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2/19/2010 12:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 19, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah men's tennis team (4-3) defeated Weber State (3-5), 5-2, Friday at the Eccles Tennis Center. Stephen Jacobs clinched the match for the Utes from the No. 6 spot.
"It's good to get another win under our belt," said head coach F.D. Robbins. "We will have to improve and get more aggressive in our doubles, but I thought the guys competed very well in singles."
In doubles the No. 2 team of Jacobs and Jason Smits defeated Spencer Marchant and Cole Paterson, 8-2 . The Wildcats answered with a win from the No. 3 position, Timmy Allin and Artem Strunnikov fell to Henning Hipp and Dave Hintze, 8-4.
The doubles decision came down to a tie-breaker in the No. 1 spot. Phillip Eilers and Alex Golding clinched the doubles point for Utah topping Simon Unger and Sasha Kiehne, 9-8(5).
With a 1-0 lead going into singles Utah maintained their momentum from the No. 5 slot, Allin defeated Hintze, 6-0, 6-1. Weber State won their first point from the No. 2 position, Smits fell to Hipp, 6-1, 6-1.
With Utah leading 2-1 Dmytro Mamedov topped Paterson from the No. 4 spot, 6-0, 6-2, setting up Jacobs to clinch the match for the Utes at 4-1 from the No. 6 position defeating Ben Rode, 6-1, 6-3.
In the No. 3 spot Golding fell to Kiehne, 6-1, 6-4, 10-5. Eilers finished the match for Utah with a win from the No. 1 slot topping Unger, 7-5, 6-4.
Up next Utah will host Boise State Friday, Feb. 26 and San Francisco Saturday Feb. 27. Both matches will begin at 5 p.m. at the Eccles Tennis Center.
Tennis Match ResultsWeber State University vs University of UtahFeb 19, 2010 at Salt Lake City(Eccles Tennis Center)#67 University of Utah 5, Weber State University 2Singles competition1.Phillip Eilers (UTAH) def. Simon Unger (WSU) 7-5, 6-42. Henning Hipp (WSU) def. Jason Smits (UTAH) 6-1, 6-13. Sascha Kiehne (WSU) def. Alex Golding (UTAH) 1-6, 6-4, 10-54. Dmytro Mamedov (UTAH) def. Cole Paterson (WSU) 6-0, 6-25. Timmy Allin (UTAH) def. Dave Hintze (WSU) 6-0, 6-16. Stephen Jacobs (UTAH) def. Ben Rode (WSU) 6-1, 6-3Doubles competition1. Phillip Eilers/Alex Golding (UTAH) def. Sascha Kiehne/Simon Unger (WSU) 9-8 (10-5)2. Stephen Jacobs/Jason Smits (UTAH) def. Spencer Marchant/Cole Paterson (WSU) 8-23. Henning Hipp/Dave Hintze (WSU) def. Artem Strunnikov/Timmy Allin (UTAH) 8-4Match Notes:Weber State University 3-5University of Utah 4-3; National ranking #67Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (5,2,4,6,3,1)