PORTLAND, Ore. – The Gonzaga men's tennis team had an away match at Portland University earlier today and lost 4-1. This match concludes the regular season, as the Zags will prepare to compete in the WCC Men's Tennis Championship.
As the doubles competition began, Portland's Issa Yoshida and Nicklas Oberg earned a 6-1 court three victory over Gonzaga's Arthus De La Bassetiere and Theo McDonald. Portland clinched the doubles point when Serna Pankin and Eleftherios Neos defeated Gonzaga's Sasha Trkulja and Matthew Hollingworth 6-2 on court one.
After the double point was clinched, Gonzaga's Oliver Andersson and Tom Hann's match against Portland's Nicolas Ocana and Nikolas Tvedt went unfinished in the No.2 spot.
Portland extended their lead when the singles competition began, as Neos defeated Andersson 6-4, 6-4 on court two. In the No.1 spot, Portland earned another team point when Pankin defeated Trkulja 7-6, 6-1. The Zags earned their first team point of the event when Hollingworth claimed a 7-6, 6-4 court three win over Ocana. Portland clinched the match when Oscar Brown defeated McDonald 7-5, 6-1 in the No.6 spot.
All other singles matches went unfinished, as Portland had already clinched the 4-1 victory.
Up next: Today's match concludes the Gonzaga men's tennis team's regular season. With the loss, the Zags clinch the fourth seed in the WCC Men's Tennis Championship, which will begin on Thursday, April 28th. This is the Zags first opportunity to perform in the WCC Tournament since they lost in the Opening Round to Santa Clara University during the 2018-2019 season. Want to stay up-to-date with the Gonzaga men's tennis team's news, schedule, scores, and highlights? Follow the @ZagMTennis account on Instagram and Twitter and visit the GoZags.com website!
Records: For Gonzaga, their record on the year moves to 17-5 overall with the loss. Portland's record with today's win improves to 10-9 on the season.
As the Zags finish the 2021-22 regular season, multiple Gonzaga men's tennis records were broken, including the best home record with a perfect 11-0. This breaks the previous best home season of 5-0 in the 2019-20 season.
In head coach DJ Gurule's first season at the helm, the Bulldogs also have earned a program record 17 dual wins, which breaks the previous record of 16 from the 2018-19 season. The overall 17-5 (.773) record is also currently the best dual record in program history, ahead of the current 10-4 (.714) record set in 2019-20.
The Zags also set a new Gonzaga men's tennis record with 9 dual sweeps this season, doubling the previous record of 6 dual sweeps set in the 1998-99 season. Finally, the Bulldogs broke the program record for the longest winning streak, which was set in the 2017-18 season, by winning eight straight duals between March 8th and April 9th.
Results:
Portland 4, Gonzaga 1
Singles Competition
1. Serna, Pankin (POR) def. Trkulja, Sasha (GU) 7-6, 6-1
2. Neos, Eleftherios (POR) def. Andersson, Oliver (GU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Hollingworth, Matthew (GU) def. Ocana, Nicolas (POR) 7-6, 6-4
4. De La Bassetiere, Arthus (GU) vs. Issa Yoshida (POR) 6-2, 7-6, 1-1 unfinished
5. Hann, Tom (GU) vs. Tvedt, Nikolas (POR) 7-5, 5-4 unfinished
6. Brown, Oscar (POR) def. McDonald, Theo (GU) 7-5, 6-1
Doubles Competition
1. Pankin, Serna/Neos, Eleftherios (POR) def. Hollingworth, Matthew/Trkulja, Sasha (GU) 6-2
2. Hann, Tom/Andersson, Oliver (GU) vs. Ocana, Nicolas/Tvedt, Nikolas (POR) 4-3 unfinished
3. Yoshida, Issa/Oberg, Nicklas (POR) def. De La Bassetiere, Arthus/McDonald, Theo (GU) 6-1
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,1,3,6)
