Boise State Athletics

Saturday, April 18
Boise, Idaho
11 a.m. MT

Boise State

vs

UNLV

Taiyo Kurata running onto the court.

No. 69 Boise State Hosts No. 70 UNLV for Senior Day

4/17/2026 11:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

WHAT'S NEXT
No. 69 Boise State men's tennis will host UNLV for its last regular season match on April 18 at 11 a.m. MT. The contest will be held at Appleton Tennis Center with a senior ceremony to follow.
 
NATIONALLY RANKED
Boise State men's tennis is ranked No. 69 in the latest ITA rankings, the third-highest mark among Mountain West programs. The Broncos also came in at No. 60 in the UTR Sports collegiate team rankings.
 
MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS
SCHOOL MW OVERALL
No. 58 Utah State 7-0 15-5
San Diego State 4-2 10-11
No. 70 UNLV 4-2 13-6
No. 69 Boise State 3-3 19-8
No. 65 Grand Canyon 3-3 18-4
Air Force 2-4 9-11
New Mexico 1-4 7-14
Nevada 0-6 9-10
 
SCOUTING THE REBELS
No. 70 UNLV holds a 4-2 conference mark and 13-6 overall record. The Rebels have won their past three matches, recording victories over Nevada, Air Force and New Mexico. Boise State leads the all-time series over UNLV 15-7 and 8-1 in matches played in Boise.
 
SWEEPS
Boise State has recorded nine sweeps this season, its highest total since 2021. One more sweep would give the Broncos their most in a single season since 2012, when they tallied 11.
 
RANKED WINS
Boise State is tied for second in the MW with two ranked wins, trailing San Diego State's three, while Air Force, Grand Canyon, Utah State and UNLV also have two; while Nevada and New Mexico are still seeking their first ranked win of the season.
 
CLUTCH
Stewart Aronson leads the Broncos this season with a team-high four match-clinching wins. Baker follows with three, while Adam Duda, Julius Seifert and Filip Soderqvist each have two. Tallakson has added one.
 
CLUB 100
Idriss Haddouch is three wins shy of reaching 100 combined singles and doubles victories at Boise State, the most on the roster.
 
WIN WIN WIN
Soderqvist has the longest active singles winning streak on the team at four matches.
 
RECORD BOOK MOVEMENT
Taiyo Kurata and Julius Seifert have recorded 22 career wins as a pair, and one more victory would move them into 16th place in program history. The duo also has 19 dual-match wins, another would place them 13th all-time. Meanwhile, Baker and Tallakson are one win away from reaching 21 victories this season, which would place them 20th in career program history and 12th in season program history.
 
MW PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tallakson was named Mountain West Player of the Week on March 18, marking the first of his career and the first for Boise State since March 5, 2025.
 
MW FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Soderqvist was named Mountain West Freshman of the Week on Feb. 18, March 11 and April 15. He now owns three weekly honors this season, the most freshman honors in a single season since 2022.
 
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, Duda, Idriss Haddouch, 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 team, singles and doubles rankings released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) on April 14:
 
Team
Rank Team
69 Boise State
70 UNLV
 
Singles
Rank Name Team
65 Ilia Snitari UNLV
 
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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