LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Utah State men's tennis began its final fall tournament on Friday at the Loyola Marymount Invitational.

In singles, the Aggie netters faced opponents from Loyola Marymount. Sophomore Felipe Acosta led the way for the Aggies after a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Lucas Moreno. Junior Duro Opacic went up against Nick Borchenko, winning 6-4, 6-4. Freshman Daniel Bushamuka edged out a win against Ryan Brown, 6-2, 7-5. Freshman Mitch Johnson went up against Cartier Juan, losing the first set, 5-7, and came back to win the final two sets, 7-6, 7-6 (7-4). Freshman Isaac Arevalo Gómez faced Lukas Moenter and came back from a 4-6 first set loss. He would go on to win the second set, 7-5, but the final set went to Moenter, 6-1. Freshman Rithvik Bollipalli had a tight match against Max Kaiser, but lost 4-6, 4-6. Junior Sergiu Bucur also lost in straight sets to Diego Nava, 3-6, 2-6.

In doubles action against Utah, the duo of Arevalo Gómez and Bollipalli defeated Russell Benkaim and Randy Cory, who are ranked No. 56 in the ITA's preseason national doubles rankings, 8-5, while Opacic and Acosta fell to Dan Little and Azat Hankuliyev, 8-0. The other duo that competed was Johnson and Bushamuka, falling short to Slava Shainyan and Mathias Gavelin, 8-5.

Action continues for the Aggies on Saturday as they will compete against Nevada in doubles play beginning at 10 a.m. MT, while they will face Utah at 1 p.m. MT, in singles action.

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RESULTS
Singles
Lukas Moenter (LMU) def. Isaac Arevalo Gómez (USU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
Felipe Acosta (USU) def. Lucas Moreno (LMU) 6-4, 6-0 
Duro Opacic (USU) def. Nick Borchenko (LMU) 6-4, 6-4 
Diego Nava (LMU) def. Sergiu Bucur (USU) 6-3, 6-2 
Max Kaiser (LMU) def. Rithvik Bollipalli (USU) 6-4, 6-4 
Mitch Johnson (USU) def. Cartier Juan (LMU) 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) 
Daniel Bushamuka (USU) def. Ryan Brown (LMU) 6-2, 7-5

Doubles
Isaac Arevalo Gómez/Rithvik Bollipalli (USU) def. Russell Benkaim/Randy Cory (Utah) 8-5 
Dan Little/Azat Hankuliyev (Utah) def. Duro Opacic/Felipe Acosta (USU) 8-0 
Slava Shainyan/Mathias Gavelin (Utah) def. Mitch Johnson/Daniel Bushamuka (USU) 8-5

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