SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Utah men's tennis team returns to the Eccles Tennis Center this week for three home matches against San Francisco on Thursday, California on Saturday and Stanford on Sunday for Senior Day.
The Utes match against San Francisco will start at 4 p.m. MT on Thursday, April 4 followed by its Saturday match against Cal at 2 p.m. MT. The Utes wrap up with the weekend with their final home match of the season where they will honor seniors
Dan Little,
David Micevski and
Joe Woolley, taking on Stanford at 2 p.m. MT on Sunday, April 7.
All three matches will be streamed live on UtahUtes.com with live updates available on Twitter (@UtahTennis) and Instagram (@UtahTennis). A full set of results and a recap will be on UtahUtes.com following the completion of each match.
The Utes are coming off a huge win where they took down No. 31 Oregon on the road, 4-2. Utah is 14-7 overall this season and has one player ranked in the top-125 in the latest ITA Rankings with Little coming in at No. 54.
Utah took the doubles point against the Ducks with wins from
Azat Hankuliyev and Little on court two and
Russell Benkaim and Woolley on court three, but Oregon was able to regain the lead with two quick singles victories on courts three and four.
Heading into court five,
Mathias Gavelin tied the match score 2-2 with a key 6-3, 6-4 win over Ethan Young-Smith before Woolley battled to a three-set win (6-2, 3-6, 6-3) on court six to make it 3-2. It came down to Little at No. 1 singles with the London, England, native claiming his fifth ranked win of the season, beating No. 125 Emmanuel Coste 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to give the Utes the 4-2 win.
The senior trio of Little, Micevski and Woolley have put together spectacular careers, combining for over 200-plus singles wins during their time as Utes. All three have put together winning records this season with Little leading the way at 20-6 while closing in on 90 career wins (89 entering this week).
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