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Boise State's Men's Tennis wins MWC championship

https://themw.com/news/2023/4/28/mens-tennis.aspx

The Boise State men's tennis team, with former Boise State tennis star player Luke Shields as their head coach, won the 5th overall Mountain West Conference championship yesterday.

In the first round of the championships, last Wednesday, Boise State, the # 3 Seed, defeated the # 6 Seed San Diego State 4-2.

On Thursday the # 3 Seeded Boise State men's tennis team upset the # 2 Seeded Nevada in a close 4-3 match.

On Friday, in the championship matches, # 3 Seeded Boise State defeated # 4 Seeded Utah State (which had defeated # 1 Seeded New Mexico 4-3 on Thursday) by a score of 4-2 to win the Mountain West Conference's 2023 Men's Tennis championship.

Next week the Boise State men's tennis team will be the Mountain West's automatic qualifier in the NCAA tournament.   The brackets for the NCAA tournament will be released at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.

Results of the Championship match vs. # 4 seeded Utah State

#3 Boise State (21-7) def. #4 Utah State (12-13) 4-2
Doubles (Order of finish: 1,3,2)
1. Cierny/Zarkovic (USU) def. Arca Costas/Michael Bott (BSU) 6-1
2. Paardekooper/Pinheiro (USU) def. Moortgat/Van Herzeele (BSU) 6-4
3. Sippel/Jan Lucca Marquardt (BSU) def. Jack Ninteman/Javier Ruiz Medina (USU) 6-2

Singles (Order of finish: 5,2,3,1,6)
1. Simon Arca Costas (BSU) def. David Cierny (USU) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
2. Bodin Zarkovic (USU) def. Sam Sippel (BSU) 6-4, 7-5
3. Caden Moortgat (BSU) def. Stijn Paardekooper (USU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
4. James Van Herzeele (BSU) vs. Sergi Mico Fenollar (USU) 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 3-1 DNF
5. John Chin (BSU) def. Roko Savin (USU) 7-6(2), 6-2
6. Idriss Haddouch (BSU) def. Nuno Pinheiro (USU) 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4