Box Score MORAGA, Calif. - Saint Mary's has won two of their last three matches and secured their first conference win over Portland Saturday afternoon, defeating the Pilots 4-2 with the doubles point and three singles victories.
Ellison Greco and
Paulo Hugo Etchecoin won a heated doubles match 7-6 while
Finn Dyer and
Pierre Lieutaud took down Portland's Tom Garcia and Lucas Kimelman 6-3.
In the singles play,
Carlos Ramos Membrives defeated Maxim Groysman in three sets, coming back down 0-1 to win the second and third, 6-3 6-1. Thibuad Maxant and
Finn Dyer clinched the match with their wins to give the Gaels the 4-2 victory. Maxant won comfortably in straight sets while Dyer also came from behind in three sets, winning 7-6 6-2.
Full match results can be found below:
Saint Mary's 4, Portland 2
Timothy Korth Tennis Complex
Saturday, March 29th | Moraga, Calif. | 2:00 PM
Doubles
(UP) Graysman and Skobelev def. (SMC) Ramos and Maxant, 6-3
(SMC) Greco and Etchecoin def. (UP) Keremedchev and Fernando, 7-6
(SMC) Dyer and Lieutaud def. (UP) Garcia and Kimelman, 6-3
Singles
(SMC) Ramos def. (UP) Groysman, 3-6 6-3 6-1
(UP) Keremedchiev def. (SMC) Etchecoin, 6-2 6-0
(SMC) Maxant def. (UP) Skobelev, 6-2 6-1
(SMC) Dyer def. (UP) Garcia, 3-6 7-6 6-2
(UP) Fernando def. (SMC) Greco, 6-4 6-3
(SMC) Lieutaud vs. (UP) Kimelman, 7-6 2-6 6-5 DNF
Saint Mary's will turn around and host Gonzaga on Sunday, March 30th at 1:00 PM. Match information and results can be found at smcgaels.com.
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