Box Score SEATTLE, Wash. – Portland took the doubles point and pushed Washington with a lot of close singles matches, but the Huskies held on for a 6-1 win in non-conference men's tennis action Friday night at Bill Quillian Tennis Stadium.

The Pilots (4-2) grabbed the early lead with wins at the top two doubles positions. Sema Pankin and Nikolas Tvedt combined for a comfortable 6-1 win against Thibault Cancel and Clement Chidekh at No. 2 doubles. Issa Yoshida and Eleftherios Neos then clinched in a tiebreaker win against Alexis Alvarez and Jack Davis.

Washington would bounce back to win all six singles points, but the Pilots didn't make it easy.

Tvedt pushed Jack Pulliam to three sets at No. 5 and Neos took Jack Davis to three at No. 2 singles. Pankin and Chedekh also had an intense battle at the top of the lineup with Chedekh holding on 6-4, 7-6.

Adam Torocsik beat Leo Hibi 6-4, 6-4 at No. 6, while Ewan Lumsden and Han-Chin Lin also picked up straight set wins for Washington.

"We came up this morning and played our first day of outdoor tennis this season and battled well," Portland head coach Aaron Gross said. "We played the best doubles we've played this year and had some really good singles matches. I think the thing I'm most excited about is that no one is going home happy about having a good match. We all want more. This group is very competitive and my hope is that won't rest until we're playing and winning at this level soon."

The Pilots will return to Portland to host the Montana Grizzlies on Sunday at 11 a.m. All Pilot home matches will have live video and scoring available at PortlandPilots.com.

Washington 6, Pilots 1
Seattle, Wash. (Bill Quillian Tennis Stadium)
March 12, 2021

Singles
1. Clement Chidekh (UW) def. Sema Pankin (POR) 6-4, 7-6
2. Jack Davis (UW) def. Eleftherios Neos (POR) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
3. Ewen Lumsden (UW) def. Issa Yoshida (POR) 6-2, 6-0
4. Han-Chin Lin (UW) def. Nicklas Oberg (POR) 6-2, 6-1
5. Jack Pulliam (UW) def. Nikolas Tvedt (POR) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
6. Adam Torocsik (UW) def. Leo Hibi (POR) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
1. Yoshida/Neos (POR) def. Alexis Alvarez/Davis (UW) 7-6
2. Pankin/Tvedt (POR) def. Thibault Cancel/Chidekh (UW) 6-1
3. Lin/Lumsden (UW) def. Oberg/Hibi (POR) 6-0

Order of Finish: (Singles 3,4,6,1,5,2; Doubles 3,2,1)