Feb. 5, 2006

Utah State's men's tennis team swept the Idaho Vandals here on Sunday. The Aggies are now hold a 3-4 record.

In doubles action the Aggies took the No. 1 spot with Johannes Zelle and Joao Pinho defeating Timothy Huynh and Uriah Jones 8-4. The Vandals bounced back winning the No. 2 spot with John Hieb and Anthony Karlovic defeating Dantley Young and Jonas Tyden 8-4. In the No. 3 spot the Aggies defeated the Vandals 8-3 with Bryan Marchant and Lukas Bouton defeating Joel Trudel and Ned Hayley 8-3.

In singles action the Aggies won five of their six matches. Sophomore Johannes Zelle took the No. 1 spot against the Vandals winning Timothy Huynh 6-3, 6-4. In a tie-breaker and the No. 2 spot Joao Pinho defeated Anthony Karlovic 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. The Vandals only win in the singles matches was at the No. 3 spot with John Hieb defeating JJ Netto 6-3, 6-4.

At the No. 5 spot in singles freshman Bryan Marchant only allowed one point defeating Joel Trudel 6-0, 6-1.

"Our team played hard and focused hard," said head coach Christian Wright. "We played steady tennis and got another win."

The Aggies will play on Feb. 8 in Logan against Weber State. The match will begin at 1 p.m.

UTAH STATE 6, IDAHO 1

Doubles:

#1- Johannes Zelle/Joao Pinho (USU) def. Timothy Huynh/Uriah Jones 8-4

#2- John Hieb/Anthony Karlovic (Idaho) def. Dantley Young/Jonas Tyden 8-4

#3- Bryan Marchant/Lukas Bouton (USU) def. Joel Trudel/Ned Hayley 8-3

Singles:

#1-Johannes Zelle (USU) def. Timothy Huynh 6-3, 6-4

#2-Joao Pinho (USU) def. Anthony Karlovic 6-3, 1-6, 6-2

#3- John Hieb (Idaho) def. JJ Netto 6-3, 6-4

#4- Dantley Young (USU) def. Paulo Miranda 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

#5- Bryan Marchant (USU) def. Joel Trudel 6-0, 6-1

#6- Jonas Tyden (USU) def. Ned Hayley 6-1, 6-3