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Alan Shin
Idaho Athletic Media Relations

Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis Falls in Final

BOISE - For the second time in a week the No. 63 University of Idaho Men's Tennis team were unable to overcome the No. 52 Boise State on Sunday.

The Vandals fell 4-0 in the final of the BSU Spring Break Classic. Idaho lost to the Broncos 4-3 on Thursday but won matches against Ball State, Cornell and College of Idaho last weekend.

"Boise is a very strong team and tough to play at their place," Idaho Director of Tennis Jeff Beaman said. "The second place finish in a strong tournament was nice but I really wish we could have capitalized on a second shot at BSU."

Idaho, 17-6 (1-3 WAC), travel to Hawaii this weekend for conference showdowns with Hawaii and Utah State.

"To beat that strong a team we need everybody to show up and play well," Beaman said. "Looking towards this weekend we have two very important matches with Utah St and Hawaii both for conference standing and for improving our national ranking."

The Vandals square off against Hawaii Pacific and Utah State on Friday before concluding their conference schedule against Hawaii on Sunday.

#52 Boise State University 4, #63 University of Idaho 0

 Singles competition

1. #41 James Meredith (BSU) vs. Lachlan Reed (UI) unfinished

2. Vicente Joli (BSU) def. Artem Kuznetson (UI) 6-1, 6-2

3. Harry Skinner (BSU) def. Adrian Simon (UI) 6-2, 6-3

4. Filipp Pogostkin (BSU) vs. Stas Glukov (UI) 6-7 (5-7), 4-2, unfinished

5. Alex Bothe (BSU) vs. Alex Joitiou (UI) 6-0, 3-6, unfinished

6. Jeff Mullen (BSU) def. Abid Akbar (UI) 6-2, 6-4

 Doubles competition

1. Alex Bothe/James Meredith (BSU) vs. Lachlan Reed/Adrian Simon (UI) unfinished

2. Filipp Pogostkin/Vicente Joli (BSU) def. Alex Joitiou/Artem Kuznetson (UI) 8-5

3. Jeff Mullen/Erik Sheldon (BSU) def. Abid Akbar/Stas Glukov (UI) 8-1

Match Notes:

University of Idaho 16-6, 1-4; National ranking #63

Boise State University 13-6, 3-1; National ranking #52

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (2,3,6)
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