Box Score SAN DIEGO, Calif., -- The Loyola Marymount University men's tennis team dropped a neutral match against University of Oregon on Friday afternoon, as the Lions lost 5-2 in San Diego, Calif.
"We served for the doubles match today and lost three tough matches in singles," said head coach Tom Lloyd. "Guys competed well and we are right there and so close. The idea is to turn a day like today into more motivation and us it to get better moving forward."
Oregon 5, Loyola Marymount 2
Doubles
1. #11 Ty Gentry/Joshua Charlton def. Diego Nava/Thien Nguyen – 7-6
2. Charles Roberts/Brandon Lam vs Keenan Mayo/Lucas Moreno – 6-6 unfinished
3. Riki Oshima/Jesper Klöv-Nilsson def. Ethan Prost/Austin Di Giulio – 6-4
Singles
1. #19 Joshua Charlton def. Diego Nava – 6-1, 7-6
2. Keenan Mayo def. Emmanuel Coste – 6-4, 6-3
3. Lucas Moreno def. Ty Gentry – 7-5, 6-4
4. Riki Oshima def. Austin Di Giulio – 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
5. Luke Vandecasteele def. Thien Nguyen – 7-6, 7-6
6. Brandon Lam def. Emin Torlic – 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Up next: The Lions will be back in action on Saturday to take on WCC opponent San Diego. Last season, the Lions fell to the Toreros in the regular season and in the post season.