Falcons Drop 5-2 Decision to Weber State
    Air Force falls to 1-8 this season

    Freshman Cody Hall won the No. 2 singles match Sunday
    Freshman Cody Hall won the No. 2 singles match Sunday

    Feb. 22, 2009

    The Air Force men's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to the Weber State Wildcats Sunday at the Academy. With the victory, Weber State improved to 4-4 this season, while the Falcons fell to 1-8.

    Despite an exciting, come-from-behind 9-7 victory by junior Brett Rodgers and sophomore Taylor Soster at No. 2 doubles, the Wildcats won the doubles point with wins at the other two spots.

    In singles play, WSU's Henning Hipp gave the Wildcats a 2-0 lead with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Rodgers at the No. 3 position, but the Falcons battled back with the next two wins. Soster downed Spencer Marchant, 6-2, 7-5, at No. 4, then freshman Cody Hall rallied from losing the first set in a tiebreaker (7-4), to win the next two sets, 6-0, 7-5 against Simon Unger at No. 2.

    With the team score tied at 2-all, the match of the day finished up at the No. 1 position between Air Force's Austin Francis and WSU's Sascha Kiehne. Francis won the first set, 6-2, while Kiehne took the second, 6-3, then outlasted Francis 11-9 in the third-set tiebreaker to give the Wildcats a 3-2 lead. Travis Covington clinched the match for WSU with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over sophomore Alex Beaussart at the No. 6 spot.

    The Falcons are back in action next Friday, Feb. 27 against the University of Oregon at the Academy, beginning at 10 a.m.

    Weber State 5, Air Force 2
    Feb. 22, 2009 at USAFA, Colo.

    Singles
    1. Sascha Kiehne (WSU) def. Austin Francis, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(9)
    2. Cody Hall (AF) def. Simon Unger, 6-7(4), 6-0, 7-5
    3. Henning Hipp (WSU) def. Brett Rodgers, 6-2, 6-4
    4. Taylor Soster (AF) def. Spencer Marchant, 6-2, 7-5
    5. Chris Williams (WSU) def. James Tomlin, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
    6. Travis Covington (WSU) def. Alex Beaussart, 6-1, 6-4
    Order of Finish: 3, 4, 2, 1, 6, 5

     

     

    Doubles
    1. Kiehne / Unger (WSU) def. Francis / Hall, 8-6
    2. Rodgers / Soster (AF) def. Hipp / Covington, 9-7
    3. Marchant / Williams (WSU) def. Tomlin / Will Brown, 8-5
    Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
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