Tennis Competes in Boise
Utah State men’s tennis team traveled to Boise, Idaho this weekend to compete in the 2010 Boise State Fall Tennis Classic. The team competed for three days, starting on Friday, caompeting against several other schools, including Montana, Montana State and Gonzaga
The tournament was comprised of orange, blue and open single flights as well as orange and blue open doubles flights with consolation rounds for each singles and doubles flights.
Junior Lenny Whiting led the Aggies in singles competition on Friday, advancing to the third round of the singles orange flight. Whiting enjoyed a bye in the first round. He went on to defeat Montana State’s Kenny Dodd, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Whiting takes on Utah’s Alejandro Medenilla Saturday at 10 a.m. USU’s senior Jakob Asplund and sophomore Sven Poslusny advance in the singles blue flight consolation third round.
In doubles action, Asplund and freshman Fredrik Peterson defeated Seattle’s David Kovas and Jordan Prince, 8-3, in the first round of the doubles blue flight. Sophomore Sven Poslusny and senior Alex Thatcher also advanced in the blue flight after a bye in the first round, while Whiting and Thatcher advance to the second round of the orange flight after defeating Gonzaga’sMuzeen Ismath and Levin Guillermo, 8-2.
In Saturday singles competition, senior Jakob Asplund was the sole Aggie to advance to Sunday action. Asplund defeated Air Force’s Alex Grubbs, 6-2, 4-6, 10-5 and Eastern Washington’s Luis Altimires, 6-4, 6-4 in the second and quarterfinal rounds of the singles blue flight consolation. Asplund holds a 4-2 singles record in tournament action so far this fall. In the second round, Poslusny defeated Oregon’s Duncan MacDonald-Korth, 6-3, 5-7, 10-8. However, he then fell to Idaho’s Alex Joitoiu in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.
The USU duo Poslusny and senior Bryan Marchant were lone Aggies in Sunday doubles competition. Poslusny and Marchant defeated Gonzaga’s Scott Sullivan and Zhia Hwa Chong, 8-4, and Montana’s Carl Kuschke and David Cysneiros, 8-5, in the doubles blue flight second and quarterfinal rounds.
Sven Poslusny and Bryan Marchant won the blue doubles flight title on Sunday, against Idaho’s Lachlan Reed and Abid Akbar highlighting Utah State’s final day of action in Boise.
Poslusny and Marchant took the first-place title in the blue doubles flight after defeating Idaho’s Lachlan Reed and Abid Akbar, 8-5, and Air Force’s Lance Wilhelm and Andy Jackson, 8-6, in the semifinal and final rounds. With the wins, Poslusny and Marchant improved to a perfect 4-0 doubles record this season.
Men’s tennis will compete in more pre-season competition this weekend. The Salt Lake City invitational will be held Oct. 14-16.
– kayla.clark@aggiemail.usu.edu