HONOLULU, Hawaii – The Portland men's tennis team took the doubles point before falling to the BYU Cougars 5-2 in a neutral site match at the UH Tennis Complex. The Pilots fall to 2-2 on the season, while the Cougars move to 2-0.
Portland grabbed the early advantage by claiming the doubles point. Freshman Eli Noel made his dual season debut partnering with Tom Garcia to post a 6-3 win at the No. 3 spot over Tygen Goldammer and Alex Edmonston. BYU won 6-3 at No. 2 and then Portland's top tandem of Nikola Keremedchiev and Cade Fernando outlasted Adam Chodur and Otto Schreiner in a tiebreaker to clinch.