Broncos Go Back-to-Back, Beat San Diego State in MW Championship Final

Friday, April 26

Las Vegas, Nev.

6 p.m. MT

Boise State

San Diego State (Final)

Boise State wins back-to-back Mountain West Tournament Championships with 4-1 win over San Diego State.

Broncos Go Back-to-Back, Beat San Diego State in MW Championship Final

4/26/2024 9:54:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

LAS VEGAS – Boise State men's tennis defeated San Diego State 4-1 Friday night in Las Vegas to win back-to-back Mountain West Tournament championships. The Broncos have now won six MW tournaments since joining the league for the 2012 campaign and 18 conference tournament titles all-time.

Boise State won the doubles point 2-0 to take an early lead in the match. Sam Sippel and Jan Lucca Marquardt recorded the first win on court one by a 6-3 score. Caden Moortgat and Jett Middleton were not far behind, also winning their contest by a 6-3 score to clinch the team point.

Boise State slowly pulled away after the teams split the six opening sets in singles. James Van Herzeele started the ball rolling with a dominating straight-set 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles to put the Blue and Orange up 2-0.

After San Diego State cut its deficit to 2-1, Boise State closed it out quickly with two victories just minutes apart. Sippel spotted Boise State a 3-1 advantage when he won a hard-fought match on court one with a second set tiebreaker, 6-4, 7-6(3).

Marquardt closed it out with a tightly contested match at No. 4 singles, where he defeated SDSU's Chikaya Sato 7-6(5), 7-5 to hand Boise State the victory and championship.

Notables

This is Boise State's 18th conference tournament title all-time and its 22nd combined (regular season and tournament) championship.
The Broncos swept the MW championships this year, winning tonight's tournament title and last Saturday's regular-season championship, which they shared with Utah State.
Boise State is 6-1 all-time in MW Championship matches.
Boise State improved to 20-10 overall, the program's 19th 20-plus win season since 1982.
The Broncos won the MW's automatic berth into next week's NCAA Championship, which will be Boise State's 20th appearance in the championship tournament in history.
In his two years at the helm of the Broncos, head coach Luke Shields has recorded back-to-back 20-plus win seasons, one MW Regular-Season Championship, two MW Tournament Championships, and two NCAA Tournament appearances.
Sippel and Marquardt won their second straight doubles match at the MW Championship and improved to 8-2 overall at the top position.
Moortgat and Middleton won their sixth consecutive match at No. 2 doubles and improved their overall record to 7-2.
Idriss Haddouch and Jip van Assendelft trailed 5-2 in their No. 3 doubles match before battling back to tie their score at 5-5 before it was abandoned.
Van Herzeele won his 22nd singles match of the year, improving his record to 22-10 overall and 16-5 in team duals.
Sippel improved to 18-16 overall in singles and 11-10 at the No. 1 position.
Marquardt won his fifth consecutive singles match, improving to 17-13 overall and 10-6 in team duals.

What's Next

On Monday, the Broncos will find out where they are headed for the NCAA National Championship at 4 p.m. MT.

Results

Mountain West Championship, Final
No. 57 Boise State (20-10) vs. San Diego State (16-7)
Doubles (Order of finish: 1,2)

Sam Sippel/Jan Lucca Marquardt (BSU) def. Johannes Seeman/Eugenio Gonzalez (SDSU) 6-3
Caden Moortgat/Jett Middleton (BSU) def. Robin Parts/Alexander Mandma (SDSU) 6-3
Idriss Haddouch/Jip van Assendelft (BSU) vs. Bora Sengul/Chikaya Sato (SDSU) 5-5 DNF