Cougars Defeat College Of Desert, 5-2

PALM SPRINGS -- With their seventh victory in a row, the BYU men's tennis team defeated the College of Desert, 5-2, in Palm Springs, California on Saturday afternoon. The win improves the Cougars to 7-4 on the season.

In probably the toughest doubles point of the year, BYU's Carlos Lozano and Gert Vilms were involved in a rare defeat, losing to Rodrigo Gorelli and Carlos Palencia. 8-3. At No. the 2 and No. 3 spots, the Cougars won the doubles point by winning in two tie-breakers. Anton Rudjuk and Jeff Harbach defeated Martin Aldersson and Richard Dichek, 9-8 and Jeff Olsen and Eric Nyman defeated Kuni Minoto and Jamie Maxwell, also 9-8.

"We started off by winning doubles, but had to save about six match points to do it," said BYU coach Jim Osborne. "We won in two tie-breakers, and we were down at least three points in each."

BYU won at the two, three, four and six spots to get the 5-2 victory. The Cougars open up Mountain West Conference play next week when they host New Mexico, Air Force and Utah on March 22, 23 and 24.

RESULTS:        BYU  5	   College of Desert  2
Doubles:
#1 Gorelli/Palencia def. Vilms/Lozano   8-3   CD
#2 Rudjuk/Harbach def. Aldersson/Dichek 9-8   BYU
#3 Olsen/Nyman def. Minoto/Maxwell      9-8   BYU
Singles:
#1 Rodrigo Gorelli def. Gert Vilms      6-2, 4-6, 6-0  CD
#2 Carlos Lozano def. Carlos Palencia   6-2, 7-6       BYU
#3 Eric Nyman def. Kuni Minoto          6-3, 6-0       BYU
#4 Michale Gysens def. Richard Dichek   7-5, 6-4       BYU
#5 Afebio Minozi def. Jeff Harbach      7-5, 7-6       CD
#6 Matt Stohl def. Jamie Maxwell        6-3, 6-3       BYU