Feb. 11, 2004
Salt Lake City, UT-- Idaho State's men's tennis team fell 6-1 Wednesday night to the University of Utah at the Eccles Tennis Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ioannis Stavridis was the lone Bengal to pick up a victory in the effort.
Playing the No. 2 spot, Stavridis picked up a straight sets victory (6-4, 6-4) over Utah's Tomasz Grzyb. ISU's Hestian Stoica went the distance with Utah's Roeland Brateanu before falling 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.
The Utes swept the double's matches 8-5, 9-8, and 8-3. ISU's Stavridis/Ivan Moferdin gave Utah's Tomasz Grzyb/Ryan Scott a close match before falling 9-8. Utah also picked up five of the six singles matches to get the victory. The Utes improve to 4-1 on the season, while the Bengals fall to 3-2 overall.
ISU's men's tennis squad continues to head farther south, heading to Las Vegas for the UNLV Invitational this weekend.
Singles
#1 Roeland Brateanu (Utah) d. Hestian Stoica (ISU), 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
#2 Ioannis Stavridis (ISU) d. Tomasz Grzyb (Utah), 6-4, 6-4
#3 Jason Yap (Utah) d. Ivan Moferdin (ISU), 6-2, 7-6
#4 Miron Mann (Utah) d. Marc Pijoan (ISU), 6-3, 6-4
#5 Ryan Scott (Utah) d. Pablo Garces (ISU), 6-3, 6-2
#6 Dantley Young (Utah) d. Masimba Ruwo (ISU), 5-7, 7-5 (10-6)
Doubles
#1 Mann/Brateanu (Utah) d. Stoica/Moferdin (ISU), 8-5
#2 Grzyb/Scott (Utah) d. Stavridis/Pijoan (ISU), 9-8
#3 Yap/NickCoutts (Utah) d. Jemre Okoh / Ryo Sakamoto (ISU), 8-3
