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Boise State Men's Tennis Sweeps Montana State
1/25/2019 7:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BOISE, Idaho (1/25/19) – The Boise State men's tennis team opened its season with a 7-0 win over visiting Montana State at the Boas Indoor Tennis Center, Friday.
The Broncos defeated the Bobcats (0-2) for the 22nd-consecutive time and provided Kristian Widen a victory in his collegiate-head coaching debut.
"I am super proud of this group," Widen said. "They did exactly what we asked them to to; compete, play hard at every position, support each other and make it a clean match that was all about the tennis."
Widen added, "Montana State is well-coached, but I felt like our guys were very resilient when they faced adversity. It is a sense of relief to win your first match as a head coach and this is a great start for us to build on as we go forward this season."
The Blue and Orange's doubles came out swinging with the No. 2 team of Max Blancaneaux and Simon Arca Costas defeating the Bobcats' Creel Smith and Joaquin Espinoza 6-1.
Boise State's top pairing of Jack Heslin and Luka Soskic came back from a game down to defeat Drew Brown and Alexander Flink 6-4 and clinch the doubles point. At No. 3, Stefan Lalovic and Simon Stenlund pulled out a 6-3 win over Montana State's Mateus Ceolin and Marcos Zelver to give the Broncos a clean sweep.
Arca Costas extended Boise State's advantage to 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Ceolin at No. 6 singles. Moments later, Wyatt DeMulling put the finishing touch on a 6-0, 6-4 win against Espinoza at No. 4. DeMulling broke Espinoza's serve at 4-4 and held serve to close the match.
Blancaneaux clinched the match at No. 3 singles with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Christian Damgaard Qvist. Sokic added a straight-set victory at No. 2 singles and Lalovic and Heslin posted three-set wins at No. 5 and No. 1, respectively to close out the match.
Montana State vs Boise State
Jan. 25, 2019
Boise, Idaho (Boas Indoor Tennis Center)
Boise State 7, Montana State 0
Doubles (2,1,3)
- Jack Heslin (BSU)/Luka Soskic def. Drew Brown/Alexander Flink (MSU) 6-4
- Max Blancaneaux/Simon Arca Costas (BSU) def. Creel Smith/Joaquin Espinoza (MSU) 6-1
- Stefan Lalovic/Simon Stenlund (BSU) def. Mateus Ceolin/Marcos Zelver (MSU) 6-3
Singles (6,4,3,2,1,5)
- Jack Heslin (BSU) def. Alexander Flink (MSU) 3-6, 7-6(6), 1-0(7)
- Luka Soskic (BSU) def. Drew Brown (MSU) 6-4, 7-5
- Max Blancaneaux (BSU) def. Christian Damgaard Qvist (MSU) 6-2, 6-2
- Wyatt DeMulling (BSU) def. Joaquin Espinoza (MSU) 6-0, 6-4
- Stefan Lalovic (BSU) def. Creel Smith (MSU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
- Simon Arca Costas (BSU) def. Mateus Ceolin (MSU) 6-2, 6-2
Match Notes: Montana State 0-2, Boise State 1-0
