Utah State Men's Tennis Loses to Oregon, 6-1 

EUGENE, Oregon — Utah State men's tennis lost, 6-1 at Oregon on Friday in the team's opening match of the 2023 dual match season. 

The Ducks took the early lead in the match by securing the doubles point with a 6-4 victory at the first position, and a 6-2 victory for the second position. Seniors Javier Ruiz and Roko Savin took the third position win with a score of 6-4. 

The Aggies fought hard in singles play as senior David Cierny lost at the first position in a pair of tiebreak defeats. On court six, Ruiz took a first set tiebreak win 7-6 (8-6). Second-set losses at the first, second, third, and fourth positions gave Oregon the ability to take the match.  

Utah State concluded the match with one point as junior transfer Stijn Paardekooper defeated Oregon's Ivalio Keremedchiev, 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8) at the third position.  

The Aggies will stay on the road in Oregon to play Portland on Sunday, January 22nd at 11 am (MST). 

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RESULTS 
Utah State 1, Oregon 6 
Eugene, Oregon 

Doubles 
1. Joshua Charlton/Quinn Vandecasteele (UO) def. David Cierny/Bodin Zarkovic (USU) 6-4  
2. Ivailo Keremedchiev/Ray Lo (OU) def. Stijn Paardekooper/Nuno Pinheiro (USU) 6-2  
3. Javier Ruiz/Roko Savin (USU) vs. Vlad Breazu/Jesper Klov-Nilsson (UO) 6-4 

Singles 

1. Charlton (OU) def. Cierny (USU) 7-6 (13-11), 7-6 (7-2) 
2. Vandecasteele (OU) def. Zarkovic (USU) 6-0, 6-3 
3. Paardekooper (USU) def. Keremedchiev (UO) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8) 
4. Klov-Nilsson (OU) def. Pinheiro (USU) 6-0, 6-3 
5. Breazu (OU) def. Savin (USU) 6-2, 6-3 
6. Lo (OU) def. Ruiz (USU) 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 1-0 (10-5) 

Match Notes 
Utah State: 0-1 
Oregon: 1-0 
Order of Finish - Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,4,5,3,6,1)