April 10, 2004
Pocatello, ID-The Idaho State men's tennis squad defeated Big Sky rival Montana 4-3 Saturday afternoon at Reed Gym. The Bengals swept the double's matches and won three of the six single's contests.
The Bengals up their record to 8-6 overall, 3-1 in Big Sky play.
Idaho State's Hestian Stoica and Ioannis Stavridis teamed to defeat Gus Treyz and Stuart Wing 8-2. Ivan Moferdin and Jemre Okoh got past Ryan O'Niel and Varun Giri 8-6 at second doubles, and Pablo Garces and Marc Pijoan snagged an 8-3 victory at third doubles over Jan Steenekamp and Sean Stewart.
Pijoan also grabbed a win at fourth singles, defeating Treyz 6-0, 6-1. Garces won 6-1, 6-1 at fifth singles over Stewart, while Okoh picked up the victory at sixth singles, 6-2, 6-3 over Nick Tyree.
ISU now heads to Logan, Utah for a Tuesday matchup with Utah State.
Singles
No. 1 Jan Steenekamp (UM) def. Hestian Stoica (ISU), 4-6, 6-3, 10-5
No. 2 Stuart Wing (UM) def. Ioannis Stavridis (ISU), 7-6, 6-3
No. 3 Varun Giri (UM) def. Ivan Moferdin (ISU), 7-5, 6-2
No. 4 Marc Pijoan (ISU) def. Gus Treyz (UM), 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 Pablo Garces (ISU) def. Sean Stewart (UM), 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 Jemre Okoh (ISU) def. Nick Tyree (UM), 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 Stoica/Stavridis (ISU) def. Treyz/Wing (UM), 8-3
No. 2 Moferdin/Okoh (ISU) def. O'Niel/Giri (UM), 8-6
No. 3 Garces/Pijoan (ISU) def. Steenekamp/Stewart (UM), 8-3
