HOUSTON, Texas – Utah State men's tennis' (12-5, 1-0 MW) five-match winning streak came to an end as they fell, 4-0, to No. 29 Texas Tech (12-7, 0-0 Big 12) on Friday night at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.
In doubles, freshman Isaac Arevalo Gómez and sophomore Jose Carvajal fell to No. 7 Bjorn Thomson and Parker Wynn, 6-2, while junior Sergiu Bucur and freshman Rithvik Bollipalli lost at the No. 2 spot.
Texas Tech would win the first two completed singles matches against Carvajal and Bollipalli to capture the victory. Arevalo would win his second set at the No. 1 spot, sophomore Felipe Acosta would earn the 6-0 first set sweep at the No. 4 spot and junior Duro Opacic would win his second set at the No. 6 spot. All three of those matches went unfinished.
Utah State will resume action in the 61st Ralph O'Connor Rice Invitational as they will face No. 45 Dartmouth (9-5) tomorrow at 11 a.m. (MT).
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RESULTS
Texas Tech 4, Utah State 0
Doubles
1. #7 Bjorn Thomson/Parker Wynn (TTU) def. Isaac Arevalo Gómez/Jose Carvajal (USU) 6-2
2. Jackson Cobb/Tommy Mylnikov (TTU) def. Sergiu Bucur/Rithvik Bollipalli (USU) 7-5
3. Matheus Leite/Ilgiz Valiev (TTU) vs. Duro Opacic/Felipe Acosta (USU) 5-6, unfinished
Singles
1. Tommy Mylnikov (TTU) vs. Isaac Arevalo Gómez (USU) 6-3, 5-7, 1-4, unfinished
2. Parker Wynn (TTU) def. Jose Carvajal (USU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Ilgiz Valiev (TTU) def. Sergiu Bucur (USU) 6-1, 7-6 (5)
4. Bjorn Thomson (TTU) vs. Felipe Acosta (USU) 0-6, 6-3, 5-6, unfinished
5. Franco Ribero (TTU) def. Rithvik Bollipalli (USU) 7-5, 6-4
6. Matheus Leite (TTU) vs. Duro Opacic (USU) 7-6 (6), 0-6, 0-4, unfinished
Match Notes:
Utah State 12-5
Texas Tech 12-7; National ranking #29
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (2,5)
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