Boise State Athletics

Saturday, April 11
Logan, Utah
11 a.m. MT

Boise State

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Utah State

Filip Soderqvist returning the ball.

Boise State Drops to Utah State

4/11/2026 3:26:00 PM | Men's Tennis

LOGAN, Utah – Boise State men's tennis fell 4-2 to Utah State on Saturday afternoon.
 
The No. 67 Aggies (15-5, 7-0 Mountain West) secured the outright regular-season championship with the win, while the No. 65 Broncos (19-8, 3-3) suffered their third conference loss.
 
Boise State opened play by claiming the doubles point. Carson Baker and Avery Tallakson earned a 6-4 victory over Xavier Calvelo and Jakub Medved on court one. After Utah State responded with a win on court three, Stewart Aronson and Filip Soderqvist clinched the point for the Broncos with a 6-4 decision against Jean-Baptiste Badon and Dmitri Goubin.
 
Utah State took control in singles play, winning three-straight matches on courts two, four and one to build a 3-1 advantage. Soderqvist kept Boise State within reach with a dominant 6-3, 6-1 win over Medved on court five. However, the Aggies secured the team victory by taking the final match on court three.
 
Notables
  • Utah State claimed the outright Mountain West regular season championship with a perfect 7-0 mark in conference.
  • Utah State leads matches played in Logan, Utah, 7-2, but trails Boise State in the all-time series 41-17.
  • Filip Soderqvist notched his fourth-straight singles win, the longest active streak on the team.
  • Carson Baker and Avery Tallakson reached their 20th victory as a pair this season, moving into 15th place in program history for single-season wins.
 
What's Next
  • Boise State will return home one final time for its regular-season finale against UNLV. The match will be held at Appleton Tennis Center on April 18 at 11 a.m. MT.
 
Full Results
#67 Utah State (15-5, 7-0 MW) def. #65 Boise State (19-8, 3-3 MW) 4-2
Doubles (Order of finish: 1, 3, 2)
  1. Carson Baker/Avery Tallakson (Boise State) def. Xavier Calvelo/Jakub Medved (Utah State) 6-4
  2. Stewart Aronson/Filip Soderqvist (Boise State) def. Jean-Baptiste Badon/Dmitri Goubin (Utah State) 6-4
  3. Eliot Nobel/Roman Venger (Utah State) def. Idriss Haddouch/Taiyo Kurata (Boise State) 6-2
Singles (Order of finish: 2, 4, 1, 5, 3)
  1. Jean-Baptiste Badon (Utah State) def. Avery Tallakson (Boise State) 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
  2. Xavier Calvelo (Utah State) def. Stewart Aronson (Boise State) 6-3, 6-1
  3. Roman Venger (Utah State) def. Carson Baker (Boise State) 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1
  4. Eliot Nobel (Utah State) def. Lukas Velik (Boise State) 6-4, 7-5
  5. Filip Soderqvist (Boise State) def. Jakub Medved (Boise State) 6-3, 6-1
  6. Taiyo Kurata (Boise State) vs. Dmitri Goubin (Utah State) 4-2 unfinished

Team Stats

#1 Doubles Match

1
6
Xavier Calvelo/ Jakub Medved [USU]
4

#2 Doubles Match

1
6
Jean-Baptiste Badon/ Dmitri Goubin [USU]
4

#3 Doubles Match

1
2
Eliot Nobel/ Roman Venger [USU]
6

Order of Finish:

1,2,3

#1 Singles Match

123
LogoTallakson, Avery / 0 [BOI]
604
Jean-Baptiste Badon / 0 [USU]
366

#2 Singles Match

12
LogoAronson, Stewart / 0 [BOI]
31
Xavier Calvelo / 0 [USU]
66

#3 Singles Match

123
LogoBaker, Carson / 0 [BOI]
661
Roman Venger / 0 [USU]
746

#4 Singles Match

12
LogoVelik, Lukas / 0 [BOI]
45
Eliot Nobel / 0 [USU]
67

#5 Singles Match

12
LogoSoderqvist, Filip / 0 [BOI]
66
Jakub Medved / 0 [USU]
31

#6 Singles Match

12
LogoKurata, Taiyo / 0 [BOI]
4UF
Dmitri Goubin / 0 [USU]
2UF

Order of Finish:

2,4,1,5,3

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