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ITA Mountain Regional Championships
10/9/2026 7:51:00 PM | Men's Tennis
PROVO, Utah – Boise State men's tennis closed out the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Mountain Regional Championships with one semifinalist finish and two quarterfinalist finishes.
In the main draw of doubles play, Eyad Ezzat and Julius Seifert kicked off the tournament with a win against Montana's Joseph Townes and Jacob Watkins, 8-3. Following their round one win, Ezzat and Seifert fell to UNLV's Kemal Arda Karakas and Marko Maksimovic 8-5.
Doubles pair Michael Seversen and Brayden Tallakson took a first round loss to Nevada's Nicolas Recoura and Remy Tregoures 8-5.
With a first round bye as the two seed, Izan Orgiles and Arsene Pougault overcame Air Force's Sebastian Mazur and Kai Stolaruk 8-5 in the second right of the main draw of doubles play. The pair picked up another win against Weber State's Dawid Scholtz and Minh Tuan Dinh Viet 8-4. Orgiles and Pougault fell to Montana's Duncan McCall and Matthew Upton 8-4 in the quarterfinals.
Also with a first round bye as the eight seed, Stewart Aronson and Filip Soderqvist defeated Idaho State's Timo Meyer and Darrshan Suresh Kumar 8-4 in the second round as a pair. In the round of 16, Aronson and Soderqvist overcame Denver's Theo Coats and Samuel Rovai 8-6 to reach the quarterfinals. Aronson and Soderqvist outscored Utah State's three seed, Xavier Calvelo and Jakub Medved, 8-1 to advance to the semifinals. Aronson and Soderqvist closed out their run in the doubles main draw by falling to UNLV's Kemal Arda Karakas and Marko Maksimovic 6-3, 6-2.
In the qualifying draw of singles play, Brayden Tallakson had a first round bye as the three seed and defeated Idaho's Valentin Glasl 6-3, 6-2. Also in the qualifying round, Seversen took a loss to Idaho State's 16-seed Rafael Maya 6-3, 6-2.
In the main draw of singles play, five-seed Aronson outscored Montana State's Reuben De Klerk 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, but followed with a loss against Idaho State's Sep De Visser 7-5, 6-4. Ezzat also started off with a first-round win against Northern Arizona's Daniel Tens 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, but fell to Denver's Dylan Davies 6-4, 6-2.
Pougault picked up two wins in the singles main draw with a win against UNLV's Joel Gibson 7-5, 3-6, 6-0 and against Utah's AJ Deem 6-3, 6-4. Pougault was eventually outscored by New Mexico's Alberto Perez 6-3, 7-6(5).
Seifert had a hard-fought first round singles win 7-6(4), 7-6(4) against BYU's Leon Peranovic. Utah's Iker Ibarrondo Suarez defeated Seifert in the second round 6-0, 6-3. Orgiles also started strong with a round one singles win against Montana State's Andrew Stewart 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 but followed with a loss against New Mexico's Dario Ciobotaru 6-3, 7-5.
Brayden Tallakson fell to Idaho State's Justin Ilic 6(6)-7, 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the singles main draw.
No. 2 Soderqvist defeated Utah's Charles Frey 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 and followed with another win against Weber State's Minh Tuan Dinh Viet 6-3, 6-1. To get to the quarterfinals, Soderqvist outscored Idaho State's Timo De Visser 6-3, 6-2. Soderqvist closed out the weekend with a loss against Montana's Matthew Upton 6(3)-7, 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.
Notables
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Stewart Aronson and Filip Soderqvist became the first doubles pair since 2016 to make it to the ITA Regional Doubles Semifinals.
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Soderqvist also marked the highest finish for the Broncos in singles play at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships since 2024.
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Soderqvist went 3-1 in singles play and 3-1 in doubles play.
Results
Doubles
Ezzat/Seifert (BOI) def. Townes/Watkins (Montana) 8-3
Maksimovic/Karakas (UNLV) def. Ezzat/Seifert (BOI) 8-5
De Klerk/Igesund (MSU) def. Ezzat/Seifert (BOI) 8-5
Recoura/Tregoures (Nevada) def. Seversen/Tallakson (BOI) 8-5
Seversen/Tallakson (BOI) def. Lavine/Labitzke (New Mexico) 8-5
Orgiles/Pougault (BOI) def. Mazur/Stolaruk (AF) 8-5
Orgiles/Pougault (BOI) def. Dinh Viet/Scholtz (WSU) 8-4
McCall/Upton (UM) def. Orgiles/Pougault (BOI) 8-4
Aronson/Soderqvist (BOI) def. Meyer/Kumar (ISU) 8-4
Aronson/Soderqvist (BOI) def. Coats/Rovai (UD) 8-6
Aronson/Soderqvist def. Calvelo/Medved 8-1
Maksimovic/Karakas (UNLV) def. Aronson/Soderqvist (BOI) 6-3, 6-2
Singles
Aronson (BOI) def. Reuben De Klerk (MSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
S. De Visser (ISU) def. Aronson (BOI) 7-5, 6-4
Aronson (BOI) def. Ponte (UD) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0(7)
Ezzat (BOI) def. Tens (NAU) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Davies (UD) def. Ezzat (BOI) 6-4, 6-2
Ezzat (BOI) def. Lavine (UNM) 6-2, 6-4
Orgiles (BOI) def. Stewart (MSU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
Ciobotaru (UNM) def. Orgiles 6-3, 7-5
Goldammer (BYU) def. Orgiles 6(3)-7, 6-4, 1-0(6)
Pougault (BOI) def. Gibson (UNLV) 7-5, 3-6, 6-0
Pougault (BOI) def. Deem (Utah) 6-3, 6-4
Perez (UNM) def. Pougault (BOI) 6-3, 7-6(5)
Peranovic (BYU) def. Pougault (BOI) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(7)
Tallakson (BOI) def. Glasl (IU) 6-3, 6-2
Tallakson (BOI) def. Owen (BYU) 7-5, 4-6, 1-0(8)
Tallakson (BOI) def. Vladimirov (Idaho) 6-3, 6-3
Seifert (BOI) def. Peranovic (BYU) 7-6(4), 7-6(4)
Suarez (Utah) def. Seifert (BOI) 6-0, 6-3
Seifert (BOI) def. Meyer (UM) 6-4, 6-3
Maya (ISU) def. Seversen (BOI) 6-3, 6-2
Seversen (BOI) def. Tonkal (AF) 4-6, 7-6(6), 1-0(5)
Seversen (BOI) def. Dils (UNM) 6-1, 7-5
Rovai (UD) def. Seversen (BOI) 6-1, 6-1
Soderqvist (BOI) def. Frey (Utah) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Soderqvist (BOI) def. Dinh Viet (WSU) 6-3, 6-1
Soderqvist (BOI) def. De Visser (ISU) 6-3, 6-2
Upton (UM) def. Soderqvist (BOI) 6(3)-7, 6-3, 6-4
What's Next
Boise State will travel to Spokane, Wash. for the Pac-12 Conference Tournament Oct. 23-25.
