Men's Tennis Season Ends In NCAA Opening Round
May 06, 2022 | Men's Tennis
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., – Mississippi State's 2021-22 season came to a close on Friday with a 4-0 loss to No. 18 Stanford in the opening round of the Cambridge Regional on the campus of Harvard University.
The 35th-ranked Bulldogs (14-13) were making their 11th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship and 30th overall.
MSU's Florian Broska, ranked 17th nationally, won his first set 7-5 and was in a second set tiebreaker with No. 112 Axel Geller when the match was clinched. Broska's season will continue in the NCAA Singles Championship on May 23-28 in Urbana, Illinois.
Bautista Vilicich was the lone Bulldog to reach a third set. Stanford's Filip Kolasinski won the first set 6-1 but Vilicich batted back to take the second frame 6-4. Kolasinski was up 2-0 in the third when play was suspended.
No. 80 Max Basing of Stanford achieved a mild upset by defeating 75th-ranked Nemanja Malesevic 6-3, 7-5. No. 78 Alexandre Rotsaert downed Gregor Ramskogler 6-4, 6-2 and Timothy Sah clinched the match for the Cardinal with his 6-2, 7-6(5) victory against Davide Tortora.
Stanford (18-5) also claimed the doubles point as Basing and Sah defeated Vilicich and Carles Hernandez 6-1 and No. 25 Rotsaert and Arthur Fery won 6-4 against Malesevic and Tortora.
The Cardinal advances to play the winner of host Harvard and No. 4 seed Monmouth on Saturday.
No. 18 Stanford 4, No. 35 Mississippi State 0
Robert M. Beren Tennis Center | Cambridge, Mass.
May 6, 2022
Doubles
1. Axel Geller/Tomas Kopczynski (STAN) vs. #47 Florian Broska/Gregor Ramskogler (MSU) 5-4, unfinished
2. #25 Arthur Fery/Alexandre Rotsaert (STAN) def. Nemanja Malesevic/Davide Tortora (MSU) 6-4
3. Max Basing/Timothy Sah (STAN) def. Carles Hernandez/Bautista Vilicich (MS) 6-1
Order of finish: (3,2)
Singles
1. #112 Axel Geller (STAN) vs. #17 Florian Broska (MS) 5-7, 6-6 (1-1), unfinished
2. #80 Max Basing (STAN) def. #75 Nemanja Malesevic (MS) 6-3, 7-5
3. #78 Alexandre Rotsaert (STAN) def. Gregor Ramskogler (MS) 6-4, 6-2
4. Sangeet Sridhar (STAN) vs. Carles Hernandez (MS) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
5. Timothy Sah (STAN) def. Davide Tortora (MS) 6-2, 7-6(5)
6. Filip Kolasinski (STAN) vs. Bautista Vilicich (MS) 6-1, 4-6, 2-0, unfinished
Order of finish: (2,3,5)
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The 35th-ranked Bulldogs (14-13) were making their 11th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship and 30th overall.
MSU's Florian Broska, ranked 17th nationally, won his first set 7-5 and was in a second set tiebreaker with No. 112 Axel Geller when the match was clinched. Broska's season will continue in the NCAA Singles Championship on May 23-28 in Urbana, Illinois.
Bautista Vilicich was the lone Bulldog to reach a third set. Stanford's Filip Kolasinski won the first set 6-1 but Vilicich batted back to take the second frame 6-4. Kolasinski was up 2-0 in the third when play was suspended.
No. 80 Max Basing of Stanford achieved a mild upset by defeating 75th-ranked Nemanja Malesevic 6-3, 7-5. No. 78 Alexandre Rotsaert downed Gregor Ramskogler 6-4, 6-2 and Timothy Sah clinched the match for the Cardinal with his 6-2, 7-6(5) victory against Davide Tortora.
Stanford (18-5) also claimed the doubles point as Basing and Sah defeated Vilicich and Carles Hernandez 6-1 and No. 25 Rotsaert and Arthur Fery won 6-4 against Malesevic and Tortora.
The Cardinal advances to play the winner of host Harvard and No. 4 seed Monmouth on Saturday.
No. 18 Stanford 4, No. 35 Mississippi State 0
Robert M. Beren Tennis Center | Cambridge, Mass.
May 6, 2022
Doubles
1. Axel Geller/Tomas Kopczynski (STAN) vs. #47 Florian Broska/Gregor Ramskogler (MSU) 5-4, unfinished
2. #25 Arthur Fery/Alexandre Rotsaert (STAN) def. Nemanja Malesevic/Davide Tortora (MSU) 6-4
3. Max Basing/Timothy Sah (STAN) def. Carles Hernandez/Bautista Vilicich (MS) 6-1
Order of finish: (3,2)
Singles
1. #112 Axel Geller (STAN) vs. #17 Florian Broska (MS) 5-7, 6-6 (1-1), unfinished
2. #80 Max Basing (STAN) def. #75 Nemanja Malesevic (MS) 6-3, 7-5
3. #78 Alexandre Rotsaert (STAN) def. Gregor Ramskogler (MS) 6-4, 6-2
4. Sangeet Sridhar (STAN) vs. Carles Hernandez (MS) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
5. Timothy Sah (STAN) def. Davide Tortora (MS) 6-2, 7-6(5)
6. Filip Kolasinski (STAN) vs. Bautista Vilicich (MS) 6-1, 4-6, 2-0, unfinished
Order of finish: (2,3,5)
For more information on the Bulldog men's tennis program, visit HailState.com or search for "HailStateMT" on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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