CHENEY, Wash. – The Eastern Washington University men's tennis team hosted Portland State to open Big Sky Conference play and fell 5-2 at the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse in Cheney, Wash. The Eagles sit 0-7 overall and 0-1 in conference play while Portland State improves to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in the conference.

"We played well and fought hard today. We had two great wins today in doubles play and a good performance for Manuel Balce in singles play," said head coach Jared Burnham. "We need to be more consistent with our play moving forward."

The Eagles defeated the Vikings in doubles play with the pairs of Wout Doumen and Erik Sarlvik at No.2 doubles and Jeremy Mueller and Bruno Ortega at No.3, both collecting a 6-4 victory. Along with that, Manuel Balce picked up a singles point at the No.1 singles spot.

Official Match Report

Doubles Results
Edwards/Fortini def. Martin Bats/Manuel Balce (6-4)
Wout Doumen/Erik Sarlvik def. Plutat/Hsu (6-4)
Jeremy Mueller/Bruno Ortega def. Husin/Dimitrijevic (6-4)
 
Singles Results
Manuel Balce def. Fortini (7-6, 6-1)
Edwards def. Martin Bats (6-4, 6-3)
Dimitrijevic def. Wout Doumen (6-3, 2-6, 6-1)
Hsu def. Erik Sarlvik (6-3, 6-2)
Plutat def. Bruno Ortega (6-2, 0-6, 7-5)
Roberts def. Jeremy Mueller (6-0, 6-4)

Eastern hosts conference foe Idaho State on March 6 at 1 p.m. Pacific time at the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse in Cheney, Wash.