TEMPE – Sun Devil Men’s Tennis (6-0) faces its first road test of the season this weekend at ITA Kickoff Weekend, hosted by University of San Diego, one of the 16 seeded host schools.\u00a0ASU faces off against No. 8 San Diego (2-0) on Jan. 23 at 2 p.m. MST and will face either Princeton or Miami on Jan. 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both matches will be streamed on Track Tennis, and live stats will be available here<\/a>. With two wins this weekend, ASU would qualify for the ITA Indoor National Championships in Chicago, Illinois Feb. 6-10. The last time ASU was among the qualifiying 16 teams, was during the 2023-24 season when the team defeated Florida State and VCU to escape the Tallahassee Regional.<\/p>\n Sun Devil Notables<\/p>\n ASU’s 6-0 start is the best start in program history since the team’s reinstatement. Previewing the Torereos<\/p>\n Previewing the Tigers<\/p>\n Have two wins in two matches to start the spring. \u00a0<\/p>\n Follow along
\nLast season, the Sun Devils were winless on the road in seven matches.
\nThe last time ASU faced off against then-No. 7 USD was Feb. 23, 2025 at Whiteman Tennis Center, and it was a 4-3 win in favor of the visiting team.
\nASU has not defeated a top-25 opponent since taking down No. 14 Baylor in the UTR Collegiate Championships on March 16, 2025.\u00a0
\nThree Sun Devils have a team-leading four singles wins: sophomore Niels Villard<\/a>, senior Mathis Bondaz<\/a>, and junior Jelani Sarr<\/a>.
\nSophomore Ofek Shimanov<\/a> has a team-leading six doubles wins, and has won every doubles match this season playing alonside Villard (3-0) and junior Bor Artnak<\/a> (3-0).\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nLast season Princeton went 22-9 and fell to then-No. 4 Virginia in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.\u00a0
\nIn the most recent ITA singles polls (Nov. 15) three Tigers were ranked: Paul Inchauspe (#11), Top Nidunjianzan (#98), and Sebastian Sec (#99).
\nIn the most recent ITA doubles polls (Nov. 15) had the #13-ranked pair in\u00a0Paul Inchauspe and Landon Ardila, and had the #45 pair in Sebastian Sec and Meecah Bigun.
\nPosted a 6-3 neutral-site record in 2024-25.<\/p>\n
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