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Men's Tennis
vs Utah Invitational
Wednesday, April 26
Ojai, CA
All Day
University of Utah
at
Pac-12 Championships
Utah Men's Tennis Heads to Pac-12 Championships
4/24/2017 4:13 PM | Men's Tennis
Utes start with UW on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
SALT LAKE CITY— The University of Utah men's tennis team will travel to Ojai, Calif. for the Pac-12 Conference Championships on Wednesday.
Play begins on Apr. 26 and will conclude with the championship match on Apr. 29.
The Utes (16-9) are slated to face No. 7 seed Washington in the first round of competition on Wednesday at 3 p.m. The winner of that match will face No. 3 seed USC on Thursday
MATCH POINTS
- Utah is coming off a 4-2 win over Arizona this past Saturday at the Eccles Tennis Center.Â
With the Utes up 3-2, Parker McGuiness was able to finish off things for Utah. A victory hung in the balance and  the senior was able to defeat Oliver Plaskett at the No. 5 position with a final score of 6-4, 7-6, finishing up his final regular season match as a Ute in style.
Other singles wins included David Micevski defeating Will Kneale 6-3, 6-1, at the No. 1 spot, and Slava Shainyan completing a dominant victory over Shoki Kasahara, 7-5, 6-0, at the No. 4 position.
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- The Utes defeated Washington earlier this season, 4-2, in Salt Lake City. After dropping the doubles point, Utah won four of five singles matches to get the victory.
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Micevski and Dan Little cruised to quick victories in singles play, as the Macedonian defeated Mitch Stewart at the No. 1 position 6-3, 6-1, and Little defeating Enzo Sommer 6-4, 6-2, on the No. 2 court. McGuiness gave the Utes a 3-1 lead by defeating Amit Batta at the No. 5 spot, 7-5, 6-1 and Shaniyan battled for a victory at the No. 4 position against Gal Hakak, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.Â
-The Utes and Huskies will be meeting for the third-straight year in the Pac-12 Tournament with UW taking the previous encounters. After losing 4-0 in 2015, Utah battled before falling 4-3 in 2016. After dropping the doubles point last season, Micevski, McGuiness and Egbert Weverink picked up singles victories. Little fell to Hakak in the final singles match, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, preventing the Utes from advancing.
- Micevski paces the Utes with 15 wins in dual match play this year. Shaniyan (14-2), Joe Woolley (14-8), Little (12-3), Weverink (9-5) and McGuiness (9-6) all have winning records this season.
- Â In doubles action, Micevski and Weverink have combined for the most wins (6) with Santiago Sierra and Woolley owning a 5-4 mark while Little and McGuiness are unbeaten after pairing again on Senior Day.Â
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