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PORTLAND, Ore. — Stepping out of conference, the Portland State men's tennis team fell 6-1 to Gonzaga Saturday at the West Hills Racquet and Fitness Club.
 
Despite the loss, the Vikings (2-12) took two singles matches to three sets against the Bulldogs (9-6), while the Vikings' No. 1 doubles team of junior Brent Wheeler and sophomore Ian Risenhoover beat Gonzaga's Jack Schoebel and Muzeen Ismath at No. 1 doubles.
 
Risenhoover and Wheeler beat Schoebel and Ismath 8-7 (7-5), their first win in a tiebreaker this season after losing their first five tiebreakers to start the year.
 
Risenhoover and Wheeler's win at No. 1 still couldn't propel the Vikings into winning the doubles point, however, as Gonzaga took the matches at No. 2 and 3. Gonzaga's Joey Brandt and Vladimir Mijatovic beat Portland State junior Alec Marx and freshman Kacper Stelmaszak 8-3 at No. 2, while Gonzaga's Nick Kamisar and Pablo Mosquera Pérez beat sophomores Nate Chart and Wil Cochrane 8-4 at No. 3.
 
The Vikings gave the Bulldogs a fight in singles, though, highlighted by Stelmaszak's win over Gonzaga's Hayden Smith at No. 2. Stelmaszak beat Smith 7-5, 6-4 in the match, giving him his second win at No. 2 in the last three matches.
 
Risenhoover and Marx, meanwhile, took their matches to three sets at No. 4 and 5 singles, respectively. Risenhoover had four match points in his match against Schoebel, but ultimately fell in a heart-breaking third-set tiebreaker and lost 2-6, 6-4, 6-7 (7-9). Marx also forced a third set with a second-set win in his match against Ismath, but lost the match 4-6, 6-4, 2-6.
 
Besides those two, Wheeler lost 3-6, 2-6 to Kamisar at No. 1 singles, while Cochrane lost 1-6, 2-6 to Mijatovic at No. 3, and Chart lost 0-6, 0-6 to Mosquera Pérez at No. 6.
 
The Vikings remain out of conference for their next two matches, as they'll play Creighton and Nebraska-Omaha in Omaha, Neb. on March 26 and 27, respectively. The Vikings' match against Creighton will start at 12 p.m. (CT) on the 26th.

Gonzaga 6, Portland State 1
Mar 23, 2014 at Portland, Ore. (West Hills Racquet and Fitness Club)

Singles competition

1. KAMISAR, Nick (GU) def. WHEELER, Brent (PSU) 6-3, 6-2

2. STELMASZAK, Kacper (PSU) def. SMITH, Hayden (GU) 7-5, 6-4

3. MIJATOVIC, Vladimir (GU) def. COCHRANE, Wil (PSU) 6-1, 6-2

4. SCHOEBEL, Jack (GU) def. RISENHOOVER, Ian (PSU) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (9-7)

5. ISMATH, Muzeen (GU) def. MARX, Alec (PSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

6. MOSQUERA PEREZ (GU) def. CHART, Nate (PSU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. WHEELER, Brent/RISENHOOVER, Ian (PSU) def. SCHOEBEL, Jack/ISMATH, Muzeen (GU) 8-7 (7-5)

2. BRANDT, Joey/MIJATOVIC, Vladimir (GU) def. MARX, Alec/STELMASZAK, Kacper (PSU) 8-3

3. KAMISAR, Nick/MOSQUERA PEREZ (GU) def. CHART, Nate/COCHRANE, Wil (PSU) 8-4

Match Notes

Gonzaga 9-6

Portland State 2-12