SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Utah State men's tennis (2-1) lost, 5-2, at San Diego (1-0) on Saturday afternoon in San Diego, Calif., at the Hogan Tennis Center.

"I was impressed with how we competed in some spots, but overall, we were not consistent enough," said head coach James Wilson. "It was a good learning experience for us. We know we can't feel sorry for ourselves and have to be ready for tomorrow."

In doubles, sophomore Felipe Acosta and junior Duro Opacic lost, 2-6, to sophomore David Norfeldt and junior Guus Koevermans at the No. 3 spot. Junior Sergiu Bucur and freshman Rithvik Bollipalli fell to juniors Gui Osorio and Nico Borter, 4-6, at the No. 2 spot. Freshman Isaac Arevalo Gómez and junior Jose Carvajal were down 4-5 to junior Joel Gamerov and sophomore August Holmgren, who are ranked No. 12 in the nation, but the match was left unfinished.

Opacic opened singles play with a straight-set victory at the No. 3 spot, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5), over Borter. Bollipalli won his match at No. 6 singles after winning the first set, 6-3, but losing the second, 5-7. Bollipalli won the match after only dropping one game in the final set, winning 6-1. Arevalo lost, 4-6, 6-7 (3-7), at the No. 1 spot against Holmgren, who is ranked No. 83 in singles. Bucur fell to No. 117 ranked Osorio 2-6, 3-6, while Acosta also fell in straight sets to Gamerov 2-6, 3-6. Carvajal lost his first set, 4-6, to Norfeldt, but won his second set, 6-4. Norfeldt won the third set, 3-6 to capture the victory at the No. 5 spot.

Utah State will wrap up its trip in the Golden State tomorrow at UC Irvine at noon (MT).

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RESULTS
San Diego 5, Utah State 2
Doubles
1. August Holmgren/Joel Gamerov (USD) vs. Jose Carvajal/Isaac Arevalo Gómez (USU) 5-4, unfinished
2. Nico Borter/Gui Osorio (USD) def. Rithvik Bollipalli/Sergiu Bucur (USU) 6-4 
3. Guus Koevermans/David Norfeldt (USD) def. Duro Opacic/Felipe Acosta (USU) 6-2

Singles
1. August Holmgren (USD) def. Isaac Arevalo Gómez (USU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
2. Gui Osorio (USD) def. Sergiu Bucur (USU) 6-2, 6-3 
3. Duro Opacic (USU) def. Nico Borter (USD) 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5) 
4. Joel Gamerov (USD) def. Felipe Acosta (USU) 6-2, 6-3 
5. David Norfeldt (USD) def. Jose Carvajal (USU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 
6. Rithvik Bollipalli (USU) def. Guus Koevermans (USD) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1

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