Boise State
No. 45 Boise State Upends No. 56 Mustangs, 5-2
3/10/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
BOISE, ID – The 45th-ranked Boise State Broncos defeated the 56th-ranked Mustangs, 5-2, in a non-conference men's tennis match Saturday afternoon in Boise, Idaho.
The loss snaps an eight-match winning streak for Cal Poly (8-4) while Boise State improves to 12-5.
The Mustangs opened the match on the right note, winning the doubles point. The duo of Andre Dome and Matt Fawcett defeated James Meredith and Nathan Sereke, 8-6 on the first court while Jordan Bridge and Brian McPhee secured the point with an 8-6 win over Damian Hume and Scott Sears on the second.
BSU's Andy Bettles and Filipp Pogoskin defeated Marco Comuzzo and Jurgen De Jager, 8-5, on the third court.
Dome kept things going in the Mustangs favor when singles began with a straight-set, 6-1, 6-0 win over Meredith on the first court. Dome entered the match ranked 25th while Meredith was ranked 60th.
The win gave the Mustangs a 2-0 advantage, but it would be the last point the Mustangs would score.
McPhee, playing on the second court, won the first set (6-4), but Hume would come back to the next two and the match, 6-1 and 6-2.
The rest of the matches were all decided in straight-sets.
Tennis Match Results
Cal Poly vs Boise State
Mar 10, 2012 at Boise, ID
#45 Boise State 5, #56 Cal Poly 2
Singles competition
1. #25 Andre Dome (CP) def. #60 James Meredith (BSU) 6-1, 6-0
2. Damian Hume (BSU) def. Brian McPhee (CP) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
3. Andy Bettles (BSU) def. Jordan Bridge (CP) 7-5, 6-1
4. Nathan Sereke (BSU) def. Marco Comuzzo (CP) 6-2, 6-4
5. Filipp Pogoskin (BSU) def. Jurgen De Jager (CP) 6-3, 6-2
6. Scott Sears (BSU) def. Sebastian Bell (CP) 7-5, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Andre Dome/Matt Fawcett (CP) def. James Meredith/Nathan Sereke (BSU) 8-6
2. Jordan Bridge/Brian McPhee (CP) def. Damian Hume/Scott Sears (BSU) 8-6
3. Andy Bettles/Filipp Pogoskin (BSU) def. Marco Comuzzo/Jurgen De Jager (CP) 8-5
Match Notes:
Cal Poly 8-4; National ranking #56
Boise State 12-5; National ranking #45
