SPOKANE—Idaho men's tennis wrapped up the fall season this weekend at Gonzaga's Bulldog Classic. Idaho had a pair of players reach the quarterfinals in their respective brackets.
Mark Kovacs and
Lucas Coutinho represented the Vandals in quarterfinal play. Kovacs went 1-1 in the A bracket, starting the tournament with a first-round bye. Kovacs earned his win against Eastern Washington's Scott Paz to work his way into the final eight. His tournament came to a close with a 6-3, 6-3 loss to the eventual champions, Gonzaga's Ruadhan O'Sullivan.
Coutinho worked his way to the quarterfinals with two early wins in the B bracket. He put together a pair of three-set wins over Adrian Sanabria of Seattle U and Andrew Newell of Portland to advance. The Idaho junior fell to Gonzaga's Matter Perkins to end his run.
The reigning Big Sky champions will be back in action at the start of 2018. The Vandals will head into the spring season as one of the conference favorites. The team returns all of its lineup for a season ago.
Bulldog A Singles
R32:
Esteban Santibanez def. Kasper Parklo (MSU), 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
R32: Trenton Nield (SU) def.
Carlos Longhi Neto, W/O
R16: Vincent Rettke (GU) def.
Esteban Santibanez, 7-5, 7-5
R16:
Mark Kovacs def. Scott Paz (EWU), 6-2, 7-5
QF: Ruadhan O'Sullivan (GU) def.
Mark Kovacs, 6-3, 6-3
Bulldog B Singles
R32:
Lucas Coutinho def. Adrian Sanabria (SU), 6-0, 5-7, 6-3
R32: Victor Pereria (EWU) def.
Kooper Crow, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
R32: Drew Davison (UP) def.
Peter Shin, 6-3, 6-2
R16:
Lucas Coutinho def. Andrew Newell (UP), 6-1, 5-7, 7-6(1)
QF: Matt Perkins (GU) def.
Lucas Coutinho, 6-1, 6-1
Bulldog B Consolation
R16: Alex Chan (SU) def.
Kooper Crow, 6-1, 6-2
R16:
Peter Shin def. Devon Kashishian (EWU), 6-3, 3-6, 10-8
SF: Majeed Bukhari (PSU) def.
Peter Shin, 7-6, 6-4
Bulldog Classic Doubles
R32: Korkh/Hallgren (UM) def.
Crow/Shin, 8-1
R32: Ghazaryan/Sanabria (SU) def.
Santibanez/Coutinho, 8-5
R16: Espinoza/Wood (MSU) def.
Kovacs/Longhi Neto, W/O
Bulldog Classic Doubles Consolation
R16: Sundaram/Fisher (UP) def.
Crow/Shin, 6-0
