BYU campus briefs
MEN'S TENNIS: Another day at the Hawaii Invitational in Honolulu brought more wins for the BYU men's tennis team over athletes from UH. The Cougars improved on their first-round doubles finish, ending the day with victories in all four pairs matches. The team also tallied seven-of-eight singles matches for the second consecutive day.
Daniel Hwang and Roman Warias handily defeated their opponents 8-1 while Cassidy Mears and Thomas Shubert rebounded from Tuesday's loss with an 8-3 victory over Jeremy Tweedt and Craig Faulk. BYU tandem Spencer Smith and Evan Urbina were able to earn the win over Leo Rosenberg and Andreas Weber, 8-6. Georgy Batrakov and Ricardo Campos kept it close put slipped past their challengers 8-7 to complete the Cougar sweep.
In singles play, BYU turned in more commanding performances with six players notching straight-set victories. Batrakov won his first set 6-1 before falling 2-6 in the second. The sophomore eventually pulled out the three-set win, the Cougars' seventh on the day.
Andreas Weber was the only Warrior to record a win with a 6-3, 7-6 defeat of Evan Urbina.
The tournament will conclude Thursday at the UH Tennis Complex.
Singles
Thomas Shubert (BYU) def. Leo Rosenberg (UH) 6-3, 6-3
Andreas Weber (UH) def. Evan Urbina (BYU) 6-3,7-6
Georgy Batrakov (BYU) def. Jeremy Tweedt (UH) 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
Cassidy Mears (BYU) def. Philip Eberhard (UH) 6-4, 6-3
Roman Warias (BYU) def. Dymtro Kovalyov (UH) 6-4, 6-4
Spencer Smith (BYU) def. Daniel Llarenas (UH) 6-4, 6-4
Daniel Hwang (BYU) def. Chad Rubin (UH) 6-0,6-4
Michael Eraso (BYU) def. Craig Faulk (UH) 6-0,6-2
Doubles
Smith/Urbina (BYU) def. Rosenberg/Weber (UH) 8-6
Mears/Shubert (BYU) def. Tweedt/Faulk (UH) 8-3
Campos/Batrakov (BYU) def. Eberhard/Llarenas (UH) 8-7
Hwang/Warias (BYU) def. Kovalyov/Rubin (UH) 8-1
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