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San Diego State
Red Raiders go 2-1 at Ed Collins Invitational
March 09, 2025 | Men's Tennis
SAN DIEGO – In a battle that saw five third sets in singles, the Texas Tech Red Raiders prevailed over the San Diego State Aztecs, 4-2, at the Aztec Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.
The Red Raiders (9-5) won an important doubles point over San Diego State (6-5) to open the match with the lead. At court three, Niksa Arsic and Thiago Guglieri cruised to a 6-2 victory over Eugenio Gonzalez and Denis Maijorov to get the first doubles win of the day. Clinching the doubles point for the second day in a row was the pairing of No. 80-ranked Piotr Pawlak and Sebastian Abboud against Alexander Mandma and Mathieu Josserand. The Red Raider duo led 3-2 before winning three consecutive games for a 6-2 victory.
San Diego State tied the match at 1-1 with a 6-4, 6-1 win at court three. Then, Arsic retook the lead for Tech with a third-set win at court two against Josserand. Taking a 3-1 lead in set one, the Aztec would tie it at 3-3 before Arsic won three of the next four games for the 6-4 win. Josserand would even the match after taking set two by a 6-4 score. Arsic answered with a bagel in the third set, 6-0, to give Tech another point on the board.
Once again, the Aztecs tied the match, this time with a 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3 win at court five. But, the Red Raiders didn't let the tie last long as Ludovico Vaccari earned a gritty win over Marc Kleber at court four for the third point of the match. In set one, Vaccari put up a bagel, 6-0, before Kleber took set two, 6-4. In the third set, Vaccari went down 3-4 before rattling off three of the next four games to win it, 6-4.
The clinching point would come from Abboud at court six against Maijorov. Abboud and Maijorov went back-and-forth in the first set, tying 4-4 before Abboud won two straight games to win the set, 6-4. Maijorov evened it up with a 6-4 set of his own. Then in set three, Abboud jumped out to a 5-2 lead before the Aztec tied it at 5-all. Abboud would go on to hold and break serve for the 7-5 victory to clinch the win for Texas Tech.
Up next, the Red Raiders open conference play at home against Utah on Thursday at 5 p.m. in the McLeod Tennis Center.
RESULTS
Texas Tech 4, San Diego State 2
Singles
1. Philipp Bosse (SDSU) vs. Piotr Pawlak (TTU) 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 5-4, unfinished
2. Niksa Arsic (TTU) def. Mathieu Josserand (SDSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
3. Alexander Mandma (SDSU) def. Tyler Stewart (TTU) 6-4, 6-1
4. Ludovico Vaccari (TTU) def. Marc Kleber (SDSU) 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
5. Liam Spiers (SDSU) def. Thiago Guglieri (TTU) 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3
6. Sebastian Abboud (TTU) def. Denis Maijorov (SDSU) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Doubles
1. #80 Sebastian Abboud/Piotr Pawlak (TTU) def. Alexander Mandma/Mathieu Josserand (SDSU) 6-2
2. Marc Kleber/Liam Spiers (SDSU) vs. Tyler Stewart/Ludovico Vaccari (TTU) 4-5, unfinished
3. Niksa Arsic/Thiago Guglieri (TTU) def. Eugenio Gonzalez/Denis Maijorov (SDSU) 6-2
Order of finish
Doubles (3, 1); Singles (3, 2, 4, 5, 6)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,4,5,6
Players Mentioned
