Box Score
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (SMU) – Despite freshman
Tomas Vaise's straight set victory over No. 116-ranked Makey Rakotomalala, the Mustangs fell, 4-2, to No. 26 Arizona State in the opening match of the BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge by Oracle on Friday.
Vaise improves to 8-4 for dual match season, while the Mustangs drop to 7-10.
The Mustangs secured the doubles point to take an early lead.
Jan-Simon Vrbsky and Vaise partnered for a 6-3 win at the top spot, followed by a 6-4 win by
Charles Nettlefold and
Roberto Rosales at No. 3.
In singles play, Vaise led the way for the Mustangs by winning his first set against No. 116 Rakotomalala, 6-3. The two battled through the second set, but Vaise emerged with a 6-4 win to add a point for SMU. The victory is the first for the Mustangs against a ranked opponent this season.
Unfortunately the Mustangs couldn't overpower the top-seeded Sun Devils, who claimed wins on courts one, three, four and five to clinch the match.
SMU is slated to play BYU tomorrow at 10 a.m. CT.
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SMU 2, #26 Arizona State 4
March 16, 2018 at BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge by Oracle
Doubles
- Jan-Simon Vrbsky / Tomas Vaise (SMU) def. Michael Geerts / Tim Ruehl (ASU) 6-3
- Andrea Bolla / Makey Rakotomalala (ASU) def. Eladio Fabregas / Gardiner Perotti (SMU) 6-1
- Charles Nettlefold / Roberto Rosales (SMU) def. Pierre Dodens / Tom Wright (SMU) 6-4
Singles
- #61 Michael Geerts (ASU) def. Jan-Simon Vrbsky (SMU) 6-1, 6-4
- Tomas Vaise (SMU) def. #116 Makey Rakotomalala (ASU) 6-3, 6-4
- Tim Ruehl (ASU) def. Charles Nettlefold (SMU) 7-5, 6-1
- Andrea Bolla (ASU) def. Michael Smith (SMU) 6-2, 6-3
- Tom Wright (ASU) def. Roberto Rosales (SMU) 6-0, 7-6 (5)
- Eladio Fabregas (SMU) vs. Pierre Dodens (ASU) 6-4, 4-6, 0-2 unfinished
