March 12, 2004

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Hungsoon Park recorded the lone singles win for Utah State as the Aggies lost 6-1 at UC Santa Barbara in men's tennis action here Friday. The Aggies fell to 7-8 with the loss and finished their California road trip with a 1-2 mark. UCSB improved to 6-4.

Park posted an easy 6-1, 6-2 victory at number one singles as he improved his record to 9-6 this spring and 14-9 overall. The junior has won four straight matches.

All of the singles matches lasted just two sets. Ryan Bair pushed Matthew Coin to a tie-breaker at number five singles before losing 6-1, 7-5. In doubles, Bair teammed with Lucas Bouton and nearly pulled off a victory at number two, losing 9-8.

Earlier this week Utah State defeated Westmont College 7-0 and lost to Cal Poly 5-2. USU will be off until traveling to Boise State on April 3. While in Boise, the Aggies will also meet Gonzaga on April 4.

UC SANTA BARBARA 6, UTAH STATE 1

Singles#1 - Hungsoon Park (USU) def. Alex Anselme, 6-1, 6-2#2 - Nicholas Brotman (UCSB) def. Roshan Rasekhi, 6-0, 6-1#3 - Elad Stern (UCSB) def. Hannes Schenk, 6-4, 6-2#4 - Mike Placek (UCSB) def. Jason Trask, 6-2, 6-1#5 - Matthew Coin (UCSB) def. Ryan Bair, 6-1, 7-5#6 - Nicholas Edlefsen (UCSB) def. Tyler Bastian, 6-2, 6-4
Doubles#1 - Anseume/Placek (UCSB) def. Park/Trask, 8-5#2 - Brotman/Chris Wetzig (UCSB) def. Lucas Bouton/Bair, 9-8#3 - Stern/Coin (UCSB) def. Rasekhi/Schenk, 8-4