USU Men’s Tennis Ranked #2 in Final ITA Mountain Region Poll

USU Men’s Tennis Ranked #2 in Final ITA Mountain Region Poll

LOGAN, Utah-Monday, Utah State’s men’s tennis program ended the season ranked #2 in the Mountain Region as the final polls on the season were released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Three teams from Utah took the top three spots in the poll as Utah was ranked #1  and BYU was ranked #3.

The top 10 poll saw UNLV finish the season at #4, New Mexico was #5, New Mexico State finished #6, Denver was #7, Nevada finished at #8, Idaho ended the season at #9 and Northern Arizona was ranked at #10.

Individually, decorated Aggies senior Jaime Barajas finished #4 in singles in the Mountain region and sophomore Sergiu Bucur finished ranked #10.

Utah State finished the season at 19-9, including a perfect 7-0 mark in conference play and captured the Mountain West regular season and tournament titles.

The season was punctuated by a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year while they lost to the #8 Texas Christian Horned Frogs at Fort Worth, Texas in the first round.

Barajas was the best individual player on the Aggies’ roster, going 25-11 in singles play on the season.