Aztec Men's Tennis Falls To BYU, 4-3

Jan. 28, 2000

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State men's tennis team came up short against 47th-ranked Brigham Young in a Mountain West Conference match at SDSU today. The Aztecs are now 0-2, while the Cougars in the MWC clinch their first win for the season. The Aztecs are now 0-2, 0-1, and BYU is 1-0, 1-0 in conference.

The Cougars took the doubles point defeating each of the Aztec doubles teams. SDSU's Oliver Maiberger and Adam Webster played in the No. 1 doubles position losing a close match to BYU's Damien Ward and Gert Vilms, 8-6. Aztecs Travis Hasson and Dan Castro played in the No. 2 doubles spot losing to Nic Losee and Carlos Lozano, 8-5. Playing for BYU, David White and Anton Rudjuk dropped Sean Walker and Blair O'Hara, 8-3 in the No. 3 doubles position.

In singles, both teams took three of the six matches. Maiberger led the Aztecs in singles by defeating Vilms in the No. 2 spot, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2. Hasson defeated Lozano in the No. 3 spot, 6-3, 6-2 with the last SDSU win in the No. 5 position by Castro's defeat over White, 7-5, 7-6 (8-6).

The Aztecs will return to the SDSU courts on Sunday 1:30 p.m. for a match against University of Pacific.

January 27, 2000
College Men's Tennis
No. 47 Brigham Young at No. 54 San Diego State
at SDSU East Courts

FINAL SCORE
BYU 4SDSU 3

SINGLES (One point for each match)
No. 1 Damien Ward (BYU) def. Adam Webster (SDSU) 7-5, 6-4
No. 2 Oliver Maiberger (SDSU) def. Gert Vilms (BYU) 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 Travis Hasson (SDSU) def. Carlos Lozano (BYU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 Nic Losee (BYU) def. Sean Walker (SDSU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 Dan Castro (SDSU) def. David White (BYU) 7-5, 7-6, (8-6)
No. 6 Michael Faust (BYU) def. Blair O'Hara (SDSU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

DOUBLES (BYU wins doubles point, 3-0)
No. 1 Ward/Vilms (BYU) def. Maiberger/Webster 6-8
No. 2 Losee/Lozano (BYU) def. Hasson/Castro 8-5
No. 3 White/Rudjuk (BYU) def. Walker/O'Hara 8-3