Regular Season Ends with Win for No. 22 Men's Tennis
By: Claudia Schwartz
Box Score Washington– No. 22 Arizona State men's tennis (16-8, 4-2) downed Washington (8-14, 2-6) in the regular-season finale after picking up a 4-2 win on Saturday in Seattle. For the second-straight match, junior Murphy Cassone clinched the match for the Sun Devils after winning in the third set today.
The pair of Jacob Bullard and Murphy Cassone improved to 9-1 on the season after taking down Washington's Dzianis Zharyn and Brett Pearson. This comes one day after they defeated Oregon's #46 ranked pair in yesterday's match.
After a quick defeat on court three, courts one and two pulled through to get wins and secure the doubles point for the Sun Devils and it was a 1-0 ASU lead.
Senior Jacob Bullard made quick work of his opponent, winning in straight sets, and putting ASU ahead 2-0. Martin Vergara Del Puerto fell in straight sets at the fifth position and the Sun Devil lead was 2-1.
Max McKennon won in straight sets which evened out Roi Ginat falling in straight sets and Arizona State led 3-2. Murphy Cassone came from behind in his third set to clinch the match for ASU.
Singles Competition:
- #9 Murphy Cassone (ASU) def. Cesar Bouchelaghem (WASH) 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
- Max McKennon (ASU) def. Dzianis Zharyn (WASH) 6-3, 6-4
- Jacob Bullard (ASU) def. Han-Chih Lin (WASH) 6-3, 6-2
- Nedim Suko (WASH) def. Roi Ginat (ASU) 7-5, 7-6(5)
- Ivan Sodam (WASH) def. Martin Vergara Del Puerto (ASU) 6-3, 6-4
- Constantinos Koshis (ASU) vs. Jim Hendrikx (WASH) 6-7(4), 6-6 unfinished
Order of finish: 3,5,2,4,1
Doubles Competition:
- Jacob Bullard/Murphy Cassone (ASU) def. Dzianis Zharyn/Brett Pearson (WASH) 7-6(5)
- Max McKennon/Daniel Phillips (ASU) def. Cesar Bouchelaghem/Han-Chih Lin (WASH) 6-4
- Nedim Suko/Heman Nama (WASH) def. Constantinos Koshis/Martin Vergara (ASU) 6-2
Order of finish: 3,2,1
Up Next:
The Sun Devils are off to Ojai, California to compete in the Pac-12 Championships April 24-27. Seeding and match times are currently TBD, and will be released after Pac-12 matches conclude this weekend.