Willamette Wins #1 Doubles plus #1 and #2 Singles, but Lutes Take Match, 6-3

Andrew Kabacy (Fr., Vancouver, WA/Skyview HS)

March 17, 2019

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Willamette	Pacific Lutheran
Score	3	6

Doubles

Schechter, Aaron / Kabacy, Andrew def. Campbell, Michael / Lee, Marcus 8-6
Pers Eliasson,Hampus / DeMattos, Justin def. Fisher, Colin / Perie-Jones, Gene 8-6
Kim, Jake / Near, Branson def. Hiserman, Luke / Pezeshki, Charles 8-6

Singles

Kabacy, Andrew def. Campbell, Michael 4-6 , 6-1 , 7-5
Schechter, Aaron def. DeMattos, Justin 6-2 , 6-2
Pers Eliasson,Hampus def. Fisher, Colin 6-3 , 6-3
Lee, Marcus def. Perie-Jones, Gene 6-4 , 6-1
Kim, Jake def. Hiserman, Luke 6-0 , 6-0
Near, Branson def. Pezeshki, Charles 6-1 , 6-1

By Robert McKinney, Assistant Athletics Director, Communications

TACOMA, Wash. -- Willamette University registered wins at #1 doubles and added victories at #1 and #2 singles, but Pacific Lutheran University won the overall match, 6-3, in Northwest Conference men's tennis action on Sunday, March 17. PLU improved to 4-5 on the season, 1-3 in the NWC. Willamette fell to 1-7 overall, 10-1 in the NWC.

Andrew Kabacy (Fr., Vancouver, WA/Skyview HS) and Aaron Schechter (Sr., Seattle, WA/James A. Garfield HS) of Willamette teamed up to defeat Michael Campbell and Marcus Lee of PLU at #1 doubles, 8-6. Kabacy and Schechter also won their singles matches. Kabacy rallied past Campbell to take #1 singles, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5. Schechter was victorious at #2 singles, 6-2, 6-2, against Justin DeMattos.

Pacific Lutheran took wins at #2 and #3 doubles for an early 2-1 lead. At #2 doubles, the Lutes' team of DeMattos and Hampus Pers Eliasson downed Colin Fisher (Jr., Caldwell, ID/Thomas Jefferson Charter School) and Gene Perle-Jones (Jr., Eugene, OR/North Eugene HS), 8-6. At #3 doubles, Jake Kim and Brandon Near of PLU outscored Luke Hiserman (So., Monterey, CA/Pacific Grove HS) and Charles Pezeshki (Fr., Pullman, WA/Pullman HS), 8-6.

Eliasson and Fisher played a competitive match at #3 singles, with Pers Eliasson winning 6-3, 6-3. Marcus Lee of Pacific Lutheran held off Perle-Jones in the first set at #4 singles, 6-4, before winning the second set, 6-1. Also earning singles wins for the Lutes were Kim at the #5 position and Near at #6.

The Bearcats will play an exhibition match against Foothills College in Los Altos Hills, California, on Saturday, March 23 to start a three-match road trip.

Andrew Kabacy (Fr., Vancouver, WA/Skyview HS)

Big Moment of the Match for Willamette

Andrew Kabacy rallied after losing the first set at #1 singles and
went on to defeat Michael Campbell, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5. Kabacy also
earned a victory at #1 doubles with Aaron Schechter, as they
downed Campbell and Marcus Lee, 8-6.