| Box Score 2 Southern California Intercollegiate Championships I Gonzaga Invitational Draws

Three Portland men's tennis freshmen reached the finals of their respective singles flights in an impressive Saturday at the Gonzaga Invitational in Spokane, Wash.

Sema Pankin won both of his singles matches to advance to the top flight title match on Sunday. Pankin knocked off Eastern Washington's Jeremy Field 6-2, 6-3 and then down Gonzaga senior Sam Feit, the bracket's No. 2 seed, 7-5, 7-5. He will face Ruadhan O'Sullivan of Gonzaga on Sunday.

In the Red Flight, Issa Yoshida knocked off Simón Homedes (Gonzaga) and Nikola Dimitrijevic (Portland State) to reach the finals. He takes on Stefan Lalovic of Boise State in the title match.

Leo Hibi made it 3-for-3 in Pilots playing for a title as he advanced to the championship match of the White Flight. Hibi beat Finn Anderson of Montana in straight sets and then posted a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 over Paul McCallie of Utah in the semi's. He meets Gonzaga's Bryan Husin is Sunday's final.

"Sema had two very good wins in Flight A, including a victory against Gonzaga's No. 1 player from last year," Portland head coach Aaron Gross noted. "It was his best performance of the fall. Issa and Leo also had good wins in advancing to the finals of their respective brackets."

Meanwhile at the Southern California Intercollegiate Championships, senior Carlos Donat completed play with a win against Noah Dubort of San Diego by a 7-6, 6-1 margin. Sophomore Tom Hann dropped a 6-4, 6-3 consolation singles match to Texas Tech's Artem Kapshuk.
"Carlos got another win today over a good player from San Diego and Tom lost to a solid competitor from Texas Tech," Gross said.

Donat has completed play at the event, while Hann will play one more consolation singles match on Sunday against Victor Krustev from UC Santa Barbara before returning to Portland.

The rest of the Pilots will conclude play at the Gonzaga Invitational with both singles and doubles action on Sunday. See below for complete tournament results for both events.

Southern California Intercollegiate Championships
Oct. 25-29, 2018
Los Angeles, Calif. (David X. Marks Tennis Stadium)

Qualifying Singles
Q Tom Hann (POR) def. Daniel Gealer (UCI) 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (6)

Main Draw Singles
32 Carlos Donat (POR) def. Matheus Leite (TX-TECH) 6-3, 6-1
32 Timothy Sah (STAN) def. Hann (POR) 6-4, 7-5
16 #125 (5) Jack Jaede (USC) def. Donat (POR) 6-3, 6-2

Consolation Singles
C Donat (POR) def. Noah Dubort (USD) 7-6, 6-1
C Artem Kapshuk (TX-TECH) def. Hann (POR) 6-4, 6-3

Qualifying Doubles
Q Brocton Andrus/David Ball (BYU) def. Donat/Hann (POR) 8-7

Gonzaga Invitational
Oct. 26-28, 2018
Spokane, Wash. (Stevens Center)

Blue Singles
16 (3) Sema Pankin (POR) def. Ed Pudney (MONT) 6-4, 6-1
16 Nicklas Oberg (POR) def. Ludvig Hallgren (MONT) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
16 (1) Mathias Gavelin (UTAH) def. Eleftherios Neos (POR) 6-4, 6-3
QF (3) Pankin (POR) def. Jeremy Field (EWU) 6-2, 6-3
SF (3) Pankin (POR) def. (2) Sam Feit (GON) 7-5, 7-5

Blue Consolation
C Neos (POR) def. Max Blancaneaux (BSU)
C Alexander Flink (MSU) def. Neos (POR) 6-4, 7-6 (1)

Red Singles
16 (3) Issa Yoshida (POR) def. R.J. Parker (UTAH) 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
QF (3) Yoshida (POR) def. Simón Homedes (GON) 6-3, 6-4
SF (3) Yoshida (POR) def. (2) Nikola Dimitrijevic (PSU) 6-2, 6-4

White Singles
16 Leo Hibi (POR) def. (2) Ryland McDermott (BSU) 7-6 (2) retired
16 Max Petrak (MSU) def. Arjun Mariyappa (POR)
QF Hibi (POR) def. Finn Anderson (MON) 6-4, 6-3
SF Hibi (POR) def. Paul McCallie (UTAH) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3

White Consolation
C Majeed Bukhari (PSU) def. Mariyappa (POR) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (9)

Blue Doubles
QF (2) Neos/Oberg (POR) def. Heslin/McDermott (BSU) 8-6
QF Pankin/Yoshida (POR) def. Pudney/Shaffrey (UM) 8-5
SF Fortini/Branko (PSU) def. (2) Neos/Oberg (POR) 8-5
SF (1) O'Sullivan/Feit (GON) def. Pankin/Yoshida (POR) 8-2

Red Doubles
QF Hallgren/Hallgren (UM) def. Hibi/Mariyappa (POR) 8-6
C Field/Balce (EWU) def. Hibi/Mariyappa (POR) 8-5