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Miron Mann played at the No. 3 singles and downed BYU's Chip Hand in the Utes' 4-3 victory over the Cougars.
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April 30, 2004
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The University of Utah men's tennis team, seeded No. 5, upset No. 4 seeded BYU 4-3 in the first round of the MWC Championships on Thursday, April 29 at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego.
The Cougars claimed the one point lead by sweeping 2 of 3 doubles matches. However, the Utes came back in the singles with four victories. Tomasz Gryzb defeated Richard Dasek (7-6 (5), 6-3) at the No. 2. Miron Mann picked up a (6-4, 6-4) win over Chip Hand at the No. 3 and Jason Yap downed Ivan Kokurin (6-3, 6-1) at the No. 5. At the No. 6, Ryan Scott crushed Alonso Medina (6-1, 6-1).
In the second round, the Utes will battle No. 1 seeded New Mexico on Friday, April 30 at 11:00 a.m.
BYU 3, Utah 4
DOUBLES: 1.Nyman/Roshan def. Brateanu/Mann 8-6 2.Coutts/Grzyb vs. Dasek/Kaufhold 7-6 DNF 3.Hand/Medina def. Scott/Yap 8-4
SINGLES: 1. Erik Nyman def. Roeland Brateanu 6-2, 6-3 2. Tomasz Grzyb def. Richard Dasek 7-6(5), 6-3 3. Miron Mann def. Chip Hand 6-4, 6-4 4. Nima Roshan def. Nick Coutts 7-5, 6-3 5. Jason Yap def. Ivan Kokurin 6-3, 6-1 6. Ryan Scott def. Alonso Medina 6-1, 6-1
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