The Washington men’s tennis team emerged from the weekend unscathed, moving the Huskies’ overall record to 7-1.

The 26th-ranked Huskies won convincingly Friday over No. 67 Mississippi State, 5-2, and won a close match against No. 60 East Tennessee State, 4-3, Sunday at the Great Northwest Shootout.

“It was a good week for us, just like last week,” head coach Matt Anger said. “We got some tough matches, and we won our tournament that we hosted.”

Fans were treated to close matches during this weekend’s tournament, which was hosted by the UW at the Nordstrom Tennis Center.

“All the matches these days are close matches,” Anger said. “That’s what makes this sport so exciting, and this one was no different than that.”

In Friday’s match, Washington was led by freshman Kyle McMorrow and junior Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, who both took out ranked opponents in the top-two singles matches to close out the win for the Huskies.

“[MSU] had a tough, spirited team, so we’re fortunate to make it through,” Anger said. “In Kyle’s match, he was doing better and better in the return games, and I was just hoping he’d be able to break through. He was able to do it at 30-40 in the last game.”

In the final match on court, junior Martin Kildahl came back from a 6-3 first-set loss to MSU’s Antonio Lastre and turned it around in the second set, winning 6-3. In the third set, the two went back and forth to 4-4, when Kildahl pulled through to win the third set and the match, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Although Washington won the match in convincing fashion, the doubles match point brought the Nordstrom Tennis Center to another decibel level, with the point coming down to the tiebreaker at the No. 2 spot. Kildahl and senior Derek Drabble pulled away in the tiebreaker, 7-2, to clinch the point.

“On Friday we had some guys that were very tough,” Anger said. “We came out, played well, and pulled out a close doubles point.”

Sunday’s match ended up closer than Washington would have liked, but the Huskies came out on top, 4-3.

“Closer than we would want, but we have to give the other team credit,” Anger said. “They played very well and made things difficult for us.”

Anger said he thought his players “hung tough,” but would have liked for the team to win without letting ETSU back in the match.

“We were up on all three courts, let them come back a bit, and they ended up winning at No. 2,” Anger said.

But the UW, led by Nedunchezhiyan at No. 1 singles and Drabble at No. 3 singles, toughed out the win.

“Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan won pretty handily, and Derek Drabble clinched it for us,” Anger said.

Reach reporter Mark Morgan at sports@dailyuw.com.