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VANCOUVER, Wash. — The Portland State men's tennis team picked up their first win of the 2015 dual season Saturday, as a team effort led the Vikings to a 5-2 win over Lewis-Clark State at Club Green Meadows.
 
All six active players for the Vikings (1-1) won in either singles or doubles Saturday, while the Vikings won three singles matches in straight sets.
 
"It was a great team effort today," PSU head coach Toby Krauel said. "Our guys that struggled in doubles picked us up in singles.
 
"The Medford boys [juniors Matt Pronesti and Wil Cochrane] led the way by sealing the doubles point for us, and rolling in their two singles matches, while Ethan Lopez played lights out at No. 2 singles."
 
The Vikings started the match off with a lead, as they took two of their three doubles matches against the Warriors (1-1) to claim the doubles point. Senior Stuart Tierney and junior Ian Risenhoover cruised to a 6-3 win over Lewis-Clark State's Yonas Woldetsadik and Jeff Su at No. 1 doubles, putting the Vikings one win away from securing the doubles point.
 
Cochrane and Pronesti then followed with a break at 6-5 at No. 2 doubles, giving them a 7-5 win over Lewis-Clark State's Tony Chin and Sonam Phuntsok, and clinching the doubles point for the Vikings.
 
Lopez, Cochrane and Pronesti, meanwhile, all followed it up with straight-set wins in singles, securing the dual-match win for the Vikings. Lopez, Cochrane and Pronesti lost only seven games combined Saturday, while none of the three players lost more than two games in any set.
 
Lopez and Cochrane each won their singles matches, 6-1, 6-1, with Lopez beating Su at No. 2 singles, while Cochrane beat Phuntsok at No. 4 singles. Pronesti, meanwhile, beat Lewis-Clark State's Anthony Croteau 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 singles.
 
Besides them, junior Brent Wheeler also won his singles match Saturday, as he rallied after dropping a tough second set to beat Lewis-Clark State's Andres Bustani in a match tiebreaker at No. 3 singles. Wheeler took the first set off Bustani, 6-2, but then saw Bustani break him late in the second set to level the match with a 7-5 second-set win. Wheeler bounced back well in the match tiebreaker, however, beating Bustani 10-5 in the breaker to take the match 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5).
 
Wheeler's win put the finishing touches on the Vikings' 5-2 win, while the Warriors claimed wins at No. 1 and 6 singles.
 
The Vikings will hope to keep their momentum going into their next match, as the Vikings open Big Sky play by hosting Idaho Friday, Jan. 30, at 2 p.m. at Club Green Meadows in Vancouver, Wash.
 
Match Notes: Saturday's win gives the Vikings a 2-1 lead over Lewis-Clark State in the all-time series between the two teams…Wheeler and Pronesti's wins Saturday extend their singles win streaks to five matches each…Tierney and Risenhoover have now won five straight doubles matches after Saturday.

Portland State 5, Lewis-Clark State 2
Jan 24, 2015 at Vancouver, Wash. (Club Green Meadows) 

Singles competition

1. WOLDETSADIK, Yonas (LCSC) def. TIERNEY, Stuart (PSU) 6-2, retired

2. LOPEZ, Ethan (PSU) def. SU, Jeff (LCSC) 6-1, 6-1

3. WHEELER, Brent (PSU) def. BUSTANI, Andres (LCSC) 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5)

4. COCHRANE, Wil (PSU) def. PHUNTSOK, Sonam (LCSC) 6-1, 6-1

5. PRONESTI, Matt (PSU) def. CROTEAU, Anthony (LCSC) 6-1, 6-2

6. CHIN, Tony (LCSC) def. RISENHOOVER, Ian (PSU) 6-2, 6-4

 

Doubles competition

1. TIERNEY, Stuart/RISENHOOVER, Ian (PSU) def. WOLDETSADIK, Yonas/SU, Jeff (LCSC) 6-3

2. PRONESTI, Matt/COCHRANE, Wil (PSU) def. CHIN, Tony/PHUNTSOK, Sonam (LCSC) 7-5

3. BUSTANI, Andres/CROTEAU, Anthony (LCSC) def. WHEELER, Brent/LOPEZ, Ethan (PSU) 7-5

 

Match Notes

Lewis-Clark State 1-1

Portland State 1-1