Box Score LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Utah State men's tennis wrapped up play at the Larry Easley Memorial Classic this weekend, competing in several close three-set matches and picking up a few solid wins in singles and doubles play.
Sophomore
Emmanuel Alex led the Aggies with two singles victories, beating Northern Arizona's Jakub Volesky, 6-4, 6-4, and coming back to defeat Ivan Perisic, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3. He also battled in a tight three-set loss to Vincent Vohl, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4.
Sophomore
Eemil Pasanen added a straight-set win over Kai Mills, 6-3, 6-2, and took Daniels Tens to three sets before falling 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. Junior
Keanu Rigby also pushed two matches to the wire, winning the first set against Tens before losing 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, and dropping a close 7-6, 6-4 match to Mills.
Freshman
Eliot Nobel fought through two three-set matches of his own, going 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 against Noa Tcherniack and 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 versus Takumi Katsuda.
In doubles, Nobel and Alex teamed up for two wins, defeating Tcherniack and Volesky, 6-4, and Perisic and Tens, 6-2.
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LARRY EASLEY MEMORIAL CLASSIC
Las Vegas, Nevada
Frank and Vicki Fertitta Tennis Complex
Nov. 2-4
Doubles
Nobel/Alex (USU) def. Tcherniack/Volesky (NAU) 6-4
Katsuda/Voht (NAU) Pasanen/Rigby (USU) 6-4
Perisic/Tens (NAU) def. Pasanen/Rigby (USU) 6-2
Katsuda/Vohl (NAU) def. Nobel/Alex (USU) 6-2
Nobel/Alex (USU) def. Perisic/Tens (NAU) 6-2
Tcherniack/Volesky (NAU) def. Pasanen/Rigby (USU) 7-5
Singles
Noa Tcherniack (NAU) def.
Eliot Nobel (USU) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
Emmanuel Alex (USU) def. Jakub Volesky (NAU) 6-4, 6-4
Ivan Perisic (NAU) def.
Eemil Pasanen (USU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
Daniels Tens (NAU) def.
Keanu Rigby (USU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Jakub Volesky (NAU) def.
Eliot Nobel (USU) 6-3, 7-5
Emmanuel Alex (USU) def. Ivan Perisic (NAU) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
Eemil Pasanen (USU) def. Kai Mills (NAU) 6-3, 6-2
Vincent Vohl (NAU) def.
Keanu Rigby (USU) 6-2, 6-2
Takumi Katsuda (NAU) def.
Eliot Nobel (USU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Vincent Vohl (NAU) def.
Emmanuel Alex (USU) 7-5, 6-7, 6-4
Daniels Tens (NAU) def.
Eemil Pasanen (USU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Kai Mills (NAU) def.
Keanu Rigby (USU) 7-6, 6-4
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