EAST LANSING, Mich. – In Monday’s NCAA DI Men’s Tennis selection show the Michigan State Men’s Tennis team was had its name called as a two seed in the Boston, Mass. Regional, facing undefeated Denver in the first round on Friday, May 4.
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“Just the fact that we’re here is an achievement in and of itself,” Jadun said. “The guys are doing all the work and putting the hard yards in and we’re really just there to support them so really fun for them and it will be a cool weekend in Boston.”
While a first-serve time for the first-round matchup with the 43rd-ranked Pioneers is yet to be determined, the winner will advance to face either region four seed Boston University or regional hosts and national No. 12 Harvard the following day on Saturday.
“It feels good, I think we’re in a good position, we’ve had a great year so far and I’m just excited to see what happens now,” sophomore and B1G Player of the Year Ozan Baris said. “Being a part of it is pretty special and I think it just shows what we’ve done and the vision that we have to continue growing as well.”
The Spartans been selected to one other NCAA Tournament in program history; in 2013. Jadun, an East Lansing native, was a sophomore student-athlete on that MSU team that lost to Tulsa in the first round and finished the season 14-14.
“Just the fact that we’re here is an achievement in and of itself,” said Jadun. “[I’m] hoping for a better result this time. Hopefully my experience there will help the guys but you’re a small part of it, it’s really the guys. My first time around I was the six-singles player, I wasn’t the star of the show, and it’s the same thing here.”
Fast forward eleven years and in his second season at the helm of the program Jadun has turned around a program that hadn’t won more than 15 games in that span and went 11-14 in his first year in charge to a season of several program first in 2024, namely a program-best 22 wins.
Denver enters the NCAA Tournament unbeaten at 23-0, having won the Summit League regular season and tournament titles. The Pioneers played three common opponents as the Spartans during the regular season, of which MSU went 4-0 against. No Pioneers are ranked in the ITA singles top-125 or doubles…
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