Schedule
Thursday, Jan. 17
Utah State at Idaho State, Pocatello, Idaho
Saturday, Jan. 19
Texas A&M Corpus Christi at New Mexico State, Las Cruces, N.M.
Seattle U at Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
Sunday, Jan. 20
Idaho at Eastern Washington, Cheney, Wash.
WAC NOTES
DENVER
The University of Denver's men's tennis team won five of their final seven matches to finish the Key Biscayne Invitational ... the Pioneers continued playing tough singles winning three of four matches against LSU ... Enej Bonin (Koper, Slovenia) defeated LSU's Chris Simpson 6-2, 6-3 ... Jens Vorkefeld (Ostercappeln, Germany) beat Tam Trinh 6-2, 6-2 ... the Pioneers will return to the court at the ITA National Indoor Kick-Off on Jan. 26 against Pepperdine.
IDAHO
Last time out, Idaho men's tennis players Abid Akbar and Marius Cirstea closed out the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships with an 8-5 win over Columbia's Winston Lin and Bert Vancura to win their consolation draw ... the Idaho doubles pairing finished the tournament with a 2-1 record after falling in the main draw to a California team and beating a duo from USC in the first round of consolation play ... the Vandals will open up the spring season Jan. 20, at Eastern Washington.
NEW MEXICO STATE
The Aggies head back to the court on Jan. 18, against Texas A&M Corpus Christi at the NM State Tennis Center ... the Aggies concluded fall tournament play with a freshman duo, Daniel Fernandez and Naveen Manivannan teaming up to take the title at the Balloon Fiesta Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M. ... at the ITA Mountain Regionals, freshman Yannick Blank topped his opponent in straight sets (6-3, 7-5) ... sophomore Germain Degardin took three sets to get the win over his competitor (4-6, 6-4, 6-2) ... both Aggies advanced in the back draw on the final day of competition.
SEATTLE U
The Seattle University men's tennis team kicked off its 2013 dual season Friday, taking Gonzaga to the brink before falling by a score of 4-3 at the Amy Yee Tennis Center in Seattle, Wash. ... Zach Kosanke won a 7-5, 6-2 decision in the third singles position over the Bulldogs' Hayden Smith, while Ian Clare brought down Gonzaga's Pablo Mosquera Perez in two sets, winning 6-3, 7-6(7-4) in the sixth spot ... Kevin Lynch nabbed the other Seattle U point by taking Levin Guillermo of Gonzaga to three sets at No. 2 singles ... the Redhawks (0-1) next square off Saturday, Jan. 19 when they travel to Eugene, Ore., to face the Oregon Ducks.
UT ARLINGTON
Freshman Sebastian Erimicioiu, completed in the second round consolation draws of the Ausitn Invitational, where he defeated players from Lamar, UTPA and Baylor giving him his second win of the fall season ... earlier in the tournament, Erimicioiu defeated TCU's Blake Wiggins ... this marks the second weekend in a row the freshman has defeated the cross-town rival ... senior Soren Goritzka defeated Baylor's Mate Zsiga in the single draws and Yauheni Yakauleu also took down a Baylor Bear, defeating Robert Verzeal 7-5, 6-3 ... the Mavs are set to begin the spring season on Jan. 25, at TCU.
UTSA
UTSA closed out competition at the ITA Regional Championships on Sunday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center ... the Roadrunners collected three victories, including two in singles competition ... senior Martin Ayala and freshman Diogo Alves Casa continued their strong fall by posting an 8-3 victory against Lamar's Carl-Philip Lindqvist and Mikko Rajamaki in the doubles round of 32 ... the duo lost its following match and were eliminated from the tournament ... Casa tallied a pair of wins in singles play, including a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Texas' Alex Hillard in the consolation quarterfinals ... UTSA concluded their fall season and will resume play on the tennis courts on Jan. 26, at TCU.
UTAH STATE
Utah State men's tennis opened its spring season with a a 7-0 loss at BYU Saturday, as the Aggies managed only winning one doubles match ... in doubles play, senior Sven Poslusny and partner sophomore Marcus Fritz won the only match for Utah State at the No.1 spot playing against Spencer Smith and Travis Filmore of BYU, 8-7 (8-6) ... Poslusny lost at the No. 1 spot to Kawaka in straight sets (6-3, 6-1) ... BYU's Smith took down Fritz in straight sets (6-4, 6-0) at the No. 2 spot, and Petersen was defeated by Cullimore in straight sets (6-1, 6-3) at the No. 3 spot ... Utah State travels to Pocatello on Thursday, Jan. 17 to take on Idaho State.