Men's Tennis | 03/18/2017

OGDEN, Utah—Idaho men's tennis scored a bit of revenge on Saturday. The Vandals picked up a 4-3 win at Weber State, reversing the outcome of last year's Big Sky Championship match between the two schools.

Idaho (9-5, 4-2 BSC) fell behind early at the start of the match, dropping the doubles point for the fourth consecutive match. Mark Kovacs and Carlos Longhi Neto picked up Idaho's lone doubles win. They went 7-6(3) at No., sandwiched between two Weber State wins.

Lucas Coutinho got Idaho's first singles point of the day. He opened with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 5. WSU got the lead back, 2-1, with a 6-2, 6-3 from Hou-En Chen at No. 4. Felipe Fonseca recorded his team-leading 12th win of the season, scoring a 6-4, 6-3 decision at No. 2

Guilherme Scarpelli handed Idaho a 3-2 lead. He won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 6, setting the table for Kovacs. The Idaho junior closed out the day with a 6-2, 7-5 win at No. 1.

The win evens Idaho's record to 3-3 on its current seven match road trip. The Vandals conclude the marathon road stretch at Utah State on Sunday.
 
Singles

1. Kovacs, Mark (UI) def. Yin, Shao-Po (WEBER) 6-2, 7-5

2. Fonseca, Felipe (UI) def. Cooper, Stefan (WEBER) 6-4, 6-3

3. van Wyk, Kris (WEBER) def. Longhi Neto, Carlos (UI) 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 1-0

4. Chen, Hou-En (WEBER) def. Santibanez, Esteban (UI) 6-2, 6-3

5. Coutinho,Lucas (UI) def. Van Schoor, Michiel (WEBER) 6-2, 6-2

6. Scarpelli, Guilherme (UI) def. Walkusz, Cezary (WEBER) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles

1. Kovacs, Mark/Longhi Neto, Carlos (UI) def. Cooper, Stefan/Yin, Shao-Po (WEBER) 7-6 (7-3)

2. van Wyk, Kris/Van Schoor, Michiel (WEBER) def. Coutinho,Lucas/Santibanez, Esteban (UI) 7-6 (8-6)

3. Chen, Hou-En/Walkusz, Cezary (WEBER) def. Fonseca, Felipe/Scarpelli, Guilherme (UI) 6-3

Match Notes

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