LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Portland men's tennis dominated the doubles draw with three of the four semifinal teams, while Sema Pankin advanced to the singles title match Saturday at the Southern California Intercollegiate Championships. Pankin and teammate Eleftherios Neos will also compete for the doubles title, with championship matches scheduled for Sunday.
The Pilots took three quarterfinals doubles matches to open the day. Oscar Brown and Nikolas Tvedt stunned the top-seeded tandem from USC by an 8-2 margin. Freshman Cade Fernando and senior Issa Yoshida cruised to an 8-4 win against Cal Lutheran, while Pankin and Neos, the draw's two-seed, defeated a tough Cal Poly team in a tiebreaker.