April 24, 2004

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Utah State men's tennis dropped its opening round match of the Big West Tournament to Pacific, 4-0 late Friday, but rebounded Saturday afternoon to record a 4-2 win against UC Riverside in consolation play.

UC Riverside grabbed the early lead by capturing the doubles point. The No. 1 team of Brent Davis and Norman Tam eked out an 8-6 victory over Hungsoon Park and Jason Trask. The Highlanders also won at No. 2 as Giancarlo Cava and Jordan Leo recorded an 8-5 victory against Hannes Schenk and Lucas Bouton.

The Aggies captured four of the five singles points to take the match. Park registered a 6-2, 6-1 win over Tam at No. 1 singles, while No. 2 player Schenk busted loose for a 6-4, 6-1 win over Davis. Trask enjoyed a 6-1, 6-2 win over Leo at the No. 3 spot. USU senior Ryan Bair emerged the victor against Caesar Regaliza in a close match, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Cava picked up UCR's lone singles point as he topped Bouton in a three-set tangle, 6-0, 2-6, 6-3.

Utah State moves to 10-12 while UC Riverside ends its season at 1-20. The Aggies battle Idaho for fifth place on Sunday at 9:00 a.m.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS
UTAH STATE 4, UC RIVERSIDE 2
DOUBLES1. Davis/Tam (UCR) def. Park/Trask      8-62. Cava/Leo (UCR) def. Schenk/Bouton    8-53. Bair/Bastian (USU) vs. Owens/Regaliza    DNF
SINGLES1. Hungsoon Park (USU) def. Norman Tam      6-2, 6-12. Hannes Schenk (USU) def. Brent Davis      6-4, 6-13. Jason Trask (USU) def. Jordan Leo   6-1, 6-24. Tyler Bastian (USU) vs. Jeremy Owens  DNF5. Ryan Bair (USU) def. Caesar Regaliza  7-6 (3), 6-46. Giancarlo Cava (UCR) def. Lucas Bouton   6-0, 2-6, 6-3
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT RESULTS
PACIFIC 4, UTAH STATE 0
DOUBLES1. Trask/Park (USU) vs. Maack/Otte                          DNF2. Duong/Zdravkovic (PAC) def. Schenk/Bouton        8-33. Sigurdsson/Black (PAC) vs. Bair/Bastian      8-0
SINGLES1. Hungsoon Park (USU) vs. Lennart Maack                DNF2. Arnar Sigurdsson (PAC) def. Hannes Schenk         6-1, 6-03. Jason Trask (USU) vs. Michael Duong                 DNF4. Vladimir Zdravkovic (PAC) vs. Tyler Bastian       6-1, 6-05. Ryan Bair (USU) vs. Niclas Otte                       DNF6. Tyler Black (PAC) def. Lucas Bouton                  6-2, 6-0