The Idaho men’s tennis team began their spring season with a convincing 7-0 victory against UC Riverside Sunday in Lewiston.
The defending Big Sky Conference champions entered the spring season with a new head coach.
Former head coach Jeff Beaman left the Vandals in July to accept the head coaching position at the University of West Alabama.
In Beaman’s absence, the Vandals hired head coach Abid Akbar.
Akbar spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s programs.
The new head coach said he has goals for the men’s tennis team to repeat as Big Sky champions.