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Saturday, April 22
Salt Lake City, UT
3:00 PM
University of Utah
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Arizona
Final Conference Match Of The Season Against Arizona
4/17/2017 2:04 PM | Men's Tennis
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – This Saturday, the University of Utah men's tennis team will play its final conference match of the regular season, with the PAC-12 Championships set to start on Wednesday, April 26th. This final match will be against the University of Arizona (9-15), who are 0-6 in PAC-12 play, and currently sit at the bottom of the conference.
The match against the Wildcats will be held at the Eccles Tennis Center, with play set to begin at 3 p.m. MST.
Utah Notes
The Utah men's tennis team is coming off of a 7-0 loss against the 5th ranked USC Trojans. Against USC in doubles action, USC earned the doubles point against the Utes. The team of Dan Little and Egbert Weverink was defeated by Rob Bellamy and Jake Jaede at the No. 2 spot, with a score of 6-2. Then to card the doubles point for USC, Santiago Sierra and Joe Woolley were defeated with a final score of 6-3 at the No. 3 position, by Brandon Holt and Laurens Verboven.
Then in singles, David Micevski fell to Brandon Holt 6-0, 6-2, at the No. 1 position, along with Parker McGuiness carding a loss against Thibault Forget at the No. 5 spot, with a final score of 6-2, 6-1. Dan Little was then defeated by Nick Crystal at the No. 2 position 6-4, 6-2, with Joe Woolley soon following with a loss to Rob Bellamy 6-3, 6-4, at the No. 6 spot. At the No. 4 position, Slava Shainyan was defeated by Jack Jaede 7-6, 6-3. Then to finish things off for the Trojans, Logan Smith defeated Santiago Sierra at the No. 3 position with a final score of 7-6, 6-3, giving USC the 7-0 victory.
Opponent Notes
The Arizona Wildcats are coming off of a 7-0 loss against UCLA. Seniors Oliver Plaskett and Will Kneale took two doubles sets against UCLA freshman Evan Zhu and junior Martin Redlicki, but fell to the 10th-ranked duo on court one by a score of 6-2. The Bruins took the doubles point when senior Joseph Di Giulio and junior Austin Rapp defeated juniors Trent Botha and Shoki Kasahara on court two by a score of 6-3. Arizona couldn't turn things around in singles play where No. 43 Redlicki took down Kneale in straight sets on court two, increasing the Bruins lead to 2-0. Freshman Andres Reyes fell to UCLA freshman Ben Goldberg on court six by a score of 6-1, 6-1 not long before Zhu clinched the match for the Bruins with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Botha on court two. Play was stopped with junior Shoti Meparidze trailing No. 20 Brymer on court one, Kasahara trailing Bruin junior Logan Staggs on court four, and Plaskett trailing Rapp on court five.
The match against the Wildcats will be held at the Eccles Tennis Center, with play set to begin at 3 p.m. MST.
Utah Notes
The Utah men's tennis team is coming off of a 7-0 loss against the 5th ranked USC Trojans. Against USC in doubles action, USC earned the doubles point against the Utes. The team of Dan Little and Egbert Weverink was defeated by Rob Bellamy and Jake Jaede at the No. 2 spot, with a score of 6-2. Then to card the doubles point for USC, Santiago Sierra and Joe Woolley were defeated with a final score of 6-3 at the No. 3 position, by Brandon Holt and Laurens Verboven.
Then in singles, David Micevski fell to Brandon Holt 6-0, 6-2, at the No. 1 position, along with Parker McGuiness carding a loss against Thibault Forget at the No. 5 spot, with a final score of 6-2, 6-1. Dan Little was then defeated by Nick Crystal at the No. 2 position 6-4, 6-2, with Joe Woolley soon following with a loss to Rob Bellamy 6-3, 6-4, at the No. 6 spot. At the No. 4 position, Slava Shainyan was defeated by Jack Jaede 7-6, 6-3. Then to finish things off for the Trojans, Logan Smith defeated Santiago Sierra at the No. 3 position with a final score of 7-6, 6-3, giving USC the 7-0 victory.
Opponent Notes
The Arizona Wildcats are coming off of a 7-0 loss against UCLA. Seniors Oliver Plaskett and Will Kneale took two doubles sets against UCLA freshman Evan Zhu and junior Martin Redlicki, but fell to the 10th-ranked duo on court one by a score of 6-2. The Bruins took the doubles point when senior Joseph Di Giulio and junior Austin Rapp defeated juniors Trent Botha and Shoki Kasahara on court two by a score of 6-3. Arizona couldn't turn things around in singles play where No. 43 Redlicki took down Kneale in straight sets on court two, increasing the Bruins lead to 2-0. Freshman Andres Reyes fell to UCLA freshman Ben Goldberg on court six by a score of 6-1, 6-1 not long before Zhu clinched the match for the Bruins with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Botha on court two. Play was stopped with junior Shoti Meparidze trailing No. 20 Brymer on court one, Kasahara trailing Bruin junior Logan Staggs on court four, and Plaskett trailing Rapp on court five.
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