Bulldogs Start Regional Undefeated In Doubles

Friday, October 14

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Mississippi State

ITA Southern Regional

STARKVILLE, MS - October 10, 2022 - Mississippi State's Seth Richey during practice at the AJ Pitts Tennis Centre in Starkville, MS. Photo By Mike Mattina

Photo by: Mike Mattina/MSU Athletics

Bulldogs Start Regional Undefeated In Doubles

October 14, 2022 | Men's Tennis

By: Logan Lowery, Assistant Director/Communications

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., - Mississippi State's men's tennis doubles teams could not have been much better than the performance they showcased at the ITA Southern Regional on Friday.

The Bulldogs were dominant, posting a perfect 4-0 record in the opening round of doubles during the event hosted by the University of Alabama.

Patrick Lazo and Seth Richey started the doubles momentum with their 8-5 victory over UAB's Kaustubh Holcomb and Vojtech Podzemny. Gregor Ramskogler and Benito Sanchez Martinez followed suit with an 8-6 win against Matthew Armbruster and Lillian Dubois of New Orleans.

Carles Hernandez and Nemanja Malesevic continued the trend by downing UAB's Georgios Nouchakis and Athanasios Spyropoulos 8-3. Petar Jovanovic and Ewen Lumsden closed out the evening by defeating Laclan Brain and Chris Zhang of North Alabama 8-4.

But doubles weren't the only place the Bulldogs found success on Friday. Richey, a redshirt sophomore, collected his first career singles win with a 7-6(4), 4-6, 1-0(9) victory over Louca Bertone of Alabama State in a consolation match early that morning.

Lazo lost his consolation contest to Troy's Yeray Andres Pastor. Lazo took the first set 7-5 but fell in the second 6-1 and dropped the super tiebreaker 10-7.

State continues play on Saturday with Lazo and Richey kicking things off against Alabama's No. 33 team of Filip Planinsek and German Samofalov at 9 a.m. Planinsek and Samofalov are the top-seeded tandem of the tournament and received a bye into the second round.

Ramskogler and Sanchez Martinez will also hit the court at 9 a.m. taking on the Crimson Tide team of Joao Ferreira and Roan Jones. Also starting at the same time will be Hernandez and Malesevic against Tulane's Rafael De Alba and Luka Petrovic.

Jovanovic and Lumsden get going at 9:30 a.m. against LSU's Stefan Latinovic and Nick Watson.

Main draw singles play also starts on Saturday. Jovanovic is scheduled to meet Auburn's Alejandro Moreno at 11 a.m. Sanchez Martinez will battle Omar Morsy of Nicholls State, also at 11 a.m.

Ramskogler takes on Troy's Noah Martens at 1 p.m. while Lumsden, Hernandez and Malesevic await their opponents after receiving a first-round bye. Lumsden is scheduled to play at 3 p.m. while Hernandez and Malesevic take their respective courts at 5 p.m.

Lumsden will meet the winner between Jones and David Jeanne-Grandinot of Alabama State. Hernandez is set to face either Auburn's Finn Murgett or Marcel Volz of New Orleans while Malesevic will take on LSU's Julien Penzlin or Yin Chih Lan of Alabama A&M.

Lazo and Richey will continue their singles consolation matches as well. Lazo plays Pasawee Reansuwong of Southern Miss at noon while Richey competes against Nouchakis at 12:30 p.m.

For more information on the Bulldog men's tennis program, visit HailState.com or search for "HailStateMT" on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

ITA Southern Regional
Alabama Tennis Stadium | Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Oct. 14, 2022

Singles Consolation
Seth Richey (MSU) def. Louca Bertone (Alabama State) 7-6(4), 4-6, 1-0(9)
Yeray Andres Pastor (Troy) def. Patrick Lazo (MSU) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0(7)

Doubles Main Draw
First Round
Patrick Lazo/ Seth Richey (MSU) def. Kaustubh Holcomb/ Vojtech Podzemny (UAB) 8-5
Gregor Ramskogler/ Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) def. Matthew Armbruster/ Lillian Dubois (New Orleans) 8-6
Carles Hernandez/ Nemanja Malesevic (MSU) def. Georgios Nouchakis/ Athanasios Spyropoulos (UAB) 8-3
Petar Jovanovic/ Ewen Lumsden (MSU) def. Lachlan Brain/ Chris Zhang (North Alabama) 8-4