TEMPE – Sunday afternoon Sun Devil men’s tennis (11-4) won third place at the Diablos Tennis Tournament in Tempe after sweeping Oregon 4-0. Arizona State went 2-1 on the weekend putting them at 9-2 since the start of February.
Murphy Cassone and Roi Ginat held their Ducks scoreless as they led the doubles finish with a 6-0 victory. Over on court three Spencer Brachman and Max McKennon built chemistry throughout the match to overcome their opponents 6-3 to claim the doubles point for the Sun Devils.
Constantinos Koshis made a name for himself on court three as he shut his Duck down 6-1, 6-2 in a loud match. Koshis’ singles point victory put the Sun Devils up 2-0 in the team score. Max McKennon grabbed his second singles win on the weekend as he closed his court at 6-1, 6-4.
Murphy Cassone grabbed the last singles point for ASU in three sets. Courts four, five and six did not finish.
The Sun Devils will open Pac-12 play on the road against Cal Friday, March 17 at 3:00 p.m. and Stanford Saturday, March 19 at 1:00 p.m. ASU will be at home March 31-April 9 for four matches.
#31 ASU 4 vs #55 Oregon 0
DOUBLES
Court 1 – Joshua Charlton and Quinn Vandecasteele (Oregon) vs. Nicola Cigna and Constantinos Koshis (ASU), DNF
Court 2 – Murphy Cassone and Roi Ginat def. Ivailo Keremedchiev and Ray Lo (Oregon), 6-0
Court 3 – Spencer Brachman and Max McKennon (ASU) def. Avi Shugar and Jesper Klöv-Nilsson (Oregon), 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 3
SINGLES
Court 1 Murphy Cassone (ASU) vs. Joshua Charlton (Oregon), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 ASU
Court 2 Max McKennon (ASU) vs. Quinn Vandecasteele (Oregon), 6-1, 6-4 ASU
Court 3 Constantinos Koshis (ASU) vs. Ivailo Keremedchiev (Oregon), 6-1, 6-2 ASU
Court 4 Roi Ginat (ASU) vs. Jesper Klöv-Nilsson (Oregon), DNF
Court 5 Nicola Cigna (ASU) vs. Vlad Breazu (Oregon), DNF
Court 6 Spencer Brachman (ASU) vs. Ray Lo (Oregon), DNF
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
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