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PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland State men's tennis team fell 6-1 to Seattle Friday, as the Redhawks swept the singles matches at West Hills Racquet and Fitness Club after the Vikings won a close doubles point.
 
The Vikings (5-15) started the match with a 1-0 lead after beating the Redhawks (11-13) at No. 2 and 3 doubles. The Redhawks claimed an early 1-0 lead in doubles, after Kevin Lynch and Jason Bedione took a close match from PSU junior Brent Wheeler and sophomore Ian Risenhoover at No. 1 doubles. Wheeler and Risenhoover had come back from an early deficit to serve at 6-7 with the chance to force a tiebreaker, but Lynch and Bedione broke them again to win 8-6.
 
The close matches broke the Vikings way at the other two doubles positions, however, starting with sophomore Wil Cochrane and freshman Kacper Stelamaszak's 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles over Seattle's Zach Kosanke and Ian Clare. That win tied the teams at 1-1 in doubles, and junior Alec Marx and senior Abhinav Mishra sealed the doubles-point victory for the Vikings from there, beating Seattle's Riley Newman and Connor Leahy 8-7 at No. 3 doubles.
 
The Vikings have now won the doubles point in five of their past six matches, and the teams of Cochrane and Stelmaszak and Marx and Mishra have won at No. 2 and 3 doubles, respectively, in all five of those wins.
 
Portland State couldn't continue its hot start in singles, however, as the Vikings recent bad luck in three-set matches continued against the Redhawks. The Vikings dropped three three-set matches and a match tiebreaker to the Redhawks Friday, six days after losing three of four three-set matches to Eastern Washington.
 
The Vikings lost in three sets at No. 3, 5 and 6 singles Friday, and lost in a match tiebreaker at No. 4. Bediones beat Cochrane 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 at No. 3, while Newman beat Mishra 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 5, and Leahy beat Marx 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 at No. 6. Risenhoover, meanwhile, played the tightest match of the dual Friday against Clare, as Clare only beat Risenhoover after winning a first-set tiebreaker, 10-8, and then a match tiebreaker, 10-5, for a 7-6 (8), 2-6, 1-0 (10-5) win.
 
Outside of the three-set matches, Lynch beat Wheeler 7-6, 6-2 at No. 1, while Kosanke beat Stelmaszak 6-0, 6-4 at No. 2.
 
The Vikings return to action Sunday, April 13, when they host Northern Arizona at West Hills Racquet and Fitness Club. The match will start at 11 a.m. (PT).


Seattle 6, Portland State 1
Apr 11, 2014 at Portland, Ore. (West Hills Racquet and Fitness Club)

Singles competition

1. LYNCH, Kevin (SU) def. WHEELER, Brent (PSU) 7-6, 6-2

2. KOSANKE, Zach (SU) def. STELMASZAK, Kacper (PSU) 6-0, 6-4

3. BEDIONES, Jason (SU) def. COCHRANE, Wil (PSU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

4. CLARE, Ian (SU) def. RISENHOOVER, Ian (PSU) 7-6 (10-8), 2-6, 1-0 (10-5)

5. NEWMAN, Riley (SU) def. MISHRA, Abhinav (PSU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

6. LEAHY, Connor (SU) def. MARX, Alec (PSU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Doubles competition

1. LYNCH, Kevin/BEDIONES, Jason (SU) def. WHEELER, Brent/RISENHOOVER, Ian (PSU) 8-6

2. COCHRANE, Wil/STELMASZAK, Kacper (PSU) def. KOSANKE, Zach/CLARE, Ian (SU) 8-5

3. MARX, Alec/MISHRA, Abhinav (PSU) def. NEWMAN, Riley/LEAHY, Connor (SU) 8-7

Match Notes

Seattle 11-13

Portland State 5-15