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The BYU men's team went four-for-four in doubles play Wednesday.   BYU Photo/Kenny Crookston

HONOLULU (Nov. 11, 2009) –Another day at the Hawaii Invitational brought more wins for the BYU men’s tennis team over athletes from UH. The Cougars improved on their first-round doubles finish, ending the day with victories in all four pairs matches. The team also tallied seven-of-eight singles matches for the second consecutive day.

Daniel Hwang and Roman Warias handily defeated their opponents 8-1 while Cassidy Mears and Thomas Shubert rebounded from Tuesday’s loss with an 8-3 victory over Jeremy Tweedt and Craig Faulk.

BYU tandem Spencer Smith and Evan Urbina were able to earn the win over Leo Rosenberg and Andreas Weber, 8-6. Georgy Batrakov and Ricardo Campos kept it close put slipped past their challengers 8-7 to complete the Cougar sweep.

In singles play, BYU turned in more commanding performances with six players notching straight-set victories. Batrakov won his first set 6-1 before falling 2-6 in the second. The sophomore eventually pulled out the three-set win, the Cougars’ seventh on the day.

Andreas Weber was the only Warrior to record a win with a 6-3, 7-6 defeat of Evan Urbina.

The tournament will conclude Thursday at the UH Tennis Complex. Competition begins at 3 p.m. HT.

						Singles 
Thomas Shubert (BYU) def. Leo Rosenberg (UH) 6-3, 6-3
Andreas Weber (UH) def. Evan Urbina (BYU) 6-3,7-6
Georgy Batrakov (BYU) def. Jeremy Tweedt (UH) 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
Cassidy Mears (BYU) def. Philip Eberhard (UH) 6-4, 6-3
Roman Warias (BYU) def. Dymtro Kovalyov (UH) 6-4, 6-4
Spencer Smith (BYU) def. Daniel Llarenas (UH) 6-4, 6-4
Daniel Hwang (BYU) def. Chad Rubin (UH) 6-0,6-4
Michael Eraso (BYU) def. Craig Faulk (UH) 6-0,6-2
 
Doubles 
Smith/Urbina (BYU) def. Rosenberg/Weber (UH) 8-6
Mears/Shubert (BYU) def. Tweedt/Faulk (UH) 8-3
Campos/Batrakov (BYU) def. Eberhard/Llarenas (UH) 8-7
Hwang/Warias (BYU) def. Kovalyov/Rubin (UH) 8-1