Men's Tennis Upset At Utah, 4-3

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah ? In its second match against a mountain region opponent in as many days, unranked Utah squeezed out a 4-3 victory over No. 65 Colorado, 4-3, Sunday afternoon in a non-conference men’s tennis match.

The Utes remain unbeaten at 8-0, while the Buffaloes fall to 4-4. CU lost 7-0 to No. 60 BYU on Saturday.

It was a much better showcase for CU on Sunday than 24 hours earlier as the men secured three singles points. Marko Bundalo won his first match of dual spring season at No. 1 singles taking a straight-set winner, 7-6, 6-2; Marcos Digliodo won his fourth dual match in two sets (7-5, 6-3); and Chad Tsuda took a 6-3, 6-4 winner for his fourth win in five outings.

“Give Utah credit, they played a very good match indoors,” said CU head coach Sam Winterbotham. “We just haven’t gotten over the hump. This program is not used to winning; we have the talent and everyone gave the effort today, but we’re just not creating our opportunities to win.”

Colorado travels to the Blue-Gray Intercollegiate, March 10-13 at Montgomery, Ala.

Utah 4, No. 65 Colorado 3
Utah (8-0), Colorado (4-4)
Feb. 27, Salt Lake City, Utah

Singles
1) Marko Bundalo (CU) def. Tomasz Grzyb 7-6, 6-2
2) Zach Ganger (Utah) def. Jan Zelezny 6-2, 6-3

3) Miron Mann (Utah) def. Peter Bjork 7-6, 6-4

4) Nick Coutts (Utah) def. Marek Dvorak 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)

5) Marcos Digliodo (CU) def. Ryan Scott 7-5, 6-3

6) Chad Tsuda (CU) def. Dan Mascall 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
1) Mann/Ganger (Utah) def Tsuda/Digliodo 8-5

2) Coutts/Yap (Utah) def. Bundalo/Bjork 8-5

3) Grzyb/Rifkin (Utah) def. Dvorak/Zelezny 9-8

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