In the Blue Draw singles bracket, Montana’s Andrew Warren advanced over Jason Bediones (Kent, Wash.), 6-1, 6-0. In the same bracket, Kevin Lynch (Colorado Springs, Colo.) fell to Weber State’s Sanjay Goswami, 6-4, 6-4, and Brandon Schneider (Dubuque, Iowa) was defeated by Idaho State’s Daniel Loebel, 6-0, 6-2. Bediones, Lynch, and Schneider will compete again in Saturday’s consolation bracket.
Kosanke advanced to Saturday’s quarterfinals with wins over Lewis-Clark State’s Andrew Bustani (6-1, 6-1) and Idaho State’s Jamey Swiggert (7-5, 7-5).
In Orange Draw singles, Connor Leahy (Portland, Ore.) advanced to the round of 16 over Lewis-Clark State’s Anthony Croteau, 6-3, 6-2, but fell to Montana’s Peter Mimnagh-Fleming, 6-3, 7-6. In the same bracket, Newman advanced to Saturday’s quarterfinals with wins over Weber State’s Ryan Garner, 6-4, 6-4, and Idaho State’s Bjorn Scheepbouwer, 6-1, 6-4. Clare was defeated in the first round by Montana’s Zach Drost, 7-5, 6-1, and will face Washington State’s Dylan Hansel in Saturday’s consolation bracket.
In Blue Doubles action, Kosanke/Clare advanced by defeating Boise State’s Toby Mitchell/Abe Hewko, 8-6, in one of the biggest wins since the rebirth of the Seattle U tennis program. Lynch/Bediones fell to Idaho’s Andrew Zedde/Matt Oddonetto, 8-4.
In Orange Doubles, Newman/Leahy advanced over Idaho’s Sam Laudon/Filip Fichtel, 8-5, before Schneider paired with Montana’s Eric Braun and fell to Weber State’s Ryan Garner/Landon Barlow, 8-5.
The Redhawks return to action on Saturday and Sunday to complete their final tournament of the fall season.