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Three Bulldogs Set For NCAA Individual Championships
May 19, 2024 | Men's Tennis
STILLWATER, Okla., - No. 15 Mississippi State recently saw its season come to a close in the Sweet 16.
But several Bulldogs are still swinging their rackets in the NCAA Men's Tennis Individual Championships. No. 47 Nemanja Malesevic and No. 48 Petar Jovanovic – both All-SEC selections - will represent MSU in the singles bracket which starts on Monday while Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez – the 11th-ranked team in the nation – compete in doubles beginning on Tuesday.
The 2024 NCAA Tennis Championships are being held at the Greenwood Tennis Center and hosted by Oklahoma State. Matches will be televised on ESPN+.Â
Jovanovic will kickoff Monday's action against Oregon's 67th-ranked Quinn Vandecasteele at 9 a.m. Jovanovic has won four of his last five matches and leads the Bulldogs with a 28-14 singles record this season with nine victories over ranked opponents.
Malesevic takes the court Monday afternoon at 1 against No. 4 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc of Florida State. Malesevic sports a 14-12 singles record this season with 11 of his victories coming at the No. 1 position during dual match play, including seven against ranked foes.
Jovanovic and Sanchez Martinez are set to face Harvard's 19th-ranked tandem of Daniel Milavsky and Cooper Williams on Tuesday. Mississippi State's sophomore duo has racked up an impressive 22-10 record together this season, which includes 10 victories over ranked pairings.
Jovanovic and Malesevic are the first Bulldogs to qualify in singles at the event since Florian Broska did so in 2022. Broska and doubles partner Gregor Ramskogler were the last MSU team to compete in the NCAA Individual Championships in 2021.
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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But several Bulldogs are still swinging their rackets in the NCAA Men's Tennis Individual Championships. No. 47 Nemanja Malesevic and No. 48 Petar Jovanovic – both All-SEC selections - will represent MSU in the singles bracket which starts on Monday while Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez – the 11th-ranked team in the nation – compete in doubles beginning on Tuesday.
The 2024 NCAA Tennis Championships are being held at the Greenwood Tennis Center and hosted by Oklahoma State. Matches will be televised on ESPN+.Â
Jovanovic will kickoff Monday's action against Oregon's 67th-ranked Quinn Vandecasteele at 9 a.m. Jovanovic has won four of his last five matches and leads the Bulldogs with a 28-14 singles record this season with nine victories over ranked opponents.
Malesevic takes the court Monday afternoon at 1 against No. 4 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc of Florida State. Malesevic sports a 14-12 singles record this season with 11 of his victories coming at the No. 1 position during dual match play, including seven against ranked foes.
Jovanovic and Sanchez Martinez are set to face Harvard's 19th-ranked tandem of Daniel Milavsky and Cooper Williams on Tuesday. Mississippi State's sophomore duo has racked up an impressive 22-10 record together this season, which includes 10 victories over ranked pairings.
Jovanovic and Malesevic are the first Bulldogs to qualify in singles at the event since Florian Broska did so in 2022. Broska and doubles partner Gregor Ramskogler were the last MSU team to compete in the NCAA Individual Championships in 2021.
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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