Montana State Men's Tennis Nets Saturday Win Over Seattle

Saturday, January 21

Eugene, OR

3 p.m. MT

Montana State University

Seattle

Rok Sitar earned singles and doubles wins on Saturday

Photo by: Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez

1/21/2017 3:42:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Cats get bounce-back after season-opening loss

By: Bill Lamberty

That's better.

Montana State rebounded from opening-day struggles to post a 5-2 win over Seattle at Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday. The Bobcats lost to SU by the same score in the same location on Friday.

"We played much better (Saturday)," said Bobcat coach Jared Burnham. "I'm happy about the effort and the execution. We changed things up in doubles and that worked, apparently."

Montana State started well, grabbing the doubles point with wins by Rok Sitar and Alex Flink at No. 1, and Kasper Parklo and Max Petrak at No. 3, both by 6-4 scores. Sitar and Flink won at No. 2 on Friday.

After a loss at No. 5 singles by Petrak, the Bobcats jumped to the lead when Kellen Bates snagged a 6-4, 6-1 win over Trenton Nield at No. 1 and Adrian Torrico snagged a 6-3, 6-1 victory over John Sturmans at No. 3. Parklo won the clincher at No. 6, a 6-4, 7-6 win over Michael Schattler. Sitar's 6-4, 3-6, 10-4 win at No. 2 gave MSU its final margin of victory.

"Kasper played very well today," Burnham said, "and Kellend played much better. I think we can be a tough team when we get good production at the top of the lineup."

Montana State's season-opening weekend continues Sunday, when the Bobcats play at Oregon. Live stats are available at:

http://www.goducks.com/sports/2017/1/19/mens-tennis-live-scoring.aspx