Reyn Miyagawa
Cole Kanazawa

Men's Tennis

Pacific Men's Tennis Opens Season

Four members of the Pacific University men's tennis team have reached the quarterfinals in the singles part of the draw at the Pacific Northwest Invitational hosted by George Fox. In addition, two doubles teams remain alive in the championship draw portion of the tournament.
 
Sophomore Reyn Miyagawa, who is the No. 4 seed, reached the quarterfinals of the A draw with a pair of victories. Miyagawa began the tournament with a 2-6, 6-2, 10-3 win over Pete Gibson of George Fox. He followed that up with a 6-0, 6-0 win over teammate Rayden Murata.

Earlier in the tournament, Murata began the tournament with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Alex Namba of George Fox.
 
Pacific landed three of the four quarterfinals in the B Draw including sophomore Joey Hu, who is the No. 1 seed of the B draw after a first round bye and a victory over teammate Garrett Katayama. He will face teammate Joey Balleweg, who is the No. 4 seed, who reached the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over teammate Jeffrey Kubota. The third Boxer in the quarterfinals is Koby Murata, who posted a 7-6, 6-3 win over Michael Mannion of Linfield to begin the tournament. Then, he came back with a 3-6, 6-0, 10-5 win over teammate Cooper Rich.
 
In doubles action, opening round winners were the Murata brothers, who posted an 8-1 win over the Foy/Worth tandem from Linfield and Hu/Miyagawa, who won by virtue of a bye.

Saturday's action will get underway at 9:30 a.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Joey Balleweg

Joey Balleweg

Sophomore
So./So.
Rayden Murata

Rayden Murata

Junior
Jr./Jr.
Joey Hu

Joey Hu

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Reyn Miyagawa

Reyn Miyagawa

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Koby Murata

Koby Murata

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Cooper Rich

Cooper Rich

Freshman
Fr./Fr.

Players Mentioned

Joey Balleweg

Joey Balleweg

Sophomore
So./So.
Rayden Murata

Rayden Murata

Junior
Jr./Jr.
Joey Hu

Joey Hu

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Reyn Miyagawa

Reyn Miyagawa

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Koby Murata

Koby Murata

Freshman
Fr./Fr.
Cooper Rich

Cooper Rich

Freshman
Fr./Fr.