BOISE, Idaho — Idaho State men's tennis opened its 2025 fall slate at the Dar Walters Classic this weekend in Boise, with a field featuring players from Boise State, BYU, Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Portland, Utah State, and Weber State. The event was contested across the Appleton Tennis Center, Julia Davis Park, and Fort Boise, with two-player "teams" from each school competing in a best-of-three format consisting of doubles and two singles matches.
Idaho State entered five pairings across the Blue and Orange draws, plus one mixed-school doubles entry, and collected multiple team wins, a consolation runner-up finish, and several standout singles results.
Blue Draw Recap
Valentino de Pellegrin / Luka Vujacic
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Main Draw Round of 16: fell to Portland's Garcia/Skobelev, 1–2
Doubles 4–6, de Pellegrin d. Garcia 7–6(7), 6–2, Vujacic fell 3–6, 4–6
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Consolation Quarterfinal: def. Boise State's Baker/Velik, 2–1
Doubles 6–1, de Pellegrin fell 4–6, 4–6, Vujacic d. Velik 2–6, 7–5, 13–11
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Consolation Semifinal: def. Idaho's Amadike/Moroder, 3–0
Doubles 6–1, de Pellegrin d. Amadike 7–5, 7–5, Vujacic d. Moroder 6–2, 6–2
Quentin Lamothe / Lewie Bouman
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Main Draw Round of 16: fell to BYU's Edmonston/Goldammer, 1–2
Doubles 4–6, Lamothe fell 4–6, 2–6, Bouman d. Edmonston 6–2, 2–6, 14–12
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Consolation Quarterfinal: def. Utah State's Alex/Calvelo, 2–1
Doubles 6–3, Lamothe fell 3–6, 6–7(6), Bouman d. Calvelo 6–3, 6–4
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Consolation Semifinal: fell to BYU's Duong/Chow, 0–3
Doubles 3–6, Lamothe fell 3–6, 1–6, Bouman fell 5–7, 1–6
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Sunday Pickup: def. Idaho's Amadike/Moroder, 2–1
Doubles fell 3–6, Lamothe d. Amadike 2–6, 6–4, 1–0(10–8), Bouman d. Moroder 6–4, 6–1
Orange Draw Recap
Sam Wensley / Tyler Dalos
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Main Draw Round of 16: fell to BYU's Owen/Schreiner, 0–3
Doubles 4–6, Wensley fell 4–6, 6–4, 2–6, Dalos fell 6–7(6), 4–6
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Consolation Quarterfinal: def. Montana's Bucurescu/Watkins, 3–0
Doubles 3–0, Dalos d. Watkins 6–2, 6–3, Wensley d. Bucurescu 7–6, 6–3
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Consolation Semifinal: def. Utah State's Nejedly-Krall/Pasanen, 2–1
Doubles 7–5, Dalos fell 1–6, 4–6, Wensley d. Pasanen 6–4, 6–4
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Consolation Final: fell to Boise State's Duda/Seversen, 1–2
Doubles 2–6, Wensley fell 1–6, 4–6, Dalos d. Seversen 6–1, 6–3
Rafael Maya / Hayden Ciguenza
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Main Draw Round of 16: fell to Portland's Kimelman/Bindor, 1–2
Doubles 5–7, Maya fell 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, Ciguenza d. Bindor 6–2, 6–4
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Consolation Quarterfinal: def. Idaho's Wang/Glasl, 3–0
Doubles 6–3, Maya d. Wang 7–6(5), 4–6, 10–5, Ciguenza d. Glasl 6–3, 7–5
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Consolation Semifinal: fell to Boise State's Duda/Seversen, 0–3
Doubles 3–6, Maya fell 1–6, 0–6, Ciguenza fell 5–7, 5–7
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Sunday Pickup: fell to Utah State's Nejedly-Krall/Pasanen in doubles and both singles
Sep de Visser / Xavier Martin Roca (Idaho State/Idaho, mixed-school)
Additional Singles
From the Coach
Head coach Oliver Good was pleased with the team's performance and depth across the three-day tournament.
"It was a great weekend where our guys got a lot of quality matches in. We performed well all three days and have a lot that we can build off at our home tournament next weekend."
Bengal Highlights
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Consolation finalist in the Orange Draw: Wensley/Dalos with two straight wins to reach Sunday's final.
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Perfect 3–0 sweep for Maya/Ciguenza in the Orange Consolation Quarterfinal over Idaho.
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Blue Consolation surge from de Pellegrin/Vujacic, back-to-back wins including a 3–0 semifinal sweep of Idaho.
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Clutch third sets: Bouman saved the point with a 14–12 match tiebreak over BYU's Edmonston, and Vujacic edged BSU's Velik 13–11 to seal a team win.
Up Next
Idaho State returns home for the Idaho State Invitational, September 19th-21st at Cappel Park in Chubbuck, ID.
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