PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland men's tennis team opens the 2025 dual season this weekend with home matches against Utah State and Idaho at the Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center. The Pilots host the Aggies on Saturday at 10 a.m. and then welcome the Vandals on Sunday at 10 a.m. Live video and scoring links for both matches are available.

ABOUT THE PILOTS
• Head coach Aaron Gross is in his 28th season at the helm of the Pilots.
• Gross returns five members of the 2023-24 squad that finished 10-10 overall and 3-5 in WCC play last Spring. Two newcomers joined the roster in sophomore transfer Tom Garcia and freshman Lucas Kimelman.
• Portland's doubles tandem of Nikola Keremedchiev and Stefan Skobelev finished the fall season with a doubles ranking of No. 98. The duo went 6-5 overall against tough competition. They won the top flight of the Boise State Dar Walters Classic, reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Northwest Regional Championships and earned a win at the ITA Conference Masters Championships.
• Keremedchiev also cracked the ITA Singles Rankings and was No. 109 following a fall campaign that saw him post a 6-2 overall record.
• Senior Max Groysman and sophomores Cade Fernando and Tannor Binder join Keremedchiev and Skobelev as experienced returners.
• Portland had a solid overall fall campaign recording combined totals of 33-30 in singles and 21-17 in doubles.
• The Pilots were picked to finish fifth out of eight teams in the WCC Preseason Poll.

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
• Utah State opened the season with a 7-0 win against Weber State. The Aggies return three lettermen from a 2024 squad that went 18-5 and won the Mountain West Conference title.
• Idaho defeated Lewis-Clark State 7-0 before losing 4-3 to North Dakota last week. The Vandals will face George Fox on Saturday before visiting the Pilots. Idaho went 5-14 last season and 3-5 in Big Sky Conference play.
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