Broncos Down Aztecs in MW Championship First Round

Wednesday, April 26

Las Vegas, Nev.

6 p.m. MT

Boise State

San Diego State

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4/26/2023 10:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

LAS VEGAS – Boise State men's tennis held off the San Diego State Aztecs 4-2 in the opening round of the Mountain West Men's Tennis Championship in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The win improved the Broncos to 19-7 overall and moves them into Thursday's semifinal round.

Sam Sippel clinched the match for the blue and orange with his three-set, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, victory at No. 2 singles over San Diego State's Chikaya Sato.

Boise State opened the contest by claiming a dramatic doubles point over the Aztecs winning it on a tiebreaker at the No. 1 pair where Simon Arca Costas and Michael Bott beat Sato and Johannes Seeman 7-6(3). Prior to that Sippel and Jan Lucca Marquardt won on court three 6-2.

Arca Costas gave the Broncos a 2-0 advantage with a straight-set victory at No. 1 singles 6-4, 6-3.

Up 2-1, Boise State's Idriss Haddouch rallied from a set down to win on court six 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to move the third-seeded Broncos to within one of victory.

SDSU claimed a second singles victory to close the gap to 3-2, setting up Sippel for the match clincher.

Notables

Bott and Arca Costas won their 21st doubles match of the year to improve to 21-6 overall and 20-5 in team duals this spring.
Bott claimed his team-best 30th doubles win (30-10) overall to claim sole possession of fifth place in the Broncos record book for doubles wins in a single season…he is the first Bronco since Thomas Schoeck (41) and current Boise State head coach Luke Shields (40) in 2004-05 to record 30 or more wins in a year.
Arca Costas recorded his 28th doubles win on the year to move into a seven-way tie for 10th place in the record book for doubles wins in a single season.
Caden Moortgat and James Van Herzeele came up short in a heartbreaking tiebreaker at No. 2 doubles 7-6(6).
Marquardt and Sippel increased their individual win totals to 24 and 20, respectively…Sippel is the fourth Bronco to hit 20 doubles wins this season.
Arca Costas won his 31st singles victory of the year and 102nd in his career to move into a tie for fifth in program history for wins in a season and into sole possession of sixth place for career victories.
Arca Costas' doubles and singles victories gave him a combined career win total of 179 moving him into eighth place all-time in school history.
Sippel earned his 17th win of the year.
The win over San Diego State gave Boise State a 12-11 advantage in the series since 1993.

What's Next

Boise State will take on the No. 2 seed Nevada Wolf Pack (11-7) Thursday at 6 p.m. (Mountain) in the MW Championship semifinal round. The Wolf Pack defeated Air Force 4-0 on Wednesday.

Agate

Mountain West Championship, First Round
Las Vegas, Nev. (Darlington Tennis Center)

No. 3 Boise State (19-7, 3-3 MW) vs. #6 San Diego State (3-15, 1-5 MW)
Doubles (Order of finish: 3,2,1)
1. Arca Costas/Bott (BSU) def. Sato/Seeman (SDSU) 7-6(3)
2. Sengul/Mandma (SDSU) def. Moortgat/Van Herzeele (BSU) 7-6(6)
3. Jan Lucca Marquardt/Sippel (BSU) def. Saleh/Gonzalez (SDSU) 6-2

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