VANCOUVER, Wash.— Idaho men's tennis could not recover after dropping doubles point and took another hit in the losing column of conference play, 5-2, at Portland State Friday afternoon.
 
Playing in Vancouver, Wash., where the Vikings play their home matches, Idaho drops to 2-3 on the season and have yet to win a conference match. The Vikings improved to 5-2 overall and captured it's first Big Sky win of the season.
 
The Vandals were unable to clinch the doubles points, which put the team at a deficit early. Peter Shin and Bruno Casino posted the lone doubles win for Idaho after defeating PSU in a close 7-6 battle.
 
Idaho opened singles strong with Esteban Santibanez besting the competition 6-2, 6-2 at position three. The Vandals would lose the next four points before seeing another 6-3, 6-4 dual victory between Casino and Sam Roberts on court five.
 
Up Next
Feb 16 will see the Vandals at the University of Portland for a 2 p.m. start.
 
Tennis Match Results
Idaho vs Portland State
2/15/2019 at Vancouver, Wash.
(Vancouver Tennis Center)
Portland State 5, Idaho 2
 
Singles competition (3, 4, 2, 1, 6, 5)

1. Fortini, Matteo (PSU) def. Longhi Neto, Carlos (IDAHO) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6
2. Castelo Branco, L. (PSU) def. Popescu, Valentin (IDAHO) 6-4, 7-6
3. Santibanez, Esteban (IDAHO) def. Edwards, Tommy (PSU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Dimitrijevic, Nikola (PSU) def. Coutinho, Lucas (IDAHO) 6-4, 6-1
5. Casino, B. (IDAHO) def. Roberts, Sam (PSU) 6-1, 0-6, 7-5
6. Holtari, Otto (PSU) def. Shin, Peter (IDAHO) 6-3, 6-4

 
Doubles competition (2, 1, 3)

1. Edwards /West (PSU) def. Longhi Neto /Santibanez  (IDAHO) 7-6
2. Fortini/Castelo Branco (PSU) def. Coutinho/Popescu (IDAHO) 6-0
3. Shin /Casino (IDAHO) def. Roberts/Bukhari (PSU) 7-6