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Show Statesman Sports Page 12 Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 Men's tennis splits two games in Vegas, women drop home opening match best of Zauere in a tiebreaker to win the final set 7-6, as well as log another point for the Aggies. No. 2 singles held a similar storyline as the No. 1 pairing, just not a similar result, as USU's West fell in three sets to the Bulldogs' Mehndiratta, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6. Commenting on the two thrillers at the top of the singles pairings, assistant coach Lukas Bouton said, "They both fought hard and had to try to find ways to win. I'm very proud of the way they played, not unhappy at all and it's something you can use going into the future." The Aggies also got victories in the No. 3 and No. 6 singles pairings from Kristina Voytsekhovich and Britney Watts, both coming in straight sets. A split of singles pairings ended up being just short of what USU needed for a victory. "In a match like this, where we split the singles matches three and three, the doubles point ended up deciding the match," Bouton said. "In close matches that can be the decider." When speaking of how close the match was in the end, Bouton said: "I told the girls there was probably 1,000 points played today and it came down to about two of them. Basically it doesn't get any closer than that as far as who wins and who loses." The women have a week and a half off before returning to action at home against Weber State University on Feb. 10. The men's team opened up its weekend trip Friday against UNLV, falling by a 7-0 sweep at the hand of the Rebels. The Aggies did have a bright spot against UNLV in the No. 2 singles pair- By MATT SONNENBERG assistant sports editor Utah State men's and women's tennis teams were both in action over the weekend, with the men traveling to Las Vegas to take on UNLV and Northern Arizona, while the women stayed home in Logan to face the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Saturday's match for the women was their home opener and second match overall on the season after starting off their schedule with a road victory over Idaho State last week. The home opener didn't hold as favorable of a result for the USU women, as Gonzaga held off a solid Aggie effort for a 4-3 win. USU got off to a bit of a rocky start, as the Aggies dropped two out of three doubles matches to Gonzaga to give the Bulldogs an early 1-0 lead in team points. While the Aggies' pair of Hailey Swenson and Jaclyn West were able to secure an 8-7 victory in the No. 1 doubles pairing, USU lost by a final of 8-4 in No. 2 doubles and 8-2 in No. 3 doubles. Singles play was highlighted by hardfought battles by both Swenson and West, but just one of those matches yielded a favorable result for the Aggies. Swenson battled Gonzaga's Kristina Zauere for nearly three hours in the No. 1 singles pairing, and West's match against Gonzaga's Rika Mehndiratta lasted just as long. Swenson dropped the first set to Zauere 3-6, then bounced back strong in the second set to win 6-3 to set up a third and final set to decide the match. Swenson finally got the ing, as the duo of Sven Poslusny and Amit Maharaj teamed up to defeat Attila Toth and Matthew Kunkel, 8-6. Poslusny played and continued to play well for the Aggies throughout the early part of his freshman season. In singles play, UNLV players won all six matchups in straight-set victories to complete the 7-0 sweep for the No. 73 ranked team in the nation. The men didn't wait long before bouncing back Saturday with a 5-2 win against Northern Arizona. Despite losing two out of three doubles matchups for the second straight day, with the Aggies' lone win coming again from Poslusny and Maharaj, USU came out with the upper hand in five out of six singles pairings against the Lumberjacks of NAU. Utah State junior Jakob Asplund set the tone for the team in No. 1 singles with a third-set victory over NAU's Andrew Reiff, 6-7, 7-6, 10-7. Poslusny followed up Asplund with a win at No. 2 singles over fellow German native Patrick Schimmelbauer in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. The Aggies also got straight-set victories from Maharaj and Nikita Ryashchenko at the No. 5 and No. 6 singles slots, while Bryan Marchant battled through three sets to grind out a victory at No. 3 singles. Splitting the two matches over the weekend puts the Aggie men at a 2-3 record on the season. Next weekend they will have another double-header in Boise against UTAH STATE'S HAILEY SWENSON makes a backhand Lewis and Clark State and the Broncos of return during her match in USU's home-opening tennis match against Boise State. Gonzaga Saturday. Swenson won her singles match, but the Aggies — matt.sonn@aggiemail.usu.edu Hockey: Aggies cruise against Weber State and UNC continued from page 8 perfect on the penalty-kill throughout the game, something Eccles complimented. "We've got fast, great skaters," Eccles said. "They're disciplined. We were getting the puck out deep into their zone and were tracking it down." Mistelbacher echoed those opinions on the penalty-kill, simply saying, "We shut them down." Friday's game was the last scheduled meeting between the two teams this season and the 8-2 win put the Aggie's record against Weber State at 4-1 for the year. Saturday vs. Northern Colorado (ACHA) in terms of scoring. With a total of 38 goals, Mistelbacher ranks third in scoring on the season in all of D2 ACHA hockey, behind Samuel Wheeler of Northwestern University (46) and Michael Zenzola of University of Nevada-Las Vegas (39). Mistelbacher is tied with Kentucky's Tony Valerino (38), though Valerino has played two fewer games than Mistelbacher this season. There are 187 teams nationwide in D2 ACHA hockey, and Mistelbacher is behind six players in the entire league in goals per game at 1.44. "He's just on a tear right now," head coach Jon Eccles said, "but he's on a line where we've got some good guys feeding him the puck and setting him up. But he's a natural goal scorer." Mistelbacher scored the first goal of the game in the first period and another in the second. UNC, trailing by three after two, managed to get one by USU goaltender Dan Cornelius in the third and held USU scoreless until the :15 mark. As a matter of fact, Eccles identified Cornelius as the standout player of the game for his excellent performance in the nets. Eccles said the goal that Cornelius allowed was practically impossible to defend. "He played well," Eccles said. "The goal they scored on him was a redirect. It got deflected. It might have even gone off of one of our guys, but Dan played a great game." The save statistics from this game tell much about the pace and flow of the game in addition to how dominant Cornelius was. Cornelius had 22 saves on 23 shots made against his goal. By contrast, UNC's goalie, Phil Tereyla, made 41 saves on 44 shots. Utah State was able to not only maintain possession of the puck and move it around in ultimately fell by a 4-3 final. CODY GOCHNOUR photo the offensive zone much more easily than their opponent, but also denied UNC any room offensively. "We're playing well with team defense," Eccles said. "Everyone's getting back and helping. Our defensemen are chipping the puck out. We're getting good breakouts, and we're also getting enough people back to help. We're doing well in the neutral zone, tying it up and creating turnovers." In a desperate attempt to generate some offense and hopefully deadlock the game at three apiece, UNC pulled its goalie at the end of the third period, artificially creating the power play for the Bears. The plan backfired. USU was able to swipe the puck from UNC and made a beeline straight for the open net at the other end of the ice. Jeremy Martin controlled the puck and dished it to Billy Gouthro. Gouthro, in turn, got it to David Wyman, who sunk the puck into the open net with 15 seconds remaining in the game, sealing the win for the Aggies. Also scoring in this game for USU besides Mistelbacher and Wyman was Jeremy Moore. Moore's first-period goal put the Aggies ahead by two. Utah State will next head to Colorado to take on Denver University, a top-10 team in the region, and Metro State. USU's next home game will be Friday, Feb. 19, when Denver University visits the Eccles Ice Center in the final game of the regular season for USU. The puck drops at 7:05 p.m. — matt.sonn@aggiemail.usu.edu Tyler Mistelbacher continued his offensively potent season Saturday night against the University of Northern Colorado (UNC), scoring twice and leading USU hockey to a 4-1 win. Mistelbacher is separating himself from the field in Division 2 of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Great Summer Jobs in California for the largest family-owned pest control company in the US. 100% commissions up-front. Gas & cell phones paid. USU FORWARD BILLY GOUTHRO gathers the puck as the Aggies break out of the defensive zone during Saturday's 4-I victory over the University of Northern Colorado. The Aggies outscored their opponents 12-3 over the weekend's games against UNC and Weber State. CODY GOCHNOUR photo Check out ClassifiedAdS www.clarksummerjobs.com or call now 877-899-1205 401111111111111111* CLARK gm. 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