Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 45 Washington in Seattle

Box Score SEATTLE, Wash. – The No. 45-ranked Washington Huskies held home court with a 6-1 victory over a shorthanded Portland men's tennis team Friday afternoon at Nordstrom Tennis Center. The Huskies improve to 8-4 overall, while the Pilots drop to 5-6. Washington jumped out early by taking the doubles point with a 6-4 win at No. 1 and 6-2 victory at No. 3. Portland's No. 2 tandem of Cade Fernando and Issa Yoshida were leading 5-4 when the point was clinched. The Pilots were forced to shift their lineup due to injuries just before the match began.
The Huskies then took the opening set of all six singles matches and earned straight set wins in five of the six matches. Senior Issa Yoshida picked up Portland's lone win with a three-set victory at No. 5 against Jim Hendrikx.

"Today was a struggle as injuries continue to nag us," Portland head coach Aaron Gross said. "We went into the warm-up thinking we were going to play one lineup and by the time the warm-up was over we had another injury that affected our entire doubles lineup. Washington is a better team than us right now, but it's been frustrating to not have a full lineup at most of our matches this year. The flipside of that is it's an opportunity for guys to play higher spots and for younger guys to get match experience. Issa was a bright spot today. Coming off surgery a few months ago he found a little bit of form today that we hadn't seen since last spring."
Portland will return home to host the Weber State Wildcats in the second match of a doubleheader with the Pilot women at the Louisiana Pacific Tennis Center. The women and Weber State play at 9 a.m. followed by the men at 1 p.m. Live video and scoring links are available at PortlandPilots.com. #45 Washington 6, Portland 1
Seattle, Wash. (Lloyd Nordstrom Tennis Center) March 10, 2023
Singles
1. Han-Chih Lin (UW) def. #86 Sema Pankin (POR) 6-4, 6-1
2. Dzianis Zharyn (UW) def. Eleftherios Neos (POR) 6-4, 6-4
3. #85 Cesar Bouchelaghem (UW) def. Nikolas Tvedt (POR) 6-3, 6-1
4. Nedim Suko (UW) def. Maxim Groysman (POR) 6-2, 6-1
5. Issa Yoshida (POR) def. Jim Hendrikx (UW) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 ()
6. Brett Pearson (UW) def. Cade Fernando (POR) 7-5, 6-0 Doubles
1. #44 Bouchelaghem/Zharyn (UW) def. Pankin/Neos (POR) 6-4
2. Pearson/Suko (UW) vs. Fernando/Yoshida (POR) 4-5, unfinished
3. Lin/Hendrikx (UW) def. Tvedt/Fabian Gusic (POR) 6-2
Match Notes:
Portland 5-6
Washington 8-4; National ranking #45
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (4,3,1,6,2,5)

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