April 8, 2005
Pocatello, ID--The Idaho State men's tennis team took a 5-2 win over Big Sky Conference foe Eastern Washington Friday afternoon at the ISU Tennis Courts at Reed Gym.
After dropping two of three doubles contest to fall behind 1-0 early, Idaho State rallied to win five of the six singles matches to secure the victory.
Ivan Moferdin won a straight set match over EWU's Brian Garfield at No. 1 singles, while ISU's Marc Pijoan won a 6-3, 6-4 decision over Patrick Millican at the third spot. Pablo Garces won at No. 4 singles, defeating Kevin Gregg in straight sets. Masimba Ruwo won at No. 5 singles over Keithan Erickson, while Ryo Sakamoto won at sixth singles, 7-5, 3-6, (10/7).
Next up for ISU will an April 12 road trip to Utah State.
Idaho State 5, Eastern Washington 2
Doubles
1. Moferdin/Pijoan (ISU) def. Garfield and Davis (EWU), 9-8 (7/3)
2. Millican/Gregg (EWU) def. Okoh/Ruwo (ISU), 8-6
3. Erickson/Heier (EWU) def. Garces/Danilkovich (ISU), 9-7
Singles
1. Ivan Moferdin (ISU) def. Brian Garfield (EWU), 6-1, 6-3
2. Marc Pijoan (ISU) def. Patrick Millican (EWU), 6-3, 6-4
3. Andrew Cohoe (EWU) def. Alex Danilkovich (ISU), 6-7, 7-6, 6-4
4. Pablo Garces (ISU) def. Kevin Gregg (EWU), 6-3, 7-6 (7/2)
5. Masimba Ruwo (ISU) def. Keithan Erickson (EWU), 6-3, 7-5
6. Ryo Sakamoto (ISU) def. Jonathan Davis (EWU), 7-5, 3-6, (10/7)
