Bulldogs Finish Fall In NCAA Quarterfinals
November 22, 2024 | Men's Tennis
WACO, Texas – The fall season for Mississippi State men's tennis came to a close on Friday in the doubles quarterfinals of the NCAA Individual Championships.
A day after earning All-America honors for the second-straight season, No. 1 Petar Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez fell to TCU's Lui Maxted and Pedro Vives 6-3, 7-5 to conclude their fall.
Jovanovic and Sanchez Martinez finished the fall portion of the schedule with an impressive 11-3 record, including four victories over ranked opponents. Two of the ranked triumphs for the Bulldog juniors came at the NCAAs defeating California's 13th-ranked pairing of Alex Chang and Michael Wright 4-6, 6-2, 1-0[5] in the opening round as well as No. 3 Filippos Astreinidis and Paul Inchauspe of Princeton 6-4, 6-2 in the Round of 16.
The Bulldogs earned five total entries into the NCAA Individual Championships, the most of any Southeastern Conference program and the second-highest total in the country. It was the most entries MSU has racked up in NCAAs since 1968.
"I would say this was a very successful fall for our team," said head coach Matt Roberts. "You want to build resilience and trust with your group by using tough training weeks and tournament play from August to November. We are coming away from the fall tighter as a group and more confident in all areas on the court. We look forward to the spring season starting in January and getting to play in front of our amazing fan base."
The Bulldogs' dual match schedule for the spring will be released at a later date.
NCAA Individual Championships
Hurd Tennis Center | Waco, Texas
Nov. 22, 2024
Doubles:
Quarterfinals
Lui Maxted/Pedro Vives (TCU) def. No. 1 Petar Jovanovic/Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU): 6-3, 7-5
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