April 12, 2005

LOGAN, Utah - Utah State University's men's tennis team beat the Idaho State Bengals here on Tuesday, 4-3. With the win, the Aggies continue their longest winning streak of the season, three matches, and improve to 8-11.

Utah State went down 1-0 early in the match as they dropped the No. 1 and 2 doubles matches. The Aggies re-grouped and came out strong in singles play. Joao Pinho took the No. 1 match 6-1, 6-2. Hannes Schenk came out strong at No. 2 and took the first set 6-4, lost the second set 1-6, and kept the third set close, but lost 4-6.

Roshan Rasekhi, Brad Ferguson and Dantley Young all won their matches at No. 4, 5 and 6 in two sets. Ferguson continues to lead the team this spring with 13 wins.

The Aggies head to Ogden Wednesday were they will take on the Weber State Wildcats at 2 p.m. In their last meeting on February 1, Utah State beat Weber at home, 6-1.

UTAH STATE 4, IDAHO STATE 3
Singles:No. 1 Joao Pinho (USU) def. Ivan Moferdin 6-1, 6-2No. 2 Marc Pijoan (ISU) def. Hannes Schenk 6-4, 1-6, 4-6No. 3 Roshan Rasekhi (USU) def. Danilkovich 6-4, 6-3No. 4 Brad Ferguson (USU) def. Pablo Garces 6-4, 6-1No. 5 Dantley Young (USU) def. Masimba Ruwo 6-2, 7-6No. 6 Jemre Okoh (ISU) def. Jonas Tyden 6-3, 6-1
Doubles:No. 1 Pijoan/Rasekhi (ISU) def. Pinho/Rasekhi 8-6No. 2 Ruwo/Okoh (ISU) def. Young/Banks 9-8 (2)No. 3 Schenk/Ferguson (USU) def. Garces/Sakamoto 8-5