Boise State Rallies from Two Down to Win at SDSU

Sunday, April 2

San Diego, Calif.

1 p.m. MT

Boise State

San Diego State

4/2/2023 8:45:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Broncos win their ninth straight match.

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

SAN DIEGO – Boise State's men's tennis team rallied from a 2-0 deficit Sunday afternoon to defeat the San Diego State Aztecs 4-2 on the road. The Broncos improved to 16-4 overall with the win and 2-0 in Mountain West play.

After dropping the doubles point 2-1 and the No. 1 singles match to fall behind 2-0, Boise State rallied with four consecutive singles victories. Simon Arca Costas provided the match-clinching singles victory on court two with a three-set 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Chikaya Sato.

Leading up to Arca Costas' decisive match winner, James Van Herzeele started the rally with a straight-set win 6-1, 7-5 on court four.

Ryo Minakata tied the contest at 2-2 when he defeated Andre Saleh 7-5, 6-2 at No. 6 singles, followed by John Chin's victory on court five with a set two tiebreaker 6-1, 7-6(4).

Earlier in doubles play, the Bronco tandem of Jan Lucca Marquardt and Minakata collected the lone Boise State victory on court three by a 6-4 score.

Notables

Arca Costas' singles victory gave him 97 in his career moving him into a tie for seventh-place all-time in program history with former Bronco great Clancy Shields.
Arca Costas' singles victory moved his career combined (singles and doubles) wins total to 172; he remains at ninth all-time but closes to within six of tying for eighth.
Arca Costas' singles win came on court two giving him 31 career victories at No. 2 singles as he remains third all-time at the position.
Arca Costas has won 17 consecutive singles matches and is undefeated at 16-0 in team duals this spring.
Van Herzeele's singles win was his 19th of the season and 31st in his career.
Chin's singles victory was his 13th of the year and 21st of his collegiate career.
Minakata recorded his 14th singles win of the season.

What's Next

Boise State returns home to host a doubleheader next Saturday versus Air Force and Eastern Washington.

Agate

No. 63 Boise State (16-4, 2-0 MW) def. San Diego State (1-10, 0-1 MW) 4-2
Doubles (Order of finish: 3,1,2)
1. Seeman/Sato (SDSU) def. Costas/Michael Bott (BSU) 6-4
2. Mandma/Sengul (SDSU) def. Idriss Haddouch/Moortgat (BSU) 7-6 (10)
3. Jan Lucca Marquardt/Minakata (BSU) def. Fitzmaurice/Mathieu Josserand (SDSU) 6-4

Singles (Order of finish: 1,4,6,5,2)
1. Johannes Seeman (SDSU) def. Sam Sippel (BSU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Simon Arca Costas (BSU) def. Chikaya Sato (SDSU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
3. Bora Sengul (SDSU) vs. Caden Moortgat (BSU) 4-6, 6-3, 4-3 DNF
4. James Van Herzeele (BSU) def. Alexander Mandma (SDSU) 6-1, 7-5
5. John Chin (BSU) def. Eugenio Gonzalez Fitzmaurice (SDSU) 6-1, 7-6 (4)
6. Ryo Minakata (BSU) def. Andre Saleh (SDSU) 7-5, 6-2