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No. 21 Men’s Tennis Plays No. 9 Arizona in Tucson for Territorial Cup

No. 21 Men’s Tennis Plays No. 9 Arizona in Tucson for Territorial Cup


TUCSON– No. 21 Arizona State Men’s Tennis (13-7, 1-1) heads to Tucson to take on in-state rival, No. 9 Arizona, at LaNelle Robson Tennis Center on Sunday, April 7 at 1 p.m. MST. The Sun Devils’ last two Sunday matches against USC and Stanford have been suspended or canceled due to weather.

Fans can watch the match on the Arizona Live Stream using this link. Live stats will also be available, which can be found here

The Wildcats have won the Territorial Cup in each of the last three seasons. The last  time ASU beat Arizona was their 4-2 victory in Tucson on March 30, 2019. The Sun Devils also took home the Territorial Cup in 2018 during the program’s first season after being reinstated.

SUN DEVIL NOTABLES

  • Freshman Bor Artnak leads the team with his 11 singles wins. He posts an 11-2 record in 15 matches this season.
  • In their last six doubles matches, Jacob Bullard and Murphy Cassone are 5-1. 
  • Roi Ginat, Max McKennon, and Murphy Cassone each have nine singles wins this season. 
  • The Sun Devils are No. 21 in the latest ITA rankings, the sixth-consecutive week ASU has been in the top-25 in the polls. 

PREVIEWING THE NO. 9 WILDCATS (17-3, 3-1)

  • Lost 4-3 to No. 33 Stanford in their most recent match last weekend.
  • Opened Pac-12 play 3-0, with two victories in LA against No. 47 USC and No. 24 UCLA and a home win against No. 59 Cal.
  • Arizona is 9-2 against ranked teams this season. The Wildcats have non-conference victories against No. 24 Baylor, No. 3 Texas, No. 12 Texas A&M, No. 36 Michigan, No. 15 Michigan State, and No. 11 Illinois.
  • Last season, No. 16 Arizona defeated the Sun Devils 4-2 in Tempe.

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