LEWISTON – The Lewis-Clark State Men’s Tennis team took its first loss at home in a 5-2 contest with NCAA Division I opponent Montana at the LCSC Tennis Center on Friday.
“The match and individual matches were much closer than the scores indicate,” assistant coach Tony Anegon said. “The team is getting more confident in understanding that they can play with just about anybody.”
Daniel Tevez earned a win in No. 6 singles over Josh Watkins 6-3, 6-2. Itaru Kikuchi took the win in No. 2 singles when his opponent had to retire from the match due to an injury.
Nell Rollin pushed his No. 5 singles match to a third-set modified tiebreaker, but took the loss 3-6, 6-3, 10-6.
“The doubles play continues to improve and was very close,” Anegon said. “In singles, the intensity was there until the last point was played. It bodes well for this team moving forward and this match gives the team something to build on.”
All three doubles contests were highly contested. Kikuchi and Matus Rusnak in the No. 1 contest and Rafael Bonnet de Larbogne and Tevez in the No. 3 match both lost 7-5.
RESULTS
Doubles
1. Fernando Perez/Guillermo Martin (UM) def. Itaru Kikuchi/Matus Rusnak (LCSC) 7-5
2. Chris Zhang/Tom Bittner (UM) def. Nell Rollin/Austin Swing (LCSC) 6-3
3. Moritz Stoeger/Baltazar Wiger-Nordas (UM) def. Rafael Bonnet de Larbogne/Daniel Tevez (LCSC) 7-5
Singles
1. Baltazar Wiger-Nordas (UM) def. Matus Rusnak (LCSC) 6-3, 6-0
2. Itaru Kikuchi (LCSC) def. Fernando Perez (UM) 0-6, 4-2 (Inj. – Ret.)
3. Tom Bittner (UM) def. Rafael Bonnet de Larbogne (LCSC) 6-3, 6-1
4. Chris Zhang (UM) def. Austin Swing (LCSC) 6-1, 6-2
5. Dragos Bucurescu (UM) def. Nell Rollin (LCSC) 3-6, 6-3, 10-6
6. Daniel Tevez (LCSC) def. Josh Watkins (UM) 6-3, 6-2
UP NEXT
The Warrior men take on another NCAA Division I opponent when they host Idaho State at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the LCSC Tennis Center.
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