Boise State Edged by Utah State

Saturday, April 22

Boise, Idaho

2 p.m. MT

Boise State

Utah State

4/22/2023 5:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Simon Arca Costas records 101st career singles victory.

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

BOISE, Idaho – Boise State men's tennis went down to the wire with Utah State before coming up short 4-3 to the Aggies at the Appleton Tennis Center on Saturday. The loss moves Boise State to 18-7 overall and 3-3 in Mountain West play.

The match began with Utah State taking the team doubles point 2-0 with two hard-fought matches on courts two and three, both by 6-4 scores.

Boise State's Arca Costas tied the match score at 1-1 with his straight-set 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles over USU's David Cierny.

After the Aggies had taken a 2-1 advantage, Caden Moortgat drew the Broncos even again with a 6-3, 6-4 win on court three.

Down 3-2, the Blue and Orange rallied again to tie the score at three all with James Van Herzeele's two-set 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 4 singles.

The decisive match was at No. 2 singles where Sam Sippel went three sets before coming up short 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to Bodin Zarkovic who clinched the contest for the Aggies.

Notables

Arca Costas' singles victory gave him 101 in his career as he moved into a tie for sixth all-time in program history.
Arca Costas moved to 177 in combined (singles and doubles) career victories, one short of tying for eighth in school history.
Van Herzeele recorded his 23rd singles victory of the year.
Moortgat earned his 16th victory in singles this year.