SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Sun Devil Men’s Tennis has a pair of All-Conference honorees! No. 37 Murphy Cassone and Max McKennon both earned spots on the Pac-12 All-Conference team, the conference announced today. Cassone landed on the first team, while McKennon picked up second team honors. Jacob Bullard earned an Honorable Mention nod too for receiving votes for the All-Conference team. This is Cassone’s second consecutive first-team honor and the first time McKennon has earned a spot on a conference team.
ASU All-Conference Honoree History
2018 – Michael Geerts, first team
2018 – Ben Hannestad, second team
2019 – Nathan Ponwith, second team
2021 – Nathan Ponwith, first team
2022 – Murphy Cassone, first team
Murphy Cassone, the 2022 ITA Rookie of the Year, was absolutely dominant in the final weeks of the regular season. Cassone was a perfect 6-0 in April and never lost more than two matches back-to-back during the year. Of his 17 wins, just five went to a third set. He finished the regular season 17-6 (8-2 Pac-12) in singles play, has a 3.2 ITF World Tennis Number, and was selected for the NCAA Singles Championship.
Max McKennon went 12-13, earning five victories against Pac-12 opponents, and has a 4.0 ITF World Tennis Number. McKennon and Cassone played doubles together in six matches during the season and went undefeated. The pair never conceded more than two game points in any match.
The Sun Devils are preparing for the NCAA Team Tournament which kicks off for them Friday morning in Boston, Mass., against Illinois. Play begins at 8:00 a.m. AZ. Fans can watch the match here and follow along with live scoring here.
All-Conference
First Team
Samir Banerjee, STAN
Max Basing, STAN
Franco Capalbo, UTAH
Murphy Cassone, ASU
Stefan Dostanic, USC
Geronimo Espin Busleiman, UTAH
Arthur Fery, STAN
Yuta Kikuchi, CAL
Peter Makk, USC
Wojtek Marek, USC
Colton Smith, ARIZ
Gustaf Strom, ARIZ
Jonas Ziverts, ARIZ
Second Team
Nishesh Basavareddy, STAN
Francisco Bastias, UTAH
Cesar Bouchelaghem, WASH
Joshua Charlton, ORE
Herman Hoeyeraal, ARIZ
Han-Chih Lin, WASH
Max McKennon, ASU
Giacomo Revelli, UCLA
Quinn Vandecasteele, ORE
Patrick Zahraj, UCLA
Dzianis Zharyn, WASH
Honorable Mention (received at least one vote): Jacob Bullard, ASU; Bradley Frye, USC; Philip Hjorth,…
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