RESULTS

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Junior Wil Cochrane led the Portland State men's tennis team on the second day of the PNW Intercollegiates Saturday, as he and doubles partner Matt Pronesti posted a big upset over a team from the University of Washington in the second flight of the main doubles draw, and followed it by winning the backdraw of the fourth singles flight.
 
"Wil dominated Seattle today, coming into their city and beating UW in singles and doubles, and then grinding out a three-set win over a player from Seattle University in the backdraw finals," PSU head coach Toby Krauel said.
 
Cochrane opened the day with his upset win in doubles, as he and Pronesti cruised past the University of Washington's Dragos Puscalau and Rishabh Raman with an 8-4 win in the semifinals of the second doubles flight.
 
Cochrane and Pronesti will now face Gonzaga's Sergio Chip and Vicente Varas in the finals of the second doubles flight Sunday at 10:15 a.m. (PT). It's the second straight fall tournament Cochrane has made the finals of a main draw, after he advanced to the flnals of the lower singles flight at the Gonzaga Fall Tournament on Oct. 26.
 
Cochrane did not let up after his and Pronesti's upset win in doubles, either, as Cochrane won a pair of matches to claim the backdraw title of the fourth singles flight. Cochrane beat another player from the University of Washington in the semifinals of the backdraw, cruising past the Huskies' Wendell Watanabe in straight sets for a 6-2, 6-3 win.
 
Cochrane then faced Seattle University's Ian Clare in the finals, and overcame a loss in a first-set tiebreaker to level the match with a dominant, 6-2 win in the second set. Cochrane then topped Clare 10-5 in a super tiebreaker, giving him the backdraw title with a 6-7, 6-2, 1-0 (5) win.
 
Senior Stuart Tierney also won the backdraw of the second singles flight, giving the Vikings two backdraw winners Saturday. Tierney advanced to the finals of the second flight backdraw with a dominant 6-2, 6-2 win over Gonzaga's Abe Hewko. Tierney then broke late in the second set of the championship match against Seattle University's Riley Newman, claiming the backdraw title with a 6-2, 7-5 win.
 
Pronesti faced Gonzaga's Vladimir Mijatovic in the main-draw semifinals of the fifth singles flight as well, but lost a heartbreaker in a third-set tiebreaker to fall just short of the finals. Pronesti took an early lead over Mijatovic with a 6-4 first-set win, but then dropped a pair of tight sets in the second and third to lose 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5).
 
Redshirt junior Nate Chart and sophomore Nacor Ibanez, meanwhile, saved four match points in a consolation doubles match against Eastern Washington's Luke Ness and Stefan Farrar, and eventually pulled out the match in a tiebreaker, 8-7 (6).
 
Senior Brent Wheeler, junior Ian Risenhoover and sophomore Ethan Lopez also competed in the backdraw of their respective singles flights Saturday, but all three lost in the semifinals.
 
The Vikings will conclude play at the PNW Intercollegiates Sunday, Nov. 9, which will be the final action of the fall for the Portland State men's tennis team.