SPOKANE, Wash. – The Gonzaga men's tennis team fell to visiting BYU 4-2 Saturday afternoon inside the Stevens Center.
 
BYU (10-5, 4-0 WCC) remained undefeated in West Coast Conference play, opening with the doubles point. The Cougars bested Sasha Trkulja and Leon Roider 6-3 to open doubles play, while Matthew Perkins and Matthew Hollingworth fell to BYU's Mateo Melendez and Brigham Andrus 6-4 to give BYU the doubles point. On court 1, BYU held a 5-4 edge in the match before it went unfinished.
 
In singles, Oliver Andersson and Trkulja both secured victories for the Zags to open singles play. Andersson defeated BYU's Sam Tullis 7-6(7-1), 6-2 while Trkulja defeated Jack Barnett 6-2, 6-4. The Cougars won the next three singles matches to secure the 4-2 victory; Hollingworth led BYU's Sean Hill 7-6(7-5), 3-6, 2-1 when BYU secured the final point for the 4-2 victory.
 
The Zags hit the road for a pair of matches in California, opening at San Francisco at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 10th. Check GoZags.com for up-to-date match time information.
 
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