Feb. 3, 2004
Pocatello, ID- -The Idaho State men's tennis team improved its record to 1-1 on the season after defeating Utah State 4-3 Tuesday at Reed Gym in Pocatello. The Bengals swept the doubles matches and won three of the six singles matches to snag the win.
Butch Stavridis won the No. 2 singles over Utah State's Hung Soo Park 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3). Winning No. 4 singles was ISU's Marc Pijoan. Pijoan defeated USU's Hannes Schenk 6-3, 7-6 (7-5). Maximbo Ruwo defeated Utah State's Lukas Bouton 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 6 singles spot.
Hestian Stoica teamed up with Ivan Moferdin at No. 1 doubles to defeat USU's Park and Schenk 8-6. Stavridis and Pijoan defeated Utah State's Ryan Bair and Bouton 8-1, and at No. 3 doubles, Ryo Sakamoto and Pablo Garces defeated USU's Jason Trask and Roshan Rasekhi 9-8.
Singles
#1 Hung Sooh Park (USU) d. Hestian Stoica (ISU), 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3)
#2 Ioannis Stavridis (ISU) d. Roshan Rasekhi (USU), 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
#3 Jason Trask (USU) d. Ivan Moferdin (ISU), 6-2, 6-3
#4 Marc Pijoan (ISU) d. Hannes Schenk (USU), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
#5 Jonah Nelson (USU) d. Jemre Okoh (ISU), 6-4, 6-7 (7-3),
#6 Maximbo Ruwo (ISU) d. Lukas Bouton (USU), 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
#1 Stoica/Moferdin (ISU) d. Park/Schenk (USU), 8-6
#2 Stavridis/Pijoan (ISU) d. Bouton/Bair (USU), 8-1
#3 Sakamoto/Garces (ISU) d. Trask/Rasekhi (USU), 9-8
