Broncos Rally Past Mustangs for First Road Win

Sunday, February 19

San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Noon MT

Boise State

Cal Poly

Ryo Minakata sends a shot back across the net at the 2022 Dar Walters Classic.

2/19/2023 4:20:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Boise State men's tennis rallied from a point down Sunday afternoon to defeat Cal Poly 4-3 at the Mustang Tennis Complex in San Luis Obispo, Calif. It is the first road victory of the season for the Broncos as they improved to 4-2 overall.

Down one heading into singles, Boise State regrouped and claimed wins on court four, where John Chin recorded the first victory 6-0, 6-3, and court two, where Simon Arca Costas also dispatched his opponent in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, to give the blue and orange a 2-1 advantage.

After the Mustangs tied the score at 2 all, Caden Moortgat put the Broncos back in front with a two-set 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles.

Ryo Minakata clinched the match on court six, where he won in three sets 6-1, 0-6, 6-0, putting Boise State up 4-2.

The final match on court one was decided in a third-set 10-point tiebreaker that went in Cal Poly's favor.

Notes

Arca Costas's singles victory moved him to 15-5 on the year to give him 86 career singles victories.
Arca Costas recorded his 150th career combined (singles and doubles) victory on Sunday, becoming the 15th Bronco all-time to reach the milestone. He also moved into a tie for 14th on the 150 combined wins list.
Moortgat collected his 10th singles victory of the season and 24th in his career.

What's Next

Boise State returns home to host BYU next Saturday, Feb. 25.

Agate

Boise State (4-2) def. Cal Poly (3-4) 4-3

Doubles (Order of finish: 2,1)
1. Berry/Smith (CP) def. Moortgat/Chin (BSU) 6-3
2. Leather/Bastiaan Weststrate (CP) def. Arca Costas/Michael Bott (BSU) 6-2
3. Ben Keyser/Fonseca (CP) vs. Sippel/Marquardt (BSU) 4-5, DNF

Singles (Order of finish: 4,2,3,5,6,1)
1. Noah Berry (CP) def. Sam Sippel (BSU) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (10-3)
2. Simon Arca Costas (BSU) def. Joe Leather (CP) 6-3, 6-3
3. Colter Smith (CP) def. James Van Herzeele (BSU) 6-3, 6-3
4. John Chin (BSU) def. Fernando Fonseca (CP) 6-0, 6-3
5. Caden Moortgat (BSU) def. Carter Crookston (CP) 6-4, 6-2
6. Ryo Minakata (BSU) def. Aaron Eliscu (CP) 6-1, 0-6, 6-0