Rick Parker, USU staff
Utah State men's tennis freshman Mitch Johnson opened the first day of the Boise State-hosted Barb Chandler Classic with a pair of singles wins as he advanced to the quarterfinals of the Blue Bracket.
In singles, Johnson collected his first singles wins of his collegiate career, winning both his matches in the blue flight with a 6-3, 6-4 score against Air Force's Jordan Azuma followed by a three-set win against Ignatius Castelino of Denver, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Freshman Rithvik Bollipalli had the same result in the Dar Walters bracket round of 32 match against Portland State's Lucas Branco, winning 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.