Utah Men's Tennis Drops Match to UC Santa Barbara

Friday, February 20

Santa Barbara, Calif.

1:30 PM

University of Utah

UC Santa Barbara

Utah Men's Tennis Drops Match to UC Santa Barbara

2/20/2009 12:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Feb. 20, 2009

Final Stats

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The No. 68-ranked University of Utah men's tennis team (5-3) fell to No. 61-ranked UC Santa Barbara (3-4), 5-2, Friday.

Utah started out strong with by winning the doubles point with a pair of wins. Wes Hancock and Phillip Eilers at the No. 1 spot topped Alex Konigsfeldt and Josh Finkelstein, 9-8. Timmy Allin and John Taylor at the No. 2 position defeated Scott Hohenstein and Jurgenson, 8-3. Putting the Utes up 1-0 over the Gachos

Benito Suriano and Stephen Jacobs, at the No. 3 position, fell toTaylor Chavez-Goggin, 8-5.

The Utes put up a tough fight in singles but came out winning only one singles point. The only Ute to win in a singles match was Hancock when he defeated Hohenstein at the No. 2 spot, 6-3, 6-0.

At the No. 1 spot Konigsfeldt defeated Eilers, 7-5, 6-3. Max Taylor beat Othman Zerouali-Ouariti in two sets, 7-5, 6-3 at the No. 3 position.

Taylor lost the first set at the No. 4 spot against Finkelstein, 6-2, he came back to win the second set, 1-6, and fell in the third, 6-4. At the No. 5 position Jacobs also took his match with Chavez-Goggin to three sets winning the first set, 4-6, Chavez-Goggin came back to win the next two, 6-3, 6-1.

Corbin Benson won his first set, 4-6, in the No. 6 position against Devin Nerenberg when Nerenberg returned with two wins, 7-6, 6-1.

The Utes will remain on the road for their next match against UC Irvine, Sunday Feb. 22.

UCSB 5, Utah 2
Doubles1. Hancock/Eilers def. Konigsfeldt/Finkelstein (UCSB), 9-82. Allin/Taylor def. Hohenstein/Jurgensen (UCSB), 8-33. Chavez Goggin/Caledonia (UCSB) def. Suriano/Jacobs, 8-5
Singles1. Alex Konigsfeldt (UCSB) def. Phillip Eilers, 7-5, 6-32. Wes Hancock def. Scott Hohenstein (UCSB), 6-3, 6-03. Max Taylor (UCSB) def. Othman Zerouali-Ouariti, 7-5, 6-34. Josh Finkelstein (UCSB) def. John Taylor, 6-2, 1-6, 6-45. Taylor Chavez Goggin (UCSB) def. Stephen Jacobs, 4-6, 6-3, 6-16. Devin Nerenberg (UCSB) def. Corbin Benson, 4-6, 7-6, 6-1