BEAVERTON, Ore. – Idaho women's tennis dropped its first conference match of the season, falling to Portland State, 4-3, on Monday. The Vandals move to 4-8 on the season and 2-1 in Big Sky action.

Idaho opened doubles play by splitting the first two matches with the Vikings at No. 2 and No. 3. Andrea Redondo and Saffron Dowse earned a 6-4 win, but PSU was able to outlast the Vandals at the No. 1 spot with a 7-6 verdict to earn the doubles point.

Portland State went ahead 2-0 after earning a victory at No. 5 singles. Freshman Ines Oliveira was victorious at No. 1 singles to get Idaho on the scoreboard as she won 6-3, 6-1  over Jacinta Milenkoski.

Jayanne Palma evened the team score at 2-2, defeating Maddie Egan in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3 at the No. 6 position.

Ke Syuan Jhang followed at No. 3 with a win over Emily Rees 7-5, 6-2, giving Idaho its first lead. PSU answered and ultimately clinched the match after earning victories at No. 4 and No. 2.

NEXT UP: The Vandals will return home for the first time in almost a month when they host in-state rival Idaho State on Saturday, April 2 at 1 p.m.

MATCH RESULTS

Portland State 4, Idaho 3

Singles competition
1. OLIVEIRA, Ines (UI) def. MILENKOSKI,Jacinta (PSU) 6-3, 6-1
2. BEUKERS,Nika (PSU) def. HUCHET, Melissa (UI) 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3
3. JHANG, Ke Syuan (UI) def. REES,Emily (PSU) 7-5, 6-2
4. OHARA,Makoto (PSU) def. REDONDO, Andrea (UI) 6-3, 6-3
5. HERNANDEZ,Majo (PSU) def. DOWSE, Saffron (UI) 6-2, 6-1
6. PALMA, Jayanne (UI) def. EGAN,Maddie (PSU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. SANONER,Capu/BEUKERS,Nika (PSU) def. OLIVEIRA, Ines/JHANG, Ke Syuan (UI) 7-6 (7-2)
2. REES,Emily/HERNANDEZ,Majo (PSU) def. HUCHET, Melissa/PALMA, Jayanne (UI) 6-3
3. REDONDO, Andrea/DOWSE, Saffron (UI) def. MILENKOSKI,Jacinta/OHARA,Makoto (PSU) 6-4

Match Notes:
Idaho 4-8
Portland State 7-8
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (5,1,6,3,4,2)

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