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Men's Tennis
vs Utah Invitational
Wednesday, April 25
Ojai, CA
1:00 PM
University of Utah
4
vs
2
Arizona
Photo by: Steve C. Wilson
Utes Bow Out of Pac-12 Championships
4/25/2018 6:44 PM | Men's Tennis
Utah beaten by Arizona, 4-2
OJAI, Calif. – Utah lost to Arizona, 4-2, on the first day of the 2018 Pac-12 Men's Tennis Tournament. The Utes took the doubles point to grab an early lead before dropping four of five singles matches.
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The Utah pairings of Russell Benkaim and Randy Cory, as well as Joe Woolley and Egbert Weverink, each won their doubles matches by identical 6-4 scores to grab an early edge.
Singles play started well for the Utes as Randy Cory rolled past Jonas Maier, 6-1, 7-5 to give his team a 2-0 lead. Unfortunately, the excitement was short-lived. Filip Malbasic defeated senior Egbert Weverink, 6-3, 6-2 and Aaron Pollanen evened the match with a 6-2, 6-3 win over David Micevski.
It was another straight-set loss on the main court as Dan Little was knocked off by Igor Karpovets, 6-4, 6-4. Despite falling behind, 3-2, Utah still had cause for optimism with leads on the final two courts.
Despite early advantages, the Utes surrendered leads on courts No. 6 and No. 3. Slava Shainyan lost the second set of his match and trailed 5-2 in the third frame. However, he rallied and was serving to tie the set, before ultimately bowing out to Trent Botha, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Utah will now await its fate as to whether or not it will qualify for the NCAA Championships. The Utes closed the regular season with a No. 38 national ranking and 19-9 overall record.
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Results
Singles
Igor Karpovets (ARIZ) def. Dan Little (UTAH) 6-4, 6-4
Aaro Pollanen (ARIZ) def. David Micevski (UTAH) 6-2, 6-3
Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) vs. Santiago Sierra (UTAH) 4-6, 6-4, 2-2, unf.
Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) def. Egbert Weverink (UTAH) 6-3, 6-2
Randy Cory (UTAH) def. Jonas Maier (ARIZ) 6-1, 7-5
Trent Botha (ARIZ) def. Slava Shainyan (UTAH) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Order: 5,4,2,1,6
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Doubles
Russell Benkaim/Randy Cory (UTAH) def. Igor Karpovets/Aaro Pollanen (ARIZ) 6-4
Joe Woolley/Egbert Weverink (UTAH) def. Jonas Maier/Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) 6-4
Carlos Hassey/Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) vs. Dan Little/Azat Hankuliyev (UTAH) 4-4, unf.
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The Utah pairings of Russell Benkaim and Randy Cory, as well as Joe Woolley and Egbert Weverink, each won their doubles matches by identical 6-4 scores to grab an early edge.
Singles play started well for the Utes as Randy Cory rolled past Jonas Maier, 6-1, 7-5 to give his team a 2-0 lead. Unfortunately, the excitement was short-lived. Filip Malbasic defeated senior Egbert Weverink, 6-3, 6-2 and Aaron Pollanen evened the match with a 6-2, 6-3 win over David Micevski.
It was another straight-set loss on the main court as Dan Little was knocked off by Igor Karpovets, 6-4, 6-4. Despite falling behind, 3-2, Utah still had cause for optimism with leads on the final two courts.
Despite early advantages, the Utes surrendered leads on courts No. 6 and No. 3. Slava Shainyan lost the second set of his match and trailed 5-2 in the third frame. However, he rallied and was serving to tie the set, before ultimately bowing out to Trent Botha, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Utah will now await its fate as to whether or not it will qualify for the NCAA Championships. The Utes closed the regular season with a No. 38 national ranking and 19-9 overall record.
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Results
Singles
Igor Karpovets (ARIZ) def. Dan Little (UTAH) 6-4, 6-4
Aaro Pollanen (ARIZ) def. David Micevski (UTAH) 6-2, 6-3
Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) vs. Santiago Sierra (UTAH) 4-6, 6-4, 2-2, unf.
Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) def. Egbert Weverink (UTAH) 6-3, 6-2
Randy Cory (UTAH) def. Jonas Maier (ARIZ) 6-1, 7-5
Trent Botha (ARIZ) def. Slava Shainyan (UTAH) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Order: 5,4,2,1,6
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Doubles
Russell Benkaim/Randy Cory (UTAH) def. Igor Karpovets/Aaro Pollanen (ARIZ) 6-4
Joe Woolley/Egbert Weverink (UTAH) def. Jonas Maier/Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) 6-4
Carlos Hassey/Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) vs. Dan Little/Azat Hankuliyev (UTAH) 4-4, unf.
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