
123
655
Wally Thayne / 0 [UU]
477
#6 Singles Match
12
44
Randy Cory / 0 [UU]
66
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