Broncos Advance to Semifinals at Dar Walters Classic

BOISE, Idaho – Boise State men's tennis advanced both of its teams into Saturday's semifinal round at the Dar Walters Classic being held this weekend at the Appleton Tennis Center on campus.

The tournament is a two-person team competition with each match contesting of one doubles and two singles contests, the winner of two out of the three advances.

On Friday both Boise State teams won their quarterfinal matches. Sam Sippel and Michael Bott won their contest 3-0 as they defeated Oregon's tandem of Avi Shuger and Russell Soohoo. In doubles, the Broncos defeated the Ducks 6-4, then followed with singles victories by Sippel over Shuger 6-2, 6-4 and Bott 7-6(4), 6-4 over Soohoo.

Ryo Minakata and James Van Herzeele also won their opening match over Rian Ta and Germia Rossi of Utah by a 2-1 score. They started with a close 6-4 loss in doubles, then rallied to sweep both singles matches in straight sets; Minakata won 6-1, 6-2 over Ta while Van Herzeele beat Rossi 6-4, 6-1.

NOTABLE

This year's field includes Boise State, Eastern Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Utah.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Broncos will continue at the Dar Walters Classic on Saturday during the semifinal round at the Appleton Tennis Center; the action begins at 9 a.m. (Mountain).

FRIDAY'S RESULTS
R16. Francisco Bascon/Taiyo Kurata (UI) def. Tyler Dalos/Brady Thomas (EWU) 3-0
                D. Bascon/Kurata (UI) def. Dalos/Thomas (EWU) 6-4
                S1. Bascon (UI) def. Dalos (EWU) 6-1, 5-7, 6-0
                S2. Kurata (UI) def. Thomas (EWU) 6-0, 6-4

R16. Dylan Applegate/Charlie Spina (UU) def. Vivek Ramesh/Adam Taylor (UI) 2-1
                D. Applegate/Spina (UU) def. Ramesh/Taylor (UI) 6-4
                S1. Ramesh (UI) def. Applegate (UU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
                S2. Spina (UU) def. Taylor (UI) 6-3, 6-3

R16. Francisco Gay/Alex Asenov (UI) def. Luke Vandecasteele/August Gustafson (UO) 2-1
                D. Gay/Asenov (UI) def. Vandecasteele/Gustafson (UO) 6-3
                S1. Gay (UI) def. Vandecasteele (UO) 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3
                S2. Gustafson (UO) def. Asenov (UI) 6-3, 6-2

R16. Ryo Minakata/James Van Herzeele (BSU) def. Rian Ta/Germia Rossi (UU) 2-1
                D. Ta/Rossi (UU) def. Minakata/Van Herzeele (BSU) 6-4
                S1. Minakata (BSU) def. Ta (UU) 6-1, 6-2
                S2. Van Herzeele (BSU) def. Rossi (UU) 6-4, 6-1

QF. Bruno Casino/Matteo Masala (UI) def. Erik Sarlvik/Steven Paz (EWU) 3-0
                D. Casino/Masala (UI) def. Sarlvik/Paz (EWU) 6-0
                S1. Casino (UI) def. Sarlvik (EWU) 6-2, 6-0
                S2. Masala (UI) def. Paz (EWU) 6-3, 6-1

QF. Sam Sippel/Michael Bott (BSU) def. Avi Shuger/Russell Soohoo (UO) 3-0
                D. Sippel/Bott (BSU) def. Shuger/Soohoo (UO) 6-4
                S1. Sippel (BSU) def. Shuger (UO) 6-2, 6-4
                S2. Bott (BSU) def. Soohoo (UO) 7-6(4), 6-4

Players Mentioned

Michael Bott

Ryo Minakata

Sam Sippel

James Van Herzeele

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