College men’s tennis: UCI edged

Brian Morton and Dontia Haynes posted singles victories for the

Anteaters, but UC Irvine was defeated by visiting BYU, 4-3, in a

nonconference men’s tennis match Wednesday.

Haynes earned a 6-3, 6-2 victory at the No. 5 spot while Morton picked

up his fifth straight win at No. 6 with a 7-6, 6-4 triumph for the

Anteaters (3-5).

Morton teamed with Jon Endrikat to pick up an 8-4 doubles win over

BYU’s Carlos Lozano and Gert Vilms, ranked 10th in doubles by the

Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Morton and Endrikat are ranked 27th.

UCI’s No. 3 doubles team of Haynes and Wkwesi Williams paired to earn

a 9-8 victory with a 7-5 advantage in the tiebreaker.

BYU improves to 2-5.

NONCONFERENCE

BYU 4, UC Irvine 3

Singles - Lumsden (UCI) lost to Lozano, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3; Endrikat (UCI)

lost to Vilms, 6-4, 7-6; O’Connor (UCI) lost to Nyman, 6-3, 7-6; Biorkman

(UCI) lost to Nick Losee, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Haynes (UCI) def. Rudjuk, 6-3,

6-2; Morton (UCI) def. Olsen, 7-6, 6-4.

Doubles - Morton-Endrikat (UCI) def. Lozano-Vilms, 8-4;

O’Connor-Biorkman (UCI) lost to Harbach-Olsen, 8-5; Haynes-Williams (UCI)

def. Nyman-Losee, 9-8 (7-5).