Wednesday, May 24
Athens, Ga.
All Day
Mississippi State
vs
NCAA Individual Championships
Nuno Borges continued his impressive sophomore run with a win to open NCAA Singles play.
Borges Moves On At NCAA Singles Championship
May 24, 2017 | Men's Tennis
ATHENS, GA. – Sophomore and second-seeded Nuno Borges earned a straight-set victory on Wednesday to continue his stellar run and advance to the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship in Athens.
The sophomore downed Old Dominion's 53rd ranked Adam Moundir, 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday afternoon to open play for MSU at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. Borges will face Notre Dame's Josh Hagar at 9 a.m. CT on Thursday.
"Nuno had a great start today and we're happy with how he battled against a good opponent," head coach Matt Roberts said. "Moundir plays big and we tried to get him on the run which was difficult with how Moundir was playing. He went up a break in the second set and Nuno did a great job of coming back to finish off the match strong."
With the win, Borges improved to 33-6 overall and earned his 23rd ranked victory of the season. Borges also moved into a tie with Thomas Dupre (1996) for fifth most wins in a single season at MSU.
Wednesday's contest began with Borges controlling the match early as he cruised to a 6-3 victory in the opening frame. The second set was much tighter as each player held to leave the score at 4-4. ODU's Moundir would record the first break of the set to take a short-lived 5-4 lead, but that would only spark Borges as he took 12 of the final 13 points to seal a 6-3, 7-5 win.
The No. 8 MSU pair of Niclas Braun and Trevor Foshey will begin their run at the NCAA Doubles Championship on Thursday, with the duo slotted to take on No. 59 Alexander Day and Luke Gamble of Princeton at 2 p.m. CT.
Up Next
Borges will continue NCAA second round action in singles play, while Braun and Foshey will kick off NCAA doubles play on Thursday.
Admission
Tickets for the NCAA Individual Championships can be purchased at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. Adult tickets are $10, while youth/senior tickets are $6.
Live Stats/Video
Live stats and video for this week's NCAA Individual Championships can be found here.
Additional Notes
Social Media
For more information on the Mississippi State men's tennis program, follow "HailStateMT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
The sophomore downed Old Dominion's 53rd ranked Adam Moundir, 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday afternoon to open play for MSU at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. Borges will face Notre Dame's Josh Hagar at 9 a.m. CT on Thursday.
"Nuno had a great start today and we're happy with how he battled against a good opponent," head coach Matt Roberts said. "Moundir plays big and we tried to get him on the run which was difficult with how Moundir was playing. He went up a break in the second set and Nuno did a great job of coming back to finish off the match strong."
With the win, Borges improved to 33-6 overall and earned his 23rd ranked victory of the season. Borges also moved into a tie with Thomas Dupre (1996) for fifth most wins in a single season at MSU.
Wednesday's contest began with Borges controlling the match early as he cruised to a 6-3 victory in the opening frame. The second set was much tighter as each player held to leave the score at 4-4. ODU's Moundir would record the first break of the set to take a short-lived 5-4 lead, but that would only spark Borges as he took 12 of the final 13 points to seal a 6-3, 7-5 win.
The No. 8 MSU pair of Niclas Braun and Trevor Foshey will begin their run at the NCAA Doubles Championship on Thursday, with the duo slotted to take on No. 59 Alexander Day and Luke Gamble of Princeton at 2 p.m. CT.
Up Next
Borges will continue NCAA second round action in singles play, while Braun and Foshey will kick off NCAA doubles play on Thursday.
Admission
Tickets for the NCAA Individual Championships can be purchased at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. Adult tickets are $10, while youth/senior tickets are $6.
Live Stats/Video
Live stats and video for this week's NCAA Individual Championships can be found here.
Additional Notes
- Nuno Borges qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship as an automatic bid, earning All-America status in the process
- Borges has spent the entire spring season ranked in the ITA Top 10, not dropping below No. 8 overall
- Borges is tied for fifth overall in program history for most victories in a single season
- Borges has earned a 28-10 record for his career against ranked singles foes
- Borges will seek to become the first Bulldog to advance past the second round at the NCAA Singles Championship since Louis Cant and Artem Ilyushin in 2012
- Niclas Braun and Trevor Foshey will be MSU's first doubles participants since 2014
- The duo of Braun and Foshey have earned a 19-13 record this season
- The pair has earned 10 ranked wins, with five of those coming against the current ITA Top 10
Social Media
For more information on the Mississippi State men's tennis program, follow "HailStateMT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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