Broncos Fall to No. 24 Memphis

Friday, March 10

Phoenix, Ariz.

1 p.m. MT

Boise State

Memphis

Simon Arca Costas waits to return a volley at the 2022 General Patton Fall Invite.

3/10/2023 9:06:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

TEMPE, Arizona – Boise State men's tennis opened the Diablos Tennis Tournament with a 4-1 defeat at the hands of 24th-ranked Memphis Friday afternoon at Kiwanis Park in Tempe, Ariz. The loss moved Boise State to 7-4 overall, while Memphis improved to 7-2.

John Chin and Caden Moortgat led the Broncos in doubles with a 6-4 victory at the No. 2 position. However, the Tigers claimed the team point with wins on courts one and two.

Down 3-0, Boise State fifth-year senior Simon Arca Costas recorded a straight-set victory at No. 2 singles defeating Memphis' David Stevenson 6-4, 6-4 to make the team score 3-1 Tigers.

Memphis went on to win the team competition 4-1. Sam Sippel and Moortgat were in the third set when the remaining singles matches were abandoned.

Notables

Arca Costas' singles victory moved him into two three-way ties for 11th place in the Bronco record book. He now has 89 career singles victories and a combined (singles and doubles) 156 wins.
Arca Costas now has 34 combined wins this year.
Moortgat moved to 14 doubles victories this season and 25 combined wins.

What's Next

Boise State will continue play at the Diablos Tennis Tournament Saturday when they face either No. 55 Oregon or No. 61 Drake; the two were still playing Friday night when this recap was posted.