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Show StatesmanSports Page 10 Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 Lady Ags swept by Univ. of Utah in Salt Lake beat USU freshman Jennifer Johnson in straight sets 6-1, ByMATTSONNENBERG 6-2. staff writer Utah State's struggles continued in doubles play dropThe Utah State women's ping all three pairings. Utah tennis team was beat 7-0 State has now been swept in Saturday against the No. 66doubles play in each of their ranked University of Utah. seven losses this season. Utah The match featured a State's No. 1 doubles team reuniting of three current of Harris and Strickland fell Aggies with former teammates, Erin Monson and Dee- to Utah's No. 41-ranked duo of Elizabeth Dee Nelson, Ferris and who are now Kwok, 8-1. competing for the Utes. The Utah's No. two former 2 doubles Aggies, who team of •Two former transferred to Leigh Aggies, Erin the University Walsh and Monson and Dee- Kryuchkova of Utah before the start of the Dee Nelson, now survived a 2007-08 school play for the Utes late rally year, came back USU's •Monson swept her by to haunt their Britney singles match and Watts and former teamNelson recorded a Swenson for mates. an 8-5 win. Monson win, as well. Monson logged one also posted of two sweep a win against her old team victories of the match over former teammate and current in No. 3 doubles, teaming up with Andrea Maughan for an Aggie Bridgetle Strickland in 8-2 victory over USU's Taylor No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-0. Perry and Jennifer Johnson. The Utes' other sweep in The loss pushes Utah State's singles play came in the No. 2 pairing, where Utah's Emily current streak to six losses AGGIE F R E S H M A N JAKOB A S P L U N D serves during a match Saturday at the Sports Academy and Racquet Club in Logan. Asplund, and drops their record to 2-7 USU's No. I singles player lost to Nevada's Laurent Garcin.The Aggies lost 5-2 overall.The only two wins game from sophomore Oscar Kwok defeated Utah State's on the season. The Aggies Hailey Swenson, 6-0, 6-0. Ericsson in No. 2 singles and senior Fernando Gallegos in the No. 3 spot. Utah State falls to 2-8 on the season.The Wolf Pack won their secUtah State's Brianna Harris return to action Saturday at ond match of the year moving to 2-4 on the season. TYLER LARSEN photo home against Nevada. fell in No. 1 singles to the -matt, sonn@aggietnail.usu.edu Utah's Evgenia Kryuchkova 6-2, 6-2, in what ended up being the closest singles pairing of the day. In No. 6 singles, Nelson f//( KI1OW USU men's tennis loses 5-2 against Nevada at home By MICHAEL ALLEY staff writer STD testing, providing birth control, condoms, emergency contraception, The USU men's tennis team lost against conference opponent Nevada in Logan Saturday morning by a score of 5-2. With the loss, the Aggies' record dropped to 2-8, while the Wolfpack improved to 2-4 on the season. "The competition is tough, and everyone needs to play their best to win," Aggie freshman Jakob Asplund said. He played in the No. 1 singles spot and had earned a 4-1 lead in the first set but eventually lost the match to Nevada sophomore Laurent Garcin 7-5, 6-2. "I got a bit stiff, and he got better and better," Asplund said after the comeback. "I had my chances, but he controlled the tempo." The two USU winners on the day were sophomore Oscar Ericsson in the No. 2 spot and senior Fernando Gallegos in the No. 3 spot. Ericsson defeated his opponent, Nevada junior Benjamin David, in convincing fashion with a score of 6-2, 6-0. There was a moment of disagreement, however, early in the second set when a dispute over a match point halted the game for several minutes as the two players, along with coaches and officials, argued about the rules at the net. Ericsson was given the win and later explained that it was the second time that match David didn't agree with the score. "He was already upset," Ericsson said. "He was just a bit off today." When second set had finished, the two met at the net and shook hands per tennis etiquette. The handshake wasn't satisfactory in the eyes of Nevada head coach Chad Stoloff, who was watching from the balcony and immediately ordered David to approach Ericsson again and reshake his hand. Gallegos also won in two sets outlasting Nevada's Augustin Myard 6-2, 6-2. After his match, Gallegos said, "The key against him was staying calm. He likes hitting the ball and lost his mind during the first set. That was an advantage for me." In other singles action, Aggie senior Jonas Tyden lost in three sets at the No. 4 spot, 7-5. 3-6, 6-1. Matt Searle and Matt Braithwaite ended the day's events with losses for the Aggies. Nevada bested Utah State in doubles competition as well, winning two of ' three matches. Tyden and Asplund won their match against David and Guerin Smith 8-5 in the double No. 1 match, but the duo of Ericsson and Gallegos fell 8-2 to Garcin and Myard. Braithwaite and Searle also camel up short in their doubles match, losing 8-3. Men's tennis ERICSSON will next face Idaho State in Pocatello on Tuesday, Feb. 26, after which they're back home Friday against Weber State at the Sports Academy and Racquet Club in Logan. 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The Rockets cruised from there. It was Jackson's debut for Houston after he was traded from New Orleans on Thursday. Tyrus Thomas led the Bulls with 18 points, and Kirk Hinrich had 10 points and 10 assists. Pistons 116, Suns 86 PHOENIX (AP) — Rasheed Wallace scored 22 points in 26 minutes to lead six Detroit players in double figures, and the Pistons embarrassed Shaquille O'Neal and the Phoenix Suns. Richard Hamilton had 18 points and Chauncey Billups 14 points and 11 assists, and Antonio McDyess 12 points and 13 rebounds. Jarvis Hayes added a season-high 18 as Detroit easily ended the Suns' 11-game winning streak against Eastern Conference foes. Phoenix lost to a team from the East for only the third time in 25 tries. The most one-sided loss of the season left the Suns 1-2 since O'Neal started playing for Phoenix on Wednesday. O'Neal, who turns 36 in two weeks, had seven points and 11 rebounds in 34 minutes and was l-for-8 from the foul line. Amare Stoudemire scored 31 for Phoenix. Leandro Barbosa added 18. Celtics 112, Trail Blazers 102 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Paul Pierce scored 30 points and the Boston Celtics rebounded from a slow start to snap a three-game losing streak. The Celtics trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half, but gained control in the second when the Blazers struggled without guard Brandon Roy. Roy, an All-Star reserve and last season's Rookie of the Year, left for the locker room in the third quarter. The team said he had aggravated a right ankle sprain. |