LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Portland had three singles players reach their flight semifinals and both doubles tandems in the quarterfinals after Friday's action at the Larry Easley Memorial Classic hosted by UNLV. Junior Mathieu Garcia advanced in the top flight, while junior Pierre Garcia and sophomore Carlos Donat each made Flight 2 semifinals. Portland also is in both halves of the doubles draw.
Mathieu Garcia was impressive with a pair of come-from-behind victories. He opened the tournament by knocking off Riley Smith of USC and then came back to defeat Alex Cozbinov of host UNLV.
"We had a very successful day in Las Vegas today, led by Mathieu Garcia getting two gutsy, come-from-behind three set wins against very good opponents to advance to the semifinals of Flight 1 singles," Portland head coach Aaron Gross said.