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M. Tennis Overcome by Utah State, 5-2

The Redhawks will also face Utah and Weber State this weekend.

M. Tennis Overcome by Utah State, 5-2M. Tennis Overcome by Utah State, 5-2
Seattle University men’s tennis (2-4) earned two singles wins but it was not enough to overcome the deficit as they fell to Utah State, 5-2.

In doubles play, Fredrik Peterson/Sean Levesque of USU earned the first doubles win before Kevin Lynch (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Jason Bediones (Kent, Wash.) earned a 6-5 win at No. 1 doubles. Utah State earned the doubles point as Matt Sweet/Sebastian Schneider came away with the final victory at No. 2 doubles.

Down 1-0, Will Topp (Olympia, Wash.) defeated Marcus Fritz at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-3, to tie the score, but the Aggies answered back with four straight singles victories to lead, 5-1.

Connor Leahy (Portland, Ore.) defeated Connor Wearmouth, 3-6, 6-1, 10-1, at No. 6 singles but it wasn’t enough to make a comeback as the Redhawks fell, 5-2.

Seattle U continues competition on the weekend at Utah on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 5 p.m. and Weber State on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 9 a.m.

Doubles
No. 1 – Kevin Lynch/Jason Bediones def. Dennis Baumgartner/Marcus Fritz, 6-5
No. 2 – Matt Sweet/Sebastian Schneider def. Will Topp/Zach Kosanke, 6-2
No. 3 – Fredrik Peterson/Sean Levesque def. Riley Newman/Connor Leahy, 6-4|
Order of Finish: 3,1,2

Singles
No. 1 – Dennis Baumgartner def. Kevin Lynch, 6-4, 6-5
No. 2 – Will Topp def. Marcus Fritz, 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 – Fredrik Peterson def. Zach Kosanke, 6-3, 6-5
No. 4 – Sebastian Schneider def. Ian Clare, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 – Matt Sweet def. Riley Newman, 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 – Connor Leahy def. Curran Wearmouth, 3-6, 6-1, 10-1
Order of Finish: 2,1,3,4,5,6