CHENEY, Wash. — Eastern Washington men's tennis hosted Montana State for its first home match at the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse on Saturday morning. The Bobcats defeated the Eagles, 6-1, after taking five of the six singles matches EWU is now 0-2 in conference and 0-8 overall this season.

Tyler Dalos earned the Eagles' point at the No. 4 singles spot, facing Rayan Hermassi. Dalos took the first set, 7-6, but dropped the second 6-4. In the third set tiebreaker, Dalos emerged with a 7-6 win to get the victory. 

In the doubles, Drew Dillon and Arshjot Bhatti teamed up at the No. 2 position against Andre Stewart and Hermassi. The two Eags won the match, 6-4, but the team could not secure the doubles point.

Results
Singles
Max Relic (Montana State) def. Caden Kammerer (Eastern Washington) 7-6, 6-2
Dario Ciobotaru (Montana State) def. Tyler Waddock (Eastern Washington) 4-6. 7-6, 6-3
Andras Necz (Montana State) def. Drew Dillon (Eastern Washington) 6-3, 6-4
Tyler Dalos (Eastern Washington) def. Rayan Hermassi (Montana State) 7-6, 4-6, 7-6
Andrew Stewart (Montana State) def. Arshjot Bhatti (Eastern Washington) 6-2, 6-2
Jacob Huppin (Montana State) def. Erik Sarlvik (Eastern Washington) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles
Max Relic / Andras Necz (Montana State) def. Tyler Dalos / Caden Kammerer (Eastern Washington) 7-6
Arshjot Bhatti / DrewDillon (Eastern Washington) def. Andrew Stewart / Ryan Hermassi (Montana State) 6-4
Kanika Jayathilake / Dario Ciobotaru (Montana State) def. Tyler Waddock / Brady Thomas (Eastern Washington) 6-4

Up Next
Eastern Washington is off until March 16 when they host Idaho at the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse at p.m. Pacific Time. 
 

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