Broncos Welcome Wichita State and Denver

WHAT'S NEXT
Boise State men's tennis will host Wichita State and Denver on Friday and Sunday, respectively, for matches at the Boas Indoor Tennis Center. The Broncos will face the Shockers on Feb. 13 at 5 p.m. MT, then Denver on Feb. 15 at 11 a.m. MT.

SCOUTING THE SHOCKERS
Wichita State holds an overall record of 4-6, including a 1-4 away record. The Shocker's last victory was a 6-1 win against conference opponent UTSA on Feb. 8. The team's Pablo Roche Alcaya was named American Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week on February 10th, following a 5-0 performance on the past weekend in singles and doubles. Boise State leads the all-time series against Wichita State 4-0, with their most recent match resulting in a 4-3 Boise State victory on Feb. 14, 2026. The last time the Shockers came to Boise was March 26, 2011.

SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
Denver is undefeated on the season, boasting a 4-0 record. The Pioneers notched wins over Texas Tech (4-3), Montana State (7-0), Utah (4-3) and Montana (6-1). This will mark the team's first road match of the season. Raffaello Papajcik was named the Summit League Peak Performer of the Week while adding Doubles Peak Team of the Week honors with Aaron Beduhn on Feb. 10. Boise State leads the all-time series 7-4 and 5-1 in Boise.

MILESTONE WATCH
Stewart Aronson, Julius Seifert and Filip Soderqvist are all nearing the 15 singles wins milestone and could hit the mark this weekend. Carson Baker and Avery Tallakson are also approaching the 10 victory mark as a pair.

ALL-MW RETURNER
Baker earned All-Mountain West distinctions in singles and doubles last season, marking the sole active Bronco to hold such honors on the 2026 roster.

THE ROSTER
Boise State's roster consists of seven returners (Baker, Adam Duda, Idriss Haddouch, Taiyo Kurata, Seifert, Michael Seversen and Lukas Velik), one transfer from Clemson (Aronson), another transfer from New Mexico (Talllakson) and one freshman (Soderqvist).

IN THE RANKINGS
The last singles and doubles rankings released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) on Feb. 4:

SINGLES

Rank	Name	Team
101	Zaid Mashni	Wichita State

REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Boise State has won five regular season conference titles all-time. The Broncos' first year as a member of a conference that played a regular season round robin was 2009 when they were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They went on to win that first WAC title and have since followed with three in the MW (2012, 2014, 2024 and 2025).

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Since joining the conference for the 2012 campaign, the Broncos have won six MW tournament championships (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023, 2024). Boise State has won 18 conference tournament titles overall in the program's history spanning four conferences: Big Sky (1974, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996), Big West (1997, 1999, 2000), Western Athletic (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007), and the six in the MW (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023, 2024).

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES
The Broncos have competed in 21 NCAA tournaments all-time, including the last three in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

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Players Mentioned

Stewart Aronson

Carson Baker

Adam Duda

Idriss Haddouch

Taiyo Kurata

Julius Seifert

Michael Seversen

Filip Soderqvist

Avery Tallakson

Lukas Velik

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