MURFREESBORO, Tenn.\u00a0\u2013 The Utah men’s tennis team took on Middle Tennessee on the opening day of the Battle of Boro and fell 4-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Blue Raiders secured the doubles point advantage to start the match off. Middle Tennessee picked up a win at the No. 2 doubles spot to start things off. Then in the No. 1 spot Dante Teramo<\/a> and Balthazar Huss<\/a> took their set into a tiebreak with No. 38 Karim Al-Amin and Ondrej Horak but fell 7-6 (2).<\/p>\n At the No. 3 spot,\u00a0 Aj Deem and Lorenzo Esquici<\/a> were tied at 6-6 and up 2-0 in the tiebreak before being left unfinished.\u00a0<\/p>\n In singles action, the Blue Raiders picked up wins at the No. 3, No. 6 and No. 5 spots to secure the overall victory 4-0 over the Utes.\u00a0<\/p>\n At the No. 1 spot, Teramo dropped his first set 2-6 but won the second set 6-3. He was down 4-2 in the third set to Horak before the match was left unfinished.\u00a0 At the No. 4 spot, Simeon Terziev<\/a> won his first set 7-6 and was down 3-4 in the second before going unfinished.\u00a0<\/p>\n Utah is now 3-5 overall on the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n UP NEXT FOLLOW THE UTES FULL RESULTS SINGLES \u00a0<\/p>\n
\nEmmett Potter<\/a> won his first set 6-4 and was down 5-6 in the second before remaining unfinished at the No. 2 spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe Utes will stay in Murfreesboro, Tenn. to take on Rice Saturday, Feb. 21 and Old Dominion Sunday, Feb. 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nMiddle Tennessee 4, Utah 0
\nDOUBLES
\n1 #38 Kar im Al- Amin and Ondrej Horak (MTSU) def. Balthazar Huss<\/a> and Dante Teramo<\/a> (UU) 7-6 (2)
\n2 Eric Crivei and Jonasz Dziop ak (MTSU) def. Charles Frey<\/a> and Emmett Potter<\/a> (UU) 6-2
\n3 Houston Jacques and Antoine Mayoral (MTSU) vs. AJ Deem<\/a> and Lorenzo Esquici<\/a> (UU) 6-6 (0-2) match was unfinished
\nOrder of Finish: 2, 1<\/p>\n
\n1. Ondrej Horak (MTSU) vs. Dante Teramo<\/a> (UU) 6-2, 3-6, 4-2 match was unfinished\u00a0\u00a0
\n2. Karim Al- Amin (MTSU) vs. Emmett Potter<\/a> (UU) 4-6, 6-5 match was unfinished
\n3. Jonasz Dziopak (MTSU) def . Lorenzo Esquici<\/a> (UU) 6-1, 6-1\u00a0
\n4. Bitan Duran (MTSU) vs. Simeon Terziev<\/a> (UU) 6-7, 4-3 match was unfinished
\n5. Freddy Murray (MTSU) def. Balthazar Huss<\/a> (UU) 7-5,6-4
\n6. Santiago Lora (MTSU) def. AJ Deem<\/a> (UU) 6-4, 6-2\u00a0
\nOrder of Finish: (3,6,5)
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