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Men's Tennis Beats Out BYU 5-2
2/18/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 18, 2002
FRESNO, Calif. - Today's match against BYU pushed the Bulldogs to their limits, as two doubles matches went to tie-breakers and five singles matches went to three sets. Though it was close in doubles, BYU ended up with the point. Hector Almada and Greg Shearer lost to Gert Vilms and Carlos Lozano 8-4. At the No. 2 spot Nick Fustar and Dustin Ilic managed a win against Jeff Olsen and Jeff Harbach 9-7. Alex Krohn and Stefan Suta fell to Erik Nyman and Nicolas Lossee with a tie-breaker 9-8.
In singles, the Bulldogs won all but one of their matches. At the No. 1 position, Nick Fustar battled it out against Vilms in three sets 6-7, 6-4, 6-3. He came from behind to take the second set after losing the first and stayed ahead in the third. Head coach Brad Dancer said of Nick's performance, "He didn't panic. I'm just so impressed with his ability to battle back."
Stefan Suta playing at No. 2, defeated Carlos Lozano in three sets 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. Almada was the last Bulldog to finish, finally beating Erik Nyman 7-6, 6-4, 6-2. Alex Krohn took out Nic Lossee, also in three sets, with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 finish. Dustin Ilic, at the No. 5 spot, was the only Bulldog to lose a singles match, falling 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 to Anton Rudjik. Greg Shearer easily defeated Jeff Harbach 6-1, 6-1.
The Bulldogs will be on the road for their next four matches, meeting up with Texas, SMU, Harvard and Brown. Their next home match will take place Tuesday, March fifth at 2 p.m. at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
Doubles
Vilms/Lozano (BYU) def. Almada/Shearer (FS) 8-4
Fustar/Ilic (FS) def. Olsen/Harbach (BYU) 9-7
Nyman/Lossee (BYU) def. Krohn/Suta (FS) 9-8
Singles
Fustar (FS) def. Vilms (BYU) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
Suta (FS) def. Lozano (BYU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
Almada (FS) def. Nyman (BYU) 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
Krohn (FS) def. Lossee (BYU) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
Rudjik (BYU) def. Ilic (FS) 6-3, 6-3
Shearer (FS) def. Harbach (BYU) 6-1, 6-1
