March 19, 2010
PROVO, Utah - The 58th ranked University of San Diego men's tennis team were knocked off Friday afternoon, 6-1, by nationally-ranked Brigham Young University at the host site of the BYU Tennis Complex.
San Diego drops its fourth straight, falling to an overall mark of 7-6, while the Cougars improve to an impressive 14-3.
Once again, the bright spot for the Toreros was Nikola Bubnic, who played at Court #1 for the third consecutive match. The 100th ranked player in the nation tallied his eleventh win of the season with a straight set triumph of Thomas Shubert. Bubnic also grabbed his doubles decision along side teammate Charl Wolmarans, with an 8-6 defeat of a familiar face in Shubert, who partnered with Georgy Batrakov at Court #1.
San Diego will try and break its skid with its second consecutive contest against a Mountain West Conference foe. The Toreros are set to take on Utah in Salt Lake City tomorrow, as the match is slated to kick off at 12 p.m PT.
#35 BYU 6, #58 USD 1
Friday, March 19, 2010
BYU Tennis Complex
Doubles
1. Bubnic/Wolmarans (USD) def. Shubert/Batrakov (BYU) - 8-6
2. Mears/Smith (BYU) def. Powers/Visy (USD) - 8-6
3. Urbina/Hwang (BYU) def. Hashem/Schive (USD) - 8-4
BYU wins doubles point.
Singles
1. #100 Nikola Bubnic (USD) def. Thomas Shubert (BYU) - 6-4, 6-3
2. Evan Urbina (BYU) def. Charl Wolmarans (USD) - 7-5, 4-1 (ret.)
3. Cassidy Mears (BYU) def. Thibaut Visy (USD) - 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
4. Georgy Batrakov (BYU) def. Nils Schive (USD) - 6-2, 7-5
5. Spencer Smith (BYU) def. Abdullah Hashem (USD) - 6-2, 6-2
6. Michael Eraso (BYU) def. Casey Powers (USD) - 7-5, 6-2
BYU wins match, 6-1.
