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MWC Court Notes
SDSU (32), New Mexico (56) and BYU (61) are ranked.
April 16, 2003
Complete Release in PDF Format
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The 2003 Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis Championship will be hosted by BYU in Provo, Utah. All six men's teams will compete in the straight-draw team event for the conference title April 24-26. First-round losers shall move to the consolation bracket and first-round winners to the championship bracket in the single-elimination event. Player of the Week New Mexico senior Brent Salazar has been named Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week. This is his first career weekly honor.
Salazar recorded a 3-0 record in singles and doubles play on the week, helping No. 56 New Mexico to victories over conference opponents Utah and Air Force. In the Lobo 4-3 win over the Utes, Salazar beat Tomasz Grzyb at No. 4 singles, 6-7, 7-6, 10-4. He also teamed with Ryan Stotland (No. 32 duo in the nation) to defeat Roeland Brateanu and Nick Coutts at No. 1 doubles, 8-5. Against Air Force, Salazar beat Jeff Olsen in straight sets (6-4, 6-3) at the No. 4 position, and partnered with Stotland to defeat No. 34 Carlos Lozano and Erik Nyman at No. 1 doubles, 8-4. He closed out the weekend beating Air Force's Chris Dong, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4 singles and, again with Stotland, defeating Eric Pittman and Tyler McClung at No. 1 doubles, 8-6.
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