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Midland, Texas/Laguna Niguel, Calif. – Utah State freshman Isaac Arevalo Gómez defeated New Mexico's Dominic West 6-2, 6-3 in the singles final at the Midland Invitational in Midland, Texas, on Sunday, becoming the first Aggie since Tomas Cosmai in 2014 to capture a fall tournament title.

"Isaac showed terrific poise and determination all weekend," said third-year head coach James Wilson. "Today's match was probably his best of the tournament. He has a bright future and I look forward to seeing him develop. As a whole, we competed well and it was a productive weekend. We still have a long ways to go and many things to improve on."

In all, Arevalo Gómez went 5-0 in singles play this weekend to start his Aggie career. The start is the best for an Aggie freshman since Tanner Dance went 3-1 in 2009.

In other singles action, junior Duro Opacic won the first set over UTSA's Kai Breitbach 7-5, but couldn't hold on as he fell in the next two sets 3-6, 9-11. Sophomore Jose Carvajal also won the first set over UTSA's Javier Gonzalez 6-4, but fell in a pair of tiebreaks in the the final two 6-7, 6-10. 

In the extra doubles matches, Carvajal and Rithvik Bollipalli beat UTSA's Juri Reckow and Gonzalez 8-5.

At the ITF Futures Tournament, sophomore Felipe Acosta faced Canada's Jonathan Sorbo in the round of 32, losing the first set 4-6 only to come back and win the second set 6-2. The third and final set was a tight one as Acosta lost by a break, 5-7. 

Utah State men's tennis continues its 2018 fall season next weekend at the BYU Invitational from Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 20-22. They will also be competing in the ITF Futures Tournament in Fountain Valley, Calif.

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RESULTS - MIDLAND INVITATIONAL
SIngles
Finals
Isaac Arevalo Gómez (USU) def. Dominic West (New Mexico) 6-2, 6-3

Singles
Extra Matches
Juri Reckow (UTSA) def. Rithvik Bollipalli (USU) 6-3, 7-5
Kai Breitbach (UTSA) def. Duro Opacic (USU) 5-7, 6-3, 11-9
Javier Gonzalez (UTSA) def. Jose Carvajal (USU) 4-6, 7-6, 10-6

Doubles
Extra Matches
Jose Carvajal/Rithvik Bollipalli (USU) def. Juri Reckow/Javier Gonzalez (UTSA) 8-5


RESULTS - ITF FUTURES TOURNAMENT
Singles
Round of 32
Jonathan Sorbo (Canada) def. Felipe Acosta (Canada) 4-6, 6-2, 5-7

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