Friday, April 14
Boise, Idaho
4 p.m. MT
Boise State
3
vs
4
New Mexico
Boise State Rally Comes Up Short as Lobos Edge Broncos
4/14/2023 8:36:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Simon Arca Costas joined an elite club Friday becoming the seventh Bronco in history to reach the 100 career singles wins milestone.
BOISE, Idaho – Boise State men's tennis rallied from 2-0 down to tie the match at 3-3 against New Mexico Friday afternoon at the Appleton Tennis Center but came up short 4-3 in the end.
It was a battle for first place in the Mountain West Conference standings as the 61st-ranked Broncos moved to 18-5 overall and 3-1 in the league, while 73rd-ranked New Mexico improved to 12-5 and 3-0.
The Lobos opened the match taking the team doubles point 2-0 over the Broncos. They then stretched their lead to 2-0 with the first singles victory of the match.
Boise State rallied to tie the match score at 2-2 with singles victories by Simon Arca Costas, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 2 singles, and Idriss Haddouch, 6-4, 6-3, on court five.
After New Mexico retook the lead to go up 3-2, the Broncos' James Van Herzeele won on court four 6-4, 6-4, to pull the blue and orange even once again.
New Mexico's Nikolay Sysoev clinched the match with a tough 6-4, 7-5 win on court six.
Doubles (Order of finish: 1,2)
It was a battle for first place in the Mountain West Conference standings as the 61st-ranked Broncos moved to 18-5 overall and 3-1 in the league, while 73rd-ranked New Mexico improved to 12-5 and 3-0.
The Lobos opened the match taking the team doubles point 2-0 over the Broncos. They then stretched their lead to 2-0 with the first singles victory of the match.
Boise State rallied to tie the match score at 2-2 with singles victories by Simon Arca Costas, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 2 singles, and Idriss Haddouch, 6-4, 6-3, on court five.
After New Mexico retook the lead to go up 3-2, the Broncos' James Van Herzeele won on court four 6-4, 6-4, to pull the blue and orange even once again.
New Mexico's Nikolay Sysoev clinched the match with a tough 6-4, 7-5 win on court six.
Notables
- Arca Costas became the seventh Bronco all-time to reach the 100 career singles victories milestone.
- Arca Costas also tallied his 177th combined (singles and doubles) win to close within one of eighth-place in program history.
- Arca Costas extended his wins streak in singles to 20 as he improved to a team-best 29-5 on the year.
- Van Herzeele recorded his eighth straight singles victory to improve to 22-11 overall.
- Haddouch won his sixth straight singles match improving to 6-3 since joining the team in January.
- The loss to the Lobos snapped two 11-match wins streaks by the Broncos for an active overall streak and home wins streak as they moved to 11-1 in Boise this year.
What's Next
Boise State will wrap up the regular season next week when the Broncos travel to play at Nevada on Thursday followed by a home match against Utah State next Saturday.Agate
No. 73 New Mexico (12-5, 3-0 MW) def. No. 61 Boise State (18-5, 3-1 MW) 4-3Doubles (Order of finish: 1,2)
- Azkara/Maggs (UNM) def. Arca Costas/Michael Bott (BSU) 6-4
- Matsushita/Samaha (UNM) def. Moortgat/Sippel (BSU) 7-5
- Jan Lucca Marquardt/Minakata (BSU) vs. Abdulsalam/Noroozian (UNM) 5-5 DNF
- Arda Azkara (UNM) def. Sam Sippel (BSU) 6-3, 6-4
- Simon Arca Costas (BSU) def. Rafael Abdulsalam (UNM) 6-3, 6-0
- Aram Noroozian (UNM) def. Caden Moortgat (BSU) 6-2, 6-1
- James Van Herzeele (BSU) def. Ryoma Matsushita (UNM) 6-4, 6-4
- Idriss Haddouch (BSU) def. Georgio Samaha (UNM) 6-4, 6-3
- Nikolay Sysoev (UNM) def. Ryo Minakata (BSU) 6-4, 7-5
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