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BOISE, Idaho — The Portland State men's tennis team's newcomers led the way as the team opened its fall schedule Thursday with the first day of the Dar Walters Boise State Fall Classic, hosted by Boise State University.
 
Scott Goldner, a post-graduate transfer from the University of Oregon, got things in his first match for the Vikings as he beat Lewis-Clark State's Sonam Phuntsok 6-3, 6-1 in the round of 64 to advance in the singles draw Friday. Meanwhile, Goldner's fellow newcomer, Nathan Boniel, an NCCAA first-team All-American last year at Cambellsville University, swept past his opponent in the round of 64, beating Jacob Schoenherr of Big Sky-rival Montana, 6-0, 6-0.
 
With their wins, both Goldner and Boniel advanced to the round of 32, which will get underway tomorrow. Boniel, the 19th seed in the singles draw, will open the day for the Vikings with his round of 32 match against third-seeded Romai Ugarte of Utah State at 9 a.m. The 10th-seeded Goldner, meanwhile, will face Bjorn Scheepbouwer of Big Sky-rival Idaho State in the round of 32 at 10:30 a.m. If either or both Boniel and Goldner win in the round of 32, then they'll play in the round of 16 three hours after the start of their first match of the day Friday.
 
Besides Boniel and Goldner, junior returner Ethan Lopez also received a seed in the singles draw, but fell ill before the match and was forced to withdraw from both singles and doubles.
 
Senior Ian Risenhoover also lost a close match in the round of 128 for the Vikings, dropping a 6-3, 6-4 decision to Anirudh Satishchandra of Big Sky-rival Montana.
 
The rest of the Vikings faced uphill battles in the round of 64, as they all faced seeded opponents. Senior Brent Wheeler faced Stefan Cooper of Big Sky-rival Weber State, the 17th seed in the singles draw, and fell 6-2, 6-0. Fellow senior Wil Cochrane put up a fight in the first set of his match against fifth-seeded Brian Patrick Foley of Boise State, but dropped the set 6-4 and the match 6-4, 6-1.
 
Junior Nacor Ibanez, meanwhile, went up against the seventh seed in Jaime Barajas of Utah State and lost 6-0, 6-0.
 
Those three along with Risenhoover will now play in the singles back draw tomorrow, with all four in action at 10:30 a.m. Wheeler plays Tom Witteveen of Montana in the third round of the back draw, while Ibanez faces Idaho State's Francis Filipovich, and Risenhoover and Cochrane face Noah Strizich of Montana and Matthew Alderson of Seattle, respectively.
 
Both remaining Viking doubles team will also play in the doubles back draw tomorrow after losing in the round of 32 of the main doubles draw Thursday. Risenhoover and Wheeler lost a close match to Cooper and Todd Fought of Weber State, 6-4, while Ibanez and Cochrane lost 6-2 to Marco Bensley and Bradley Gleason of Abilene Christian.
 
Risenhoover and Wheeler will now play Harrison McCormick and Grant Riechmann of Army in the third round of the back draw, while Cochrane and Ibanez play Filipovich and Scheepbouwer of Idaho State. Both matches will start at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
 
Boniel and Lopez were also set to play Phuntsok and Quentin Wacquez of Lewis-Clark State in the round of 32 of the main doubles draw Thursday, but had to withdraw due to Lopez's illness and will not compete in the back draw.