Boise State Splits Saturday Matches

Saturday, March 14

Boise, Idaho

10 a.m. MT

Boise State

#38 Santa Clara

Photo by: Boise State University

3/14/2026 9:50:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Santa Clara Final Results DePaul Final Results

BOISE, Idaho – No. 61 Boise State men's tennis split its matches Saturday at the Boas Indoor Tennis Center, falling 4-1 to No. 38 Santa Clara before a 4-3 victory over DePaul.

#38 Santa Clara
No. 38 Santa Clara (11-2) opened the day by claiming the doubles point against Boise State (14-6) to take an early lead heading into singles play.

Carson Baker and Avery Tallakson started strong for the Broncos, defeating the No. 27 ranked pair Luca Bluett and John Kim 6-1 on court one. Santa Clara responded by winning the next two doubles matches to secure the point. Valentin Faure and Alexander Watanabe Eriksson topped Taiyo Kurata and Julius Seifert 6-2 on court three, while Tiago Boschmans and Luca Lemaitre Vilchis closed doubles play with a 6-3 win over Stewart Aronson and Filip Soderqvist on court two.

Bluett gave Santa Clara its first singles victory, defeating Idriss Haddouch 7-6 (4), 6-1 on court six. Tallakson answered for Boise State with a 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (0) win over Eriksson on court one. Vilchis notched a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Aronson on court two. Lukas Maskow then clinched the match for the Broncos with a 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 win against Soderqvist on court four.

DePaul
DePaul (3-11) took the doubles point over Boise State (15-6) to start the match. Alejandro Gandini and Pablo Torres Almeida defeated Baker and Tallakson 6-4 on court one, and Sebastian Medica and Augusto Pardo Cano clinched the point with a 6-4 victory over Aronson and Soderqvist on court two.

Tallakson evened the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Gandini on court one. Seifert followed with a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Thomas Giles on court six, then Kurata added a 6-1, 6-3 win over Cano on court five to give Boise State the lead.

Aronson sealed the team victory for the Broncos, rallying after dropping the first set to defeat Almeida 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 on court two. DePaul picked up two late singles wins to close the match. Medica defeated Soderqvist 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on court four, and Andy Hadziabdic edged Lukas Velik 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 on court three as Boise State held on for the 4-3 victory.

Notables

The Broncos win just the second matchup in program history between the two teams, leading the series 2-0.
Boise State dropped its seventh match all-time to Santa Clara. Boise State leads the all-time series 11-7.
Carson Baker and Avery Tallakson defeated No. 27 pair Luca Bluett and John Kim from Santa Clara.
Taiyo Kurata notched his 20th singles win of the season, the first Bronco to do so.
Julius Seifert grabbed his 10th duals win in singles of the season.

What's Next

Boise State men's tennis will host Nevada on March 20 at 5 p.m. MT.

Full Results
#38 Santa Clara
#38 Santa Clara (11-2) def. #61 Boise State (14-6) 4-1
Doubles (Order of finish: 1, 3, 2)

Carson Baker/Avery Tallakson (Boise State) def. #27 Luca Bluett/John Kim (Santa Clara) 6-1
Tiago Boschmans/Luca Lemaitre Vilchis (Santa Clara) def. Stewart Aronson/Filip Soderqvist (Boise State) 6-3
Valentin Faure/Alexander Watanabe Eriksson (Santa Clara) def. Taiyo Kurata/Julius Seifert (Boise State) 6-2

Singles (Order of finish: 6, 1, 2, 4)

Avery Tallakson (Boise State) def. Alexander Watanabe Erikkson (Santa Clara) 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (0)
Luca Lemaitre Vilchis (Santa Clara) def. Stewart Aronson (Boise State) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Carson Baker (Boise State) vs. John Kim (Santa Clara) 5-7, 6-4, 3-2 unfinished
Lukas Maskow (Santa Clara) def. Filip Soderqvist (Boise State) 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3
Lukas Velik (Boise State) vs. Valentin Faure (Santa Clara) 7-5, 3-6, 6-6 unfinished
Luca Bluett (Santa Clara) def. Idriss Haddouch (Boise State) 7-6(4), 6-1

DePaul
#61 Boise State (15-6) def. DePaul (3-11) 4-3
Doubles (Order of finish: 1, 2)

Alejando Gandini/Pablo Torres Almeida (DePaul) def. Carson Baker/Avery Tallakson (Boise State) 6-4
Sebastian Medica/Augusto Pardo Cano (DePaul) def. Stewart Aronson/Filip Soderqvist (Boise State) 6-4
Taiyo Kurata/Julius Seifert (Boise State) vs. Thomas Giles/Sven Moser (DePaul) 5-3 unfinished