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No. 29 Men's Tennis takes down No. 66 Texas Tech in the Lone Star State

No. 29 Men's Tennis takes down No. 66 Texas Tech in the Lone Star StateNo. 29 Men's Tennis takes down No. 66 Texas Tech in the Lone Star State
by Claudia Knippers

LUBBOCK - In a day that saw four third sets and five tiebreaks, No. 29 Sun Devil Men's Tennis (15-8, 2-3 Big 12) picked up a gritty 4-3 win over No. 66 Texas Tech (12-9, 2-4 Big 12) on Saturday evening's match that lasted over four hours. ASU was up 3-1 and fended off the Red Raiders' comeback with a third-set, tiebreak win from sophomore Niels Villard to clinch the victory.

After winning the doubles point, the Sun Devils took an early 1-0 lead. Three of the first sets went to tiebreaks, and the Sun Devils managed to win two of the three. Following a singles loss from the first position and a win from the sixth position, respectively, the visitors held a 2-1 lead. 

Senior Shu Matsuoka picked up a three-set win to have ASU within one point of the win, but a three-set defeat for junior Jelani Sarr from the third position made it a 3-2 match. Senior Mathis Bondaz saw two tiebreaks in his three-set loss, which evened the score 3-3. Villard clinched the win with a three-set win, pulling away 9-7 in the third-set tiebreak. 

Singles competition

  1.  Niksa Arsic (TTU) def. Ofek Shimanov (ASU) 6-4, 6-4
  2. Tyler Stewart (TTU) def. Mathis Bondaz (ASU) 6-7(3), 7-6(2), 6-2
  3. Ludovico Vaccari (TTU) def. Jelani Sarr (ASU) 7-6(8), 5-7, 6-2
  4. Shu Matsuoka(ASU) def. Felipe Pagnacco (ASU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
  5. Niels Villard (ASU) def. Thiago Guglieri (TTU) 7-6(6), 5-7, 7-6(7)
  6. Roi Ginat (ASU) def. Sebastian Abboud (TTU) 6-2, 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 6, 4, 3, 2, 5

Doubles competition

  1. Jelani Sarr/Roi Ginat (ASU) def. Niksa Arsic/Thiago Guglieri (TTU) 6-4
  2. Milos Mikovic/Ofek Shimanov (ASU) def. Sebastian Abboud/Tyler Stewart (TTU) 6-4
  3. Niels Villard/Shu Matsuoka (ASU) vs. Felipe Pagnacco/Thomas VanDen Dooren 4-5 unfinished

Order of finish: 1, 2

Up next
The Sun Devils will remain on the road for an Easter matchup against No. 38 Oklahoma State on Sunday, April 5 at 11 a.m. MST. 

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