No. 64 BYU Blanks Air Force, 7-0

April 11, 2009

The Air Force men's tennis team dropped its fourth Mountain West Conference match of the season Friday with a 7-0 loss to the 64th-ranked BYU in San Diego, Calif. The Cougars improved to 15-10 overall and 3-2 in the MWC, while the Falcons fell to 7-16 and 0-4 in league play.

BYU took a 1-0 lead by sweeping the three doubles matches. The best match was at the No. 2 position, where BYU's duo of Thomas Shubert and Daniel Hwang defeated Air Force junior Brett Rodgers and sophomore Taylor Soster, 8-6.

The Cougars won all six singles matches in straight sets, including a 6-3, 6-2 victory by Roman Warias over junior Austin Francis at the No. 1 spot.

The Falcons wrap up their regular season on Saturday, April 11 against TCU at 8 a.m.

#64 BYU 7, Air Force 0
April 10, 2009 @ San Diego, Calif.

Singles
1. Roman Warias (BYU) def. Austin Francis, 6-3, 6-2
2. Evan Urbina (BYU) def. Cody Hall, 6-0, 6-2
3. Thomas Shubert (BYU) def. Brett Rodgers, 6-0, 6-1
4. Cassidy Mears (BYU) def. Taylor Soster, 6-0, 6-1
5. Georgy Batrakov (BYU) def. Johnny Buckingham, 6-0, 6-0
6. Daniel Hwang (BYU) def. James Tomlin, 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
1. Warias / A.J. Young (BYU) def. Francis / Tomlin, 8-2
2. Shubert / Hwang (BYU) def. Rodgers / Soster, 8-6
3. Mears / Urbina (BYU) def. Buckingham / Will Brown, 8-1

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Players Mentioned

Will Brown

Johnny Buckingham

Austin Francis

Cody Hall

Brett Rodgers

Taylor Soster

James Tomlin

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