April 18, 2008

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Utah State's men's tennis team fell, 6-1, to UC Santa Barbara Thursday here at Liberty Park.

In the No.2 singles match, sophomore Oscar Ericsson defeated Bijan Hejazi, 6-3, 6-4. Senior Jonas Tyden battled UC Santa Barbara's Max Taylor but lost, 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 4 singles match. At the No. 6 match, Matt Braithwaite fell to Taylor Chavez Goggin, 5-7, 6-4, 1-0, 10-4.

In doubles play, Jacob Asplund and Fernando Gallegos were defeated by Philip Therp and Hejazi 8-5. At the No. 2 seat, Tyden and Ericsson lost to Alexander Konigsfeldt and Josh Finkelstein, 8-6.

Utah State concludes its regular season with a 6-13 record, and will return to action on April 24-27 when it travels to Las Cruces, N.M., to compete in the 2008 Western Athletic Conference Tournament.

UC Santa Barbara 6, Utah State 1
Singles
1. Philip Therp (UCSB) def. Jakob Asplund (USU) 4-6, 7-6, 1-0, (12-10)
2. Oscar Ericsson (USU) def. Bijan Hejazi (UCSB) 6-3, 6-4
3. Alexander Konigsfeldt (UCSB) def. Fernando Gallegos (USU) 6-4, 6-0
4. Max Taylor (UCSB) def. Jonas Tyden (USU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Josh Finkelstein (UCSB) def. Matt Searle (USU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Taylor Chavez Goggin (UCSB) def. Matt Braithwaite (USU) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0, (10-4)
Doubles
1. Therp/Hejazi (UCSB) def. Asplund/Gallegos (USU) 8-5
2. Konigsfeldt/Finkelstein (UCSB) def. Tyden/ Ericsson (USU) 8-6
3. Hui/ Dalskov (UCSB) def. Braithwaite/Thatcher (USU) 8-3