Melissa Valenzuela hits a backhand in the Sacramento vs. Portland women's tennis game.

Katrina Zheltova chases down a ball in the Sacramento vs. Portland women's tennis game.

Aileen Tsan, sophomore, tosses the ball and sets up her serve against Weber State Saturday morning at Rio Del Oro Racquet Club.

Men's tennis drops match to Utah 4-2

Wind restricts the meeting to singles matches

By: Cameron Ross

Posted: 3/2/08

The Sacramento State men's tennis team fell to Utah 4-2 on Sunday. The wind prevented the teams from having doubles play.

Freshman Kiryl Harbatsiuk and sophomore Anton Stryhas were the only Hornets with victories.

Harbatsiuk beat Miron Mann, 6-0, 6-2, while Stryhas beat Othman Zerouali-Oua 6-2, 6-2.

Sophomore Holden Ching held on for three sets against Jason Smits and junior Sven-David Rueff battled to a 6-7 loss in his first set.

The Hornets concluded their fourth match in five days. They are in the midst of 12 straight away matches and face San Francisco at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 7, in San Francisco.

Cameron Ross can be reached at cross@statehornet.com