Mountain West Champions, Broncos Down Utah State 4-2

Friday, April 28

Las Vegas, Nev.

6 p.m. MT

Boise State

Utah State

Photo of Boise State's 2023 MW Championship team with trophy.

Photo by: NCAA Photos

4/28/2023 9:54:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Freshman Idriss Haddouch clinches the championship for Boise State.

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

LAS VEGAS – Idriss Haddouch's three-set victory at No. 6 singles clinched Boise State the 2023 Mountain West Championship 4-2 over Utah State on Friday night in Las Vegas.

Haddouch defeated the Aggies' Nuno Pinheiro 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4 to hand the Broncos their fifth MW tournament title and the program's 17th overall.

In doubles, the Broncos recorded a lone victory by Sam Sippel and Jan Lucca Marquardt 6-2 on court three, while the Aggies won at No. 1 and 2 doubles to claim the team point.

Down one, Boise State needed to win four of the six singles matches to win the title. The Broncos split the six opening sets in singles with four of the contests eventually going to third sets.

The Broncos earned wins by John Chin 7-6(2), 6-2 on court five and Caden Moortgat at No. 3 singles as he rallied from a set down for a 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory to tie the team score at 2-2.

The Blue and Orange took its first lead of the night at 3-2 when Simon Arca Costas came back from a set one defeat to take No. 1 singles in three 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, keeping his winning streak alive at 24.

That set up Haddouch's match-clinching victory.

Notables

This is Boise State's fifth Mountain West tournament championship (2012-15, 2023) in six title match appearances since joining the league for the 2011-12 campaign.
Sippel and Marquardt went undefeated at the MW Championship winning all three of their doubles matches in dominant fashion 6-2, 6-3, 6-2…Marquardt improved to 26-9 in doubles, while Sippel moved to 22-13.
Chin recorded his 14th singles win since joining the team in January.
Moortgat earned his 17th victory in singles of the year and 31st in his career.
Arca Costas recorded his 33rd singles win of the season to take sole possession of third place in the Bronco record book for wins in a season…the victory was also his 104th career win giving him sole possession of fifth in program history.
Arca Costas collected his 181st combined (singles and doubles) career victory to move into a three-way tie for sixth all-time at Boise State.
Haddouch went undefeated in singles at the MW Championship going a perfect 3-0 to improve to 9-5 this spring.
The win increased Boise State's series advantage to 23-9 since 1987 versus the Aggies.

What's Next

Boise State's victory earned the Broncos the MW's automatic berth into next week's NCAA Championship tournament. The Blue and Orange will find out where they will open the tournament – the first and second rounds will take place May 5-7 – on Monday at 4:30 p.m. (Mountain) when the bracket will be released on a live video stream at NCAA.com.

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Mountain West Championship Match
Las Vegas, Nev. | Darlington Tennis Center

#3 Boise State (21-7) def. #4 Utah State (12-13) 4-2
Doubles (Order of finish: 1,3,2)
1. Cierny/Zarkovic (USU) def. Arca Costas/Michael Bott (BSU) 6-1
2. Paardekooper/Pinheiro (USU) def. Moortgat/Van Herzeele (BSU) 6-4
3. Sippel/Jan Lucca Marquardt (BSU) def. Jack Ninteman/Javier Ruiz Medina (USU) 6-2

Singles (Order of finish: 5,2,3,1,6)
1. Simon Arca Costas (BSU) def. David Cierny (USU) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
2. Bodin Zarkovic (USU) def. Sam Sippel (BSU) 6-4, 7-5
3. Caden Moortgat (BSU) def. Stijn Paardekooper (USU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
4. James Van Herzeele (BSU) vs. Sergi Mico Fenollar (USU) 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 3-1 DNF
5. John Chin (BSU) def. Roko Savin (USU) 7-6(2), 6-2
6. Idriss Haddouch (BSU) def. Nuno Pinheiro (USU) 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4