Christoph Fuchs

WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- After opening its season with a victory over Lewis-Clark State earlier in the day, the Whitman College men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision to NCAA Div. I University of Idaho Saturday afternoon in Lewiston, Idaho.

With Saturday's skirmishes in the books, Whitman takes a few weeks off starting the Northwest Conference season on Feb. 6-7 with home matches against Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran in the Bratton Tennis Center.

Whitman, the defending NWC champion, has won 34 consecutive regular season matches against conference opponents.

Against Idaho, junior Christoph Fuchs and freshman Adriel Borshansky pushed their opponents -- both from Australia --  to three sets. Fuchs fell 6-4 in his third set while Borshansky lost 10-6 in a pro-set third set. 

Fuchs also teamed with sophomore Quin Miller at No. 1 doubles, where they fell 8-5 to Artem Kuznetsov, a junior from Moscow, Russia, and Alexandru Joitoiu, a sophomore from Bucharest, Romania.

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CONTACT: Dave Holden
Sports Information Director
Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash.
509 527-5902; holden@whitman.edu