Men's Tennis

MTEN: MTSU and Liberty to Face Off in CUSA Championship Final

LYNCHBURG, Va. – The 2025 Conference USA Men’s Tennis Championship semifinals took place on Saturday with No. 1 MTSU winning the first match 4-0 against No. 5 Kennesaw State and No. 2 Liberty advancing with a 4-2 win over No. 3 Jacksonville State. The championship final will take place Sunday at 12 p.m. ET with the Blue Raiders squaring off with the Flames on ESPN+.
 
CUSA Men’s Tennis Championship Central 
 
Semifinal Matches – Saturday, April 20
(1) No. 47 MTSU 4, (5) Kennesaw State 0
Box Score (PDF)
 
Doubles  
No. 1: #46 Ondrej Horak/Karim Al-Amin (MTSU) def. Mikolaj Lis/Anthony Weingarten (KSU) 7-6 (7-4)
No. 2: Rostislav Halfinger/Jakub Kroslak (MTSU) vs. Xavi Ferrer/Kyvan Rietkerk (KSU) 6-6, unfinished
No. 3: Shu Matsuoka/Igor Mandou Berranger (MTSU) def. Sam Baldwin/Erik Vladimirov (KSU) 6-2
 
Singles  
No. 1: Karim Al-Amin (MTSU) def. Mikolaj Lis (KSU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2: Ondrej Horak (MTSU) def. Anthony Weingarten (KSU) 6-0, retired
No. 3: Jakub Kroslak (MTSU) def. Erik Vladimirov (KSU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 4: Shu Matsuoka (MTSU) vs. Kyvan Rietkerk (KSU) 3-6, 6-4, unfinished
No. 5: Rostislav Halfiner (MTSU) vs. Sam Baldwin (KSU) 6-4, 4-3, unfinished
No. 6: Igor Mandou Berranger (MTSU) vs. Xavi Ferrer (KSU) 7-6 (7-1), 2-1, unfinished
 
Match Notes:  
5-seed Kennesaw State (8-10)
1-seed MTSU 15-11; National ranking No. 47
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (2,1,3)
 
(2) No. 74 Liberty 4, (3) Jax State 2
Box Score (PDF) 
 
Doubles  
No. 1: #54 Joaquim Almeida/Siawanat Auytayakul (LU) def. Marko Milosavljevic/David Krasner (JSU) 6-3
No. 2: Zach Murphy/Lucius Soller (JSU) def. Carl Roothman/Trey Stinchcomb (LU) 7-5
No. 3: Timo De Visser/Logan Haga (JSU) def. Matija Samardzic/Ernst Gouws (LU) 7-5
 
Singles  
No. 1: Joaquim Almeida (LU) def. Timo De Visser (JSU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 2: Carl Roothman (LU) def. Charlie Penman (JSU) 7-5, 6-7 (6-8), 6-2
No. 3: Marko Milosavljevic (JSU) def. Siwanat Auytayakul (LU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 4: Rodrigo Santiago Arraez (LU) def. David Krasner (JSU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 5: Chase Robinson (LU) def. Alin Fatu (JSU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6: Matija Samardzic (LU) vs. Aman Dahiya (JSU) 7-6 (12-10), 6-7 (1-7), 4-1, unfinished
 
Match Notes:  
3-seed Jax State 12-7
2-seed Liberty 11-12; National ranking No. 74
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,1,4,3,2)