BOISE, Idaho — The second tournament of the fall slate for Eastern Washington men's tennis produced good results for head coach
Jared Burnham. Eastern competed at General Patton Invite this past weekend (Oct. 20-22), hosted by Boise State. The Eagles had multiple doubles pairs earn wins on the court. The team also had solid wins in the singles bracket across the board.
Doubles
The Eagles put together strong results in the doubles brackets, with sophomore duo Tyler Waddock and Arshjot Bhatti advancing to the finals. Waddock and Bhatti started with a 6-4 win over Portland St's Cade Edwards and Kristian Peev in the round of 16. The two advanced in the quarterfinals with an injury walkover. In the semifinals, Waddock and Bhatti knocked off another Vikings duo, Luka Jovanovich and Hubert Theriault, 6-4.
The finals match had the sophomores facing Boise State's Jan Lucca Marquardt and Kyvan Rietkerk, falling in the match, 6-2.
Drew Dillon and Erik Sarlvik won the consolation bracket finals, defeating Sebastian Medica and Mario Duron from Idaho, 6-4. The pair earned wins over Montana State's Dario Ciobotaru and Adrian Daniel (7(7)-6(5)) and teammates Caden Kammerer and Tyler Dalos (7-5).
Kammerer and Dalos defeated PSU's Simon Kuszynski and Andrin Zuellig (6-2) in the bracket to advance.
Singles
In the singles Flight B bracket east region, Dalos defeated Jacob Huppin from Montana State (6-4, 6-4) in the round of 16.
Kammerer defeated Portland State's Simon Kuszynski, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals in the Flight A west bracket.
Dillon earned a win over Andrian Zuellig (6-2, 6-4) from Portland St. in the semifinals of the Flight B west bracket.
Brady Thomas picked up a win in the Flight C Bracket, topping the Vikings' Kristian Peev (3-6, 7(8)-6(6), 7(7)-6(3)).
Up Next
Eastern Washington will finish its fall schedule at the Gonzaga Invite, taking place from Nov. 3-5.
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