April 9, 2008

OGDEN, Utah - Utah State men's tennis fell to Weber State, 7-0, Wednesday in Ogden,. The Aggies fall to 5-12 on the season as the Wildcats improve to 8-7.

This is the third time USU and WSU have gone head-to-head this season, and Weber State is 3-0 in the series this year.

Freshman Jakob Asplund and senior Fernando Gallegos won the Aggies only match, winning at No. 1 doubles, 8-4, against Sascha Kiehne and Fabio Mancarella. Utah State fell at No. 2 and 3 doubles giving Weber State the double point.

In singles sophomore Alex Thatcher battled to three sets, but fell to WSU's Spencer Marchant, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, in the No. 6 spot.

The Aggies will continue action Friday, April 11 when they host Northern Colorado at the Sports Academy and Racquet Club in Logan at 1 p.m. This will be USU's final home match of the season.

Weber State 7, Utah State 0

Singles
1. Henning Hipp (WSU) def. Oscar Ericsson (USU), 6-2, 6-4
2. Fabio Mancarella (WSU) def. Jakob Asplund (USU), 6-3, 6-4
3. Sascha Kiehne (WSU) def. Fernando Gallegos (USU), 6-1, 6-2
4. Nick Plum (WSU) def. Jonas Tyden (USU), 6-3, 6-4
5. Chris Williams (WSU) def. Matt Searle (USU), 6-0, 6-2
6. Spencer Marchant (WSU) def. Alex Thatcher (USU), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Doubles
1. Asplund/Gallegos (USU) def. Kiehne/Mancarella, (WSU), 8-4
2. Hipp/Plum (WSU) def. Ericsson/Thatcher, (USU), 8-2
3. Marchant/Ryan Garner (WSU) def. Tyden/Matt Braithwaite, (USU), 8-6