Bengals Drop 7-0 Decision to Montana

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CHUBBUCK, Idaho – The Idaho State men's tennis team fell to visiting Montana 7-0 Saturday afternoon at the Osborne Tennis Complex in Chubbuck, Idaho. The Bengals lost the decisive doubles point early and were unable to recover.

"We lost a really tough doubles point that I felt like we were in control of," Head Coach Mark Rodel said. "Montana is a very talented team, and we competed well, but we just came out short everywhere. We just couldn't pull ourselves out from the doubles."

Idaho State (6-9, 3-2 BSC) earned a 6-4 win at the No. 3 doubles position to open doubles play, but Montana (4-6, 3-2 BSC) bested the Bengals at the Nos. 2 and 1 positions 6-2 and 6-4 respectively to earn the doubles point.

Idaho State struggled in singles play, losing all but one match in just two sets. Junior Sebastian Edin forced three sets after battling back to win the second set and tie the match 1-all but fell 10-8 in a fierce third set to give UM's Semion Branzburg the win at No. 1 singles.

Idaho State returns to play April 8 against Sacramento State at 2 p.m. Location will be determined based on weather conditions the day of the match.

Montana 7, Idaho State 0
Singles competition
1. BRANZBURG, Semion (UM) def. Sebastian Edin (ISU) 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
2. MIMNAGH-FLEMING, P. (UM) def. William Edin (ISU) 6-4, 7-5
3. SCHMIDL, Yannick (UM) def. Francis Filipovich (ISU) 7-6, 6-3
4. CANELLOPOLOS, A. (UM) def. Bjorn Scheepbouwer (ISU) 7-6, 6-3
5. CASADEVALL, Victor (UM) def. Josh Goodwin (ISU) 6-3, 6-1
6. SOLTYKA, Tomasz (UM) def. Haseeb Khan (ISU) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. SCHMIDL, Yannick/CANELLOPOLOS, A. (UM) def. Sebastian Edin/Bjorn Scheepbouwer (ISU) 6-4
2. CASADEVALL, Victor/MIMNAGH-FLEMING, P. (UM) def. William Edin/Josh Goodwin (ISU) 6-2
3. Francis Filipovich/Haseeb Khan (ISU) def. BRANZBURG, Semion/BARCOT, Petar (UM) 6-4

Match Notes:
Montana 4-6, 3-2 BSC
Idaho State 6-9, 2-4 BSC
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (5,6,4,2,3,1)