BEAVERTON, Ore. - The Portland State men's tennis team rallied to four wins in singles action to defeat Eastern Washington 4-3 on Friday at the Tualatin Hills Babette Horenstein Tennis Center. 

The Vikings jumped to 3-7 overall and 1-2 in conference action, while EWU fell to 2-9 and 0-5 against Big Sky opponents. 

The Eagles began the day with a pair of doubles wins at No. 1 and No. 3 to secure the 1-0 lead. 

Sam De Vries knotted the match at one after sailing to a 6-1, 6-3 win over Erik Saralvik at No. 4. Tommy Hsu was the next Viking to claim a victory, defeating Jeremy Mueller in straight sets (6-3, 6-2) on court two. The Eagles responded quickly, winning matches at No. 5 and 6 to regain the lead at 3-2. 

Oliver Richards and Nils Plutat were left with the deciding points. After a 6-2 win in the opening set, Richards battled Manuel Balce in a tight second set to pull off a 6-2, 7-5 win. As the attention shifted to a third-set thriller at No. 1, Plutat buckled down and erased a 4-1 deficit in the final set to outlast Wout Doumen 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-5 and clinch the first Big Sky win of the year for Portland State. 

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The Vikings will look to ride their momentum into tomorrow as they take on Montana State at the Tualatin Hills Babette Horenstein Tennis Center (2 p.m.).