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Marcos Zelver, Joaquin Espinoza Lead Cats in Fall Debut at Idaho State October 5-6
10/12/2019 7:26:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Interim Head Coach Trey Morris gets first taste of 2019-20 squad
As first impressions go, Montana State's trip to the Idaho State Invitational fall men's tennis tournament was positive.
Bobcat sophomore Marcos Zelver defeated teammate Joaquin Espinoza 5-7, 6-4, 10-3 to claim third place in the back-draw. Zelver finished the tournament, held October 5-6 in Pocatello, 2-1, while Espinoza was 2-2. They led the Cats in the team's first action of the fall.
It was also the first tournament for Trey Morris, hired as the program's assistant coach shortly before head coach Jared Burnham accepted a similar position Eastern Washington. The trip to Pocatello capped a whirlwind month, in which Morris came to Bozeman to oversee the team's fall practices, returned to Georgia, and completed the move back to Bozeman.
Morris liked what he saw at ISU. "Everybody was fighting hard," he said. "It was the first tournament of the year so to knock some rust off and get back into competition (was good). The most important thing to me was the energy level of the guys and the intensity of fighting for each point and putting ourselves in winning position. Going forward that's really going to pay off."
Four of Montana State's six players earned victories at the ISU event, which included contingents from ISU, Boise State, Weber State, Montana, and Air Force. One of Morris' priorities for the fall is to create positive energy, and his team took a step in that direction with its performance at Idaho State. "One of the biggest things for me is getting the guys confident going into the spring season, making sure everyone is competition-ready for the spring, figure out what the doubles lineups are, who plays well together, who meshes together both skill-set-wise and personality-wise. And then we need to figure out where we're going to be in the first match of the (spring) season in singles."
SINGLES PLAY
NEJCS SITAR (1-2)
Def. Michiel Van Schoor (Weber State) 6-4, 6-4
Lost to Lukas Ridemar (Idaho State) no result
Lost to Kyryll Kryvchun (Boise State) 1-6, 6-3, 4-10
DREW BROWN (1-2)
Lost to Fynn Lohse (Idaho State) 4-6, 6-7 (0-1)
Def. Jonathan Mascagni (Air Force) 6-2, 6-2
Lost to Mack Galvin (Air Force) 7-5, 1-6, 9-11
MARCOS ZELVER (2-1)
Lost to Morgan Ihrig (Air Force) 6-7 (6-8), 3-6
Def. Ed Pudney (Montana) no result
Def. Joaquin Espinoza (Montana State) 5-7, 6-4, 10-3
JOAQUIN ESPINOZA (2-2)
Lost to Gary Rendek (Idaho State) 7-5, 5-7, 6-10
Def. Waldman (Air Force) 6-7 (0-4), 6-2, 10-6
Def. Jack Yount (Montana) 6-3, 6-1
Lost to Marcos Zelver (Montana State) 7-5, 4-6, 3-10
GRANT WOOD (0-2)
Lost to Pontus Hallgren (Montana) 1-6, 2-6
Lost to Kyler Hartman (Idaho State) 3-6, 6-4, 10-5
CHASE STONER (0-2)
Lost to Milo Benn (Montana) 5-7, 1-6
Lost to Kemal Karagozoglu (Boise State) 1-6, 6-3, 7-10
DOUBLES PLAY
MARCOS ZELVER/MANUEL MONTEIRO (2-2)
Def. Milo Benn/Josh Watkins (Montana) 6-4
Lost to Jonathan Mascagni/Waldman (Air Force) 2-6
Def. Kyler Hartman/Filippo Lacaba (Idaho State) 6-3
Lost to Wyatt DeMulling/Kemal Karagozoglu (Boise State) 3-6
CHASE STONER/GRANT WOOD (0-3)
Lost to Jordan AZUMA/Denali Kitayama (Air Force) 2-6
Lost to Jonathan Mascagni/Walsman (Air Force) 2-6
Lost to Bo-Han Li/Yohann Prinsen (Idaho State) 6-7
DREW BROWN/NEJC SITAR (2-2)
Def. Jack Young/Pontus Hallgren (Montana) 6-4
Lost to Patrick Trhac/Gary Rendek (Idaho State) 5-7
Def. Denali Kitayama/Jordan Azuma (Air Force) 7-6
Lost to Max Kordk/Oisin Shaffrey (Montana) 3-6
Bobcat sophomore Marcos Zelver defeated teammate Joaquin Espinoza 5-7, 6-4, 10-3 to claim third place in the back-draw. Zelver finished the tournament, held October 5-6 in Pocatello, 2-1, while Espinoza was 2-2. They led the Cats in the team's first action of the fall.
It was also the first tournament for Trey Morris, hired as the program's assistant coach shortly before head coach Jared Burnham accepted a similar position Eastern Washington. The trip to Pocatello capped a whirlwind month, in which Morris came to Bozeman to oversee the team's fall practices, returned to Georgia, and completed the move back to Bozeman.
Morris liked what he saw at ISU. "Everybody was fighting hard," he said. "It was the first tournament of the year so to knock some rust off and get back into competition (was good). The most important thing to me was the energy level of the guys and the intensity of fighting for each point and putting ourselves in winning position. Going forward that's really going to pay off."
Four of Montana State's six players earned victories at the ISU event, which included contingents from ISU, Boise State, Weber State, Montana, and Air Force. One of Morris' priorities for the fall is to create positive energy, and his team took a step in that direction with its performance at Idaho State. "One of the biggest things for me is getting the guys confident going into the spring season, making sure everyone is competition-ready for the spring, figure out what the doubles lineups are, who plays well together, who meshes together both skill-set-wise and personality-wise. And then we need to figure out where we're going to be in the first match of the (spring) season in singles."
SINGLES PLAY
NEJCS SITAR (1-2)
Def. Michiel Van Schoor (Weber State) 6-4, 6-4
Lost to Lukas Ridemar (Idaho State) no result
Lost to Kyryll Kryvchun (Boise State) 1-6, 6-3, 4-10
DREW BROWN (1-2)
Lost to Fynn Lohse (Idaho State) 4-6, 6-7 (0-1)
Def. Jonathan Mascagni (Air Force) 6-2, 6-2
Lost to Mack Galvin (Air Force) 7-5, 1-6, 9-11
MARCOS ZELVER (2-1)
Lost to Morgan Ihrig (Air Force) 6-7 (6-8), 3-6
Def. Ed Pudney (Montana) no result
Def. Joaquin Espinoza (Montana State) 5-7, 6-4, 10-3
JOAQUIN ESPINOZA (2-2)
Lost to Gary Rendek (Idaho State) 7-5, 5-7, 6-10
Def. Waldman (Air Force) 6-7 (0-4), 6-2, 10-6
Def. Jack Yount (Montana) 6-3, 6-1
Lost to Marcos Zelver (Montana State) 7-5, 4-6, 3-10
GRANT WOOD (0-2)
Lost to Pontus Hallgren (Montana) 1-6, 2-6
Lost to Kyler Hartman (Idaho State) 3-6, 6-4, 10-5
CHASE STONER (0-2)
Lost to Milo Benn (Montana) 5-7, 1-6
Lost to Kemal Karagozoglu (Boise State) 1-6, 6-3, 7-10
DOUBLES PLAY
MARCOS ZELVER/MANUEL MONTEIRO (2-2)
Def. Milo Benn/Josh Watkins (Montana) 6-4
Lost to Jonathan Mascagni/Waldman (Air Force) 2-6
Def. Kyler Hartman/Filippo Lacaba (Idaho State) 6-3
Lost to Wyatt DeMulling/Kemal Karagozoglu (Boise State) 3-6
CHASE STONER/GRANT WOOD (0-3)
Lost to Jordan AZUMA/Denali Kitayama (Air Force) 2-6
Lost to Jonathan Mascagni/Walsman (Air Force) 2-6
Lost to Bo-Han Li/Yohann Prinsen (Idaho State) 6-7
DREW BROWN/NEJC SITAR (2-2)
Def. Jack Young/Pontus Hallgren (Montana) 6-4
Lost to Patrick Trhac/Gary Rendek (Idaho State) 5-7
Def. Denali Kitayama/Jordan Azuma (Air Force) 7-6
Lost to Max Kordk/Oisin Shaffrey (Montana) 3-6
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