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No. 13 State Earns A Pair Of Shutouts Before SEC Play
February 09, 2025 | Men's Tennis
STARKVILLE – No. 13 Mississippi State closed out its non-conference slate with a pair of shutouts on Sunday.
The Bulldogs began the day by blanking Memphis 7-0 inside the Rula Tennis Pavilion and capped a chilly evening with another 7-0 triumph against Jackson State at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre.
Records: Mississippi State 10-1 // Memphis 2-7 // Jackson State 0-3
Quotable: "We use each match as feedback for areas we can improve and our non-conference schedule was great feedback for where we are as a team. The guys love getting better and applying what they learned from matches in the weekend. This team is a lot of fun. We meet as a team early in the week and get a game plan together on how we can improve. Nothing changes for us now as we head into SEC play. We are going to keep working very hard and focus on what we can control day-to-day to improve." - MSU head coach Matt Roberts
Match Notes:
- Mississippi State has recorded a shutout in nine of its 11 matches and is outscoring opponents 65-5 this season.
- The Bulldogs won their 13th-straight match vs. Memphis dating back to 1987.
- MSU remains a perfect 8-0 all-time against Jackson State and have outscored the Tigers 54-2 in the series.
- No. 13 Petar Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez now have 42 career victories together, which is the fifth-most in school history. Jovanovic and Sanchez Martinez need one more win to match Laurent Miquelard and Joc Simmons (1994-95) for fourth all-time at Mississippi State.
- Jovanovic and Sanchez Martinez earned a 6-1 win over Memphis' 59th-ranked tandem of Conor Gannon and Sam Reeve. It was their fourth win over a ranked foe this season and the 17th of their careers playing together. That victory was also their fourth time to clinch a doubles point this spring and their ninth all-time as a team.
- Jovanovic, ranked 72nd in singles, also secured his third win over a ranked opponent this year when he rallied past No. 78 Gannon 4-6, 6-3, 1-0[6]. It was the 13th-ranked victory in the two-time All-American's career.
- Michal Novansky earned his team and career-best 11th-straight singles win against Jackson State. Novansky has not lost in singles during dual-match play since April 20, 2023.
- Marshall Landry landed his first dual match singles win of the season via a forfiet by Jackson State.
- Novansky (8-0), No. 56 Sanchez Martinez (6-0), No. 91 Niccolo Baroni (8-0), No. 89 Mario Martinez Serrano (6-0), Radomir Tomic (5-0), Bryan Hernandez Cortes (3-0) and Marshall Landry (1-0) all remain unbeaten in singles during dual-match play.
Next Up: The Bulldogs hit the road for the first time this season top open Southeastern Conference play at Tennessee on Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. CT.
No. 13 Mississippi State 7, Memphis 0
Rula Tennis Pavilion | Starkville, Miss.
Feb. 9, 2025
Doubles:
1. No. 12 Petar Jovanovic/Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) def. No. 59 Conor Gannon/Sam Reeve (MEM) 6-1
2. No. 32 Niccolo Baroni/Mario Martinez Serrano (MSU) vs. Pablo Alemany Malea/Moritz Kudernatsch (MEM) 4-2, unfinished
3. Dusan Milanovic/Michal Novansky (MSU) def. Luis Sandoval Carvalho/Alejandro Visozo (MEM) 6-0
Order of finish: (3,1)
Singles:
1. No. 72 Petar Jovanovic (MSU) def. No. 78 Conor Gannon (MEM) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0[6]
2. No. 56 Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) def. Pablo Alemany Malea (MEM) 6-7(4), 6-1, 1-0[5]
3. Dusan Milanovic (MSU) def. Moritz Kudernatsch (MEM) 6-1, 7-6(7)
4. No. 91 Niccolo Baroni (MSU) def. Sam Reeve (MEM) 6-2, 6-1
5. No. 89 Mario Martinez Serrano (MSU) def. Luis Sandoval Carvalho (MEM) 6-3, 6-4
6. Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes (MSU) def. Alejandro Visozo (MEM) 6-1, 6-0
Order of finish: (6,4,5,3,1,2)
Mississippi State 7, Jackson State 0
A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre | Starkville, Miss.
Feb. 9, 2025
Doubles:
1. No. 12 Petar Jovanovic/Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) vs. Ching Chang Chiu/Maas Schotanus (JSU) 4-2, unfinished
2. No. 32 Niccolo Baroni/Mario Martinez Serrano (MSU) def. Federico Pickenstainer/Alejandro Pinilla (JSU) 6-1
3. Dusan Milanovic/Michal Novansky (MSU) win via forfeit
Order of finish: (3,2)
Singles:
1. No. 72 Petar Jovanovic (MSU) def. Alejandro Pinilla (JSU) 6-1, 6-4
2. Bryan Hernandez Cortes (MSU) def. Federico Pickenstainer (JSU) 7-5, 6-1
3. Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes (MSU) def. Ching Chang Chiu (JSU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Radomir Tomic (MSU) def. Maas Schotanus (JSU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Michal Novansky (MSU) def. Fabrizo Fallas (JSU) 6-0, 6-2
6. Marshall Landry (MSU) win via forfeit
Order of finish: (6,3,5,1,4,2)
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