CHENEY, Wash.—The Vandal men's tennis team fell, 5-2, in its final regular season match Saturday afternoon at Eastern Washington. Idaho posted one doubles win and a pair of victories in singles action.
 
Dropping the doubles point, Idaho scored one doubles win in duo Esteban Santibanez and Guilherme Scarpelli's 6-2 victory over the Eagles. The win evens their season record at 2-2.
 
Santibanez finished strong with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph at singles No. 2. The junior balanced out his season record at 9-9.
 
Lucas Coutinho earned the last victory of the day for the Vandals with thrilling three-setter on court four. Coutinho defeated Martin Bats by the score of 6-7, 7-5 and 7-6. The senior finished his final campaign also with a balanced 9-9 record on the year.
 
Idaho closes the 2019 spring season with a 5-15 overall record and 2-8 in Big Sky play.
 
Tennis Match Results
University of Idaho vs Eastern Washington
Apr 20, 2019 at Cheney, Wash.
 
Eastern Washington 5, University of Idaho 2
 
Singles competition
1. FIELD, Jeremy (EWU) def. Longhi Neto, Carlos (IDAHO) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
2. Santibanez, Esteban (IDAHO) def. KHACHATRYAN, Mikayel (EWU) 6-4, 6-2
3. BALCE, Manuel (EWU) def. Scarpelli, Guilherme (IDAHO) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
4. Coutinho, Lucas (IDAHO) def. BATS, Martin (EWU) 6-7, 7-5, 7-6
5. DOUMEN, Wout (EWU) def. Casino, Bruno (IDAHO) 7-6, 6-4
6. MUELLER, Jeremy (EWU) def. Shin, Peter (IDAHO) 6-0, 6-0
 
Doubles competition
1. FIELD, Jeremy/BALCE, Manuel (EWU) def. Longhi Neto/Coutinho (IDAHO) 6-2
2. Santibanez/Scarpelli (IDAHO) def. BATS, Martin/MUELLER, Jeremy (EWU) 6-2
3. DOUMEN, Wout/KHACHATRYAN, Mikayel (EWU) def. Casino/Da Re (IDAHO) 7-6
 
Match Notes:
University of Idaho 5-15
Eastern Washington 5-14