No. 20 Men’s Tennis Falls to Consolation Bracket at ITA’s

FLUSHING– In Friday’s early morning matchup in the first round of the ITA National Men’s Team Indoor Championship, No. 20 Arizona State Men’s Tennis (5-3) was defeated 4-0 by No. 2 TCU (7-0). The team falls into the consolation bracket, and will play tomorrow, Saturday February 17, while time and opponent are unknown. 

Today marked just the second of eight matches that the Sun Devils did not win the doubles point, after the team was 6-1 in the category in the previous seven matches. 

TCU swept the first set in all six singles matches, which proved to be too much for the Sun Devils to overcome. At the time of finish, Max McKennon and Bor Artnak had each battled to the third set, while Murphy Cassone was still in the second set.

Singles Competition:

1. #10 Murphy Cassone vs. Jake Fearnly 6-7, 5-6, unfinished

2. #78 Bor Artnak vs. #4 Jack Pinnington 3-6, 7-5, 1-0, unfinished

3. Max McKennon vs. #20 Pedro Vives 2-6, 7-6, unfinished

4. #39 Sebastian Gorzny def. Martin Vergara Del Puerto 6-0, 6-2

5. #59 Lui Maxted def. Jacob Bullard 6-3, 7-6

6. Tomas Jirousek def. Roi Ginat 7-5, 6-3

Order of finish: 4,5,6

Doubles Competition: 

1. #14 Bor Artnak/Max McKennon (ASU) vs. #8 Sebastian Gorzny/Pedro Vives (TCU) 4-3, unfinished

2. Jake Fearnly/Jack Pinnington (TCU) def. Murphy Cassone/Martin Vergara (ASU) 6-1

3. #20 Duncan Chan/Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Jacob Bullard/Constantinos Koshis (ASU) 6-3

Order of finish: 2,3

UP NEXT:

The Sun Devils fell to the consolation bracket, and will play the loser of the Texas A&M/University of South Carolina match tomorrow, February 17 while the time and location of the match is unknown. Stream coverage is available via Cracked Racquets. Fans can follow @SunDevilMTennis on Instagram, X (Twitter), and Facebook for match coverage and updates during the 2024 season.