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No. 22 Men’s Tennis Sweeps Friday Doubleheader against Nevada and GCU

No. 22 Men's Tennis Sweeps Friday Doubleheader against Nevada and GCU


TEMPE – No. 22 Arizona State Men’s Tennis (8-4) won both their matches during the Friday double header. The Sun Devils secured five singles victories to take down the Nevada Wolf Pack (1-6) by a score of 5-2. In their afternoon match against the GCU Lopes (2-5), the Sun Devils defeated the Lopes 4-0 to complete the sweep.

“I thought we got off to some good starts, which was great,” head coach Matt Hill said. “We’ve been struggling a little bit in that department during the season. So that was really, really good.”

 

Arizona State 5, Nevada 2

Nevada earned the first point by winning two of the three doubles matches. Senior Max McKennon and junior Nicola Cigna started the doubles match hot with a commanding 6-2 victory on court three. However, despite spirited efforts, the duos of junior Murphy Cassone and freshman Martin Vergara Del Puerto, as well as sophomore Roi Ginat and senior Jacob Bullard on courts one and two respectively. Both partners narrowly fell short by a score of 6-4 in their doubles matches.

The Sun Devils trailed the Wolf Pack at the start of singles play, but freshman Daniel Phillips quickly equalized the match with his 6-0, 6-1 victory on court  six. McKennon pulled the Sun Devils ahead on court two, winning 6-1, 6-2. Cassone’s 6-3, 6-2 triumph on court one put ASU within one match from securing the win. Ginat clinched the match for the Sun Devils on court five. The Israel native won a competitive first set and pulled away in the second, winning 7-5, 6-2. Junior Nicola Cigna tallied the Sun Devils fifth and final point after his 6-3, 6-4 victory on court four. 

SINGLES:

  1. #9 Murphy Cassone (ASU) def. Youssef Kadiri (NEV) 6-3, 6-2
  2. Max McKennon (ASU) def. Mather Coupu (NEV) 6-1, 6-2
  3. Loris Zisswiller (NEV) def. Jacob Bullard (ASU) 6-4, 6-2 
  4. Nicola Cigna (ASU) def. Edgar Destouet (NEV) 6-3, 6-4
  5. Roi Ginat (ASU) def. Remy Tregoures (NEV) 7-5, 6-2
  6. Daniel Phillips (ASU) def. Greg Valente (NEV) 6-0, 6-1

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

DOUBLES:

  1. Youssef Kadiri/Mather Coupu (NEV) def. Murphy Cassone/Martin Vergara Del Puerto (ASU) 6-4
  2. Loris Zisswiller/Remy Tregoures (NEV) def. Roi Ginat/Jacob Bullard (ASU) 6-4
  3. Max McKennon/Nicola Cigna (ASU) def. Edgar Destouet/Greg Valente (NEV) 6-2

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Arizona State 4, Grand Canyon 0

The Sun Devils won…

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