'Dogs wrap up ASU Invitational

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Fresno State men's tennis team finished the ASU Invitational with a 4-1 loss to Loyola Marymount on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs also faced Arizona State in singles play, falling 4-0.

Fresno State falls to 7-4 on the season.

AGAINST LMU

Doubles – The Lions took the doubles point, to take a 1-0 lead into singles play.

Cagatay Soke and Xander Veys fell at the No. 2 position 6-4. At the No. 1 position, Cem Erturk and Zdenek Derkas defeated their opponents 7-5.

The doubles point came down to court #3. Youssef Hassan and Mantas Bugailiskis fell to their opponents in a tiebreaker 7-6 (6), securing the doubles point for the Lions.

Singles – LMU took a 2-0 lead when Erutrk fell 6-4, 6-2.

The 'Dogs earned their only point of the match at the No. 2 position when Jeremy Moser defeated his opponent in straight sets 6-4, 6-4.

Erturk fell to his opponent at the No. 6 position in three sets 6-1, 1-6, 7-5.

The match was clinched at the No. 1 position when Bugailiskis was bested nby his opponent 6-4, 6-4.

The matches at the No. 3 and No. 4 positions were left unfinished.

RESULTS:

Doubles Finishes

Erturk/Derkas (FRES) def. Boyce/Moenter (LMU) 7-5
Borchenko/Diaz Freire (LMU) def. Soke/Veys (FRES), 6-4
Smith/Nava (LMU) def. Hassan/Bugailiskis (FRES), 7-6 (8-6)

Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles Finishes

Diaz Freire (LMU) def. Bugailiskis (FRES), 6-4 6-4
vs. Moser (FRES) def. Moreno (LMU), 6-4, 6-4
Moenter (LMU) vs. Veys (FRES), 7-6 3-4 SUSP
Smith (LMU) vs. Derkas (FRES), 7-6 5-5 SUSP
Boyce (LMU) def. Soke (FRES), 6-4 6-2
Borchenko (LMU) def. Erturk (FRES) 6-1, 1-6, 7-5

Order of Finish: 5, 2, 6, 1

AGAINST ASU

The 'Dogs and the Sun Devils only played singles, left out leaving out the doubles portion of the match.

Bugailiskis fell at the No. 1 position to No. 70 Geerts 6-2, 6-1. At the No. 2 position, Derkas fell to No. 90 Rakotomalala. Soke was bested at the No. 4 position 7-6, 6-1.

The match was clinched at the No. 3 position when Moser was bested in three sets 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

The matches at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions were left unfinished.

RESULTS:

Geerts (ASU) def. Bugailiskis (FRES), 6-2 6-1
Rakotomalala (ASU) def. Derkas (FRES), 6-1 6-2
Hannestad (ASU) vs. Moser (FRES), 4-6 6-2 6-4
Ruehl (ASU) def. Soke (FRES), 7-6 6-1
Wright (ASU) vs. Erturk (FRES), 6-4 1-6 4-1 SUSP
Kirkman (ASU) vs. Osorio (FRES), 6-3 4-6 1-1 SUSP

Order of Finish 1, 2, 4, 3

What's next – The 'Dogs will travel to face San Diego on Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. PT.

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Youssef Hassan

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