STOCKTON, Calif. – University of Portland men's tennis concluded action this weekend at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships at the Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center. Portland played a lot of tennis with highlights including a quarterfinals run in doubles by Nikola Keremedchiev and Cade Fernando, while Keremedchiev also reached the Round of 16 in singles.
The tandem of Keremedchiev and Fernando defeated a team from Gonzaga and advanced via walkover to the quarterfinals before dropping a close 8-6 decision to a team from Cal. Keremedchiev recorded an impressive three-set win against Nico Rating from host Pacific before dropping a 6-3, 6-4 decision to Cal's Fryderyk Lechno Wasiutynski, the tournament's No.