PALO ALTO, Calif. – The Utah men's tennis team closed out the ITA Kickoff weekend with a 4-0 loss to Oregon Saturday morning.
The Ducks picked up wins at the No. 2 and No. 1 spots claiming the doubles point advantage.
In singles play, Oregon picked up wins in the No. 4, No. 2 and No. 5 spots to clinch the win.
At the No. 3 spot, Lorenzo Esquici won his first set 6-2 and was up 5-4 in his second set before remaining unfinished. Freshman, AJ Deem won his first set 6-4 and was up 4-3 in his second before it was left unfinished at the No. 6 spot.
Dante Teramo dropped his first set and was up 5-4 in his second on the brink of forcing a third before it was also left unfinished.
Utah is now 0-2 overall on the season.
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The Utes will host Idaho State Thursday, Jan. 29 before hosting NAU Sunday, Feb. 1. Utah will then hit the road to take on Denver and Montana in Denver Feb. 6-7.
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FINAL RESULTS
Oregon 4, Utah 0
DOUBLES
1) M. Burton/Mouseca (ORE) d. Huss/Teramo (UTAH) 6-4
2) Cameron Burton/Robertson (ORE) d. Esquici/Terziev (UTAH) 6-4
3) Breazu/Declan Galligan (ORE) led Deem/Potter (UTAH) 5-3, unfinished
Order of Finish: 2, 1
SINGLES
1) Vlad Breazu (ORE) led Dante Teramo (UTAH) 6-0, 4-5, unfinished
2) Pierre Mouesca (ORE) d. Emmett Potter (UTAH) 6-2, 6-1
3) Lorenzo Esquici (UTAH) led Sam Olszakowski (ORE) 6-2, 5-4, unfinished
4) Matthew Burton (ORE) d. Simeon Terziev (UTAH) 6-3, 6-1
5) Lachlan Robertson (ORE) d. Balthazar Huss (UTAH) 6-4, 6-0
6) A.J. Deem (UTAH) d. Russell Soohoo (ORE) 6-4, 4-3, unfinished
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 5