No. 20 Men's Tennis Ready for ITA Kickoff Weekend

LEXINGTON – No. 20 Sun Devil Men's Tennis will travel to Lexington Kentucky for the 2025 ITA Kickoff Weekend hosted by No. 12 Kentucky. Arizona State will play Nebraska on Friday, January 24 at 3 p.m. MST. On Saturday, the Sun Devils will matchup against either No. 12 Kentucky or Santa Clara, with times dependent on the result against Nebraska. The Championship Match will take place at 2 p.m. MST, while the Consolation Match will start at 10 a.m. MST. 

Wins in both matches this weekend would send the team to Dallas for the ITA Indoor National Championship February 14-18 to compete against the 15 other teams that emerged victorious in their Kickoff Weekend brackets. 

Live streaming for both matches can be found here. Live stats will be inputted via Kentucky's StatBroadcast, found here. 


SUN DEVIL NOTABLES (2-1)

• Last season the Sun Devils advanced to the National Indoor Championship in Manhattan after defeating No. 25 Florida State and VCU in the Starkville Regional hosted by Mississippi State. 
• No. 2 seed of the Lexington Regional
• The duo of Daniel Phillips and Tanner Povey is 3-0 in doubles matches this season. 
• ASU has earned the doubles point in all three matches this season.
• Graduate transfer Matic Dimic has clinched both matches for ASU. 
• Senior transfer Mathis Bondaz played in his first match for the Sun Devils against No. 1 Texas. He was the lone singles match to go into three sets, though he eventually fell from the second position. 
• ASU checked in at No. 20 in the Week One ITA Polls.

PREVIEWING THE CORN HUSKERS (2-0)

• Nebraska has picked up two 7-0 victories to open the season undefeated. 
• The Corn Huskers participated in the Kentucky-hosted Kickoff weekend last season, and fell in their first match against Alabama, but won the consolation match against Notre Dame.  
• Nebraska has not played on the road this season, and will get their first taste of playing on unfamiliar courts this weekend. 
• No. 3 seed of the Lexington Regional

PREVIEWING THE WILDCATS (2-1)

• Checked in the Week one ITA Polls at No. 12.
• Opened the season ranked No. 7, and after winning their first two matches of the season, the Wildcats fell 5-2 to No. 23 Michigan State. 
• The last matchup between ASU and Kentucky was back in 1991. The two teams have not met since the program's reinstatement in 2018. ASU came out on top 5-2.
• Has two players ranked in the ITA Singles Top-100: Jaden Weekes (39) and Charlelie Cosnet (79).

PREVIEWING THE BRONCOS (1-1)

• Santa Clara enters their first-round match against Kentucky at 1-1 on the 2025 season, defeating Sacramento State in their season opener before being swept by Oregon in a match in Eugene. 
• No. 4 seed of the Lexington Regional
• The Broncos are coming off a successful 2024 season in which they recorded the most team wins since 2012.
• Peaked at No. 53 in the ITA rankings last season. 
• Saw Head Coach Niall Angus win the Wilson/ITA Northwest Region Coach of the Year Award. 
• SCU earned a bid to the UTR Sports NIT Championship last season, defeating Northwestern before falling to eventual champion Tulsa.

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