SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Eastern Washington University men's tennis team was defeated in its first Big Sky Conference match of the 2020 season today (Jan. 24) after falling to the Sacramento State Hornets 5-2 in Sacramento, Calif. The Eagles now have a 0-2 overall record and are 0-1 in the conference while the Hornets advance to 1-1 overall with a 1-0 conference record.
"I liked the level of intensity my players showed today, but we still have work to do," said head coach
Jared Burnham. "We had some good matches. I am happy to come home with the two victories from today."
Official Match Results
Doubles Results
Louis Chabut /Hermont Legaspi def.
Mikayel Khachatryan/
Manuel Balce (7-6)
Carlos Rodriguez/ Anton De La Puente def.
Wout Doumen/
Jeremy Mueller (6-0)
Josh Snowdon-Poole/ Elliot Arnarp def.
Martin Bats/
Erik Grimes (6-0)
Singles Results
Mikayel Khachatryan def. Hermont Legaspi (6-4, 6-7, 10-8)
Josh Snowdon-Poole def.
Manuel Balce (2-6, 6-2, 6-4)
Louis Chabut def.
Jeremy Mueller (6-3, 6-3)
Elliot Arnarp def.
Martin Bats (6-2, 2-6, 6-4)
Wout Doumen def. Anton De La Puente (6-4, 7-6)
Michael Vizcarra def.
Erik Grimes (6-2, 6-2)
After today's match, the Eagles return home to host Whitworth next weekend on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 11 a.m. PT at the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse.
