Final Stats
MISSOULA, Mont. - Sophomores
Nate Gross and
Colton Pate led the way in ISU's 5-2 loss at Montana Saturday morning at the Peak Racquet Club. ISU had several close contests including two three-set matches and two matches that advanced to a 10-point tiebreaker.
Gross, competing in his first three set match of the season defeated Mikolaj Caruk 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 4 spot. The Bengal improved his singles record to 11-6 for the season and his record at the No. 4 position to 7-4. He has won four of his last five matches. Colton posted ISU's second victory fighting back to overcome Ethan Vaughn 7-6, 2-6, 10-6 at the No. 6 position improving to 2-3 at the spot.
Dakota Pate pushed his opponent Michael Facey to a three set match before he was overcome 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the No. 3 spot while Buckingham fell in the third set tiebreaker 0-6, 6-2, 10-8 to David Cysneiros at the No. 5 spot.
Senior
Danel Barrenechea fell 6-1, 6-1 to Carl Kuschke at the No. 1 spot while freshman
Diego Cavalcanti was overcome 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 2 position.
ISU fell to 3-14 for the season and 0-6 in league action while Montana improved to 8-7 for the season and 2-2 in Big Sky play.
Idaho State's next match is the Bengals final home contest of the season against Weber State on Tuesday, April 12 at Reed Gym. The dual match begins at 1 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
Idaho State vs Montana
Apr 09, 2011 at Missoula, Mont. (Peak Racquet Club)
Montana 5 - Idaho State 2
Singles
1. Carl Kuschke (UM) def. BARRENECHEA,Danel (ISU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Josh Smith (UM) def. CAVALCANTI,Diego (ISU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Michael Facey (UM) def. PATE,Dakota (ISU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
4. GROSS,Nate (ISU) def. Mikolaj Caruk (UM) 3-6, 6-0, 6-1
5. David Cysneiros (UM) def. BUCKINGHAM,Dan (ISU) 0-6, 6-2, 10-8
6. PATE,Colton (ISU) def. Ethan Vaughn (UM) 7-6, 2-6, 10-6
Doubles competition
1. Carl Kuschke/Josh Smith (UM) def. CAVALCANTI,Diego/PATE,Dakota (ISU) 8-2
2. Mikolaj Caruk/David Cysneiros (UM) def. BARRENECHEA,Danel/BUCKINGHAM,Dan (ISU) 8-6
3. Ben Demarois/Andrew Warren (UM) def. GROSS,Nate/PATE,Colton (ISU) 8-6
Match Notes: Idaho State 3-14 Montana 8-7
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