MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The 2026 Conference USA Men’s Tennis Championship first round matches took place on Friday with No. 5 Delaware defeating No. 4 Kennesaw State 4-2 to advance to the semifinal round. In the second match of the day, No. 3 Jax State knocked off No. 6 NM State 4-0. Delaware will take on top-seeded MTSU at 1 p.m. CT, while No. 2 Liberty will face off with No. 3 Jax State at 4 p.m. CT. The winners will match up in the championship final on Sunday at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN+.
 
CUSA Men’s Tennis Championship Central 
 
First Round Match – Friday, April 17
(5) Delaware 4, (4) Kennesaw State 2
Box Score (PDF)
 
Doubles  
No. 1: Dominic Ducariu/Leon Peranovic (KSU) vs. Tobey Lock/Euan Mackenzie (DEL) 6-5, unfinished
No. 2: Federico Garbero/Itamar Tapiro (DEL) def. Kyvan Rietkerk/Erik Vladimirov (KSU) 6-1
No. 3: Pere Prat/Luke Tollenaar (DEL) def. Xavi Ferrer/Ben Hudson (KSU) 6-4
 
Singles  
No. 1: Ben Hudson (KSU) vs. Tobey Lock (DEL) 6-7, 6-3, 3-0, unfinished
No. 2: Leon Peranovic (KSU) def. Euan Mackenzie (DEL) 6-3, 6-2
No. 3: Federico Garbero (DEL) def. Dominic Ducariu (KSU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 4: Nathan Walters (KSU) def. Luke Tollenaar (DEL) 6-0, 6-3
No. 5: Itamar Tapiro (DEL) def. Erik Vladimirov (KSU) 6-3, 7-5
No. 6: Pere Prat (DEL) def. Xavi Ferrer (KSU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
 
Match Notes:  
5-seed Delaware (15-9)
4-seed Kennesaw State (15-7)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (4,2,3,5,6)
 
First Round Match – Friday, April 17
(3) Jax State 4, (6) NM State 0
Box Score (PDF)
 
Doubles  
No. 1: Timo De Visser/David Krasner (JSU) def. Holland Snell/Lance Urlaub (NMSU) 6-4
No. 2: Marko Milosavljevic/Lucius Soller (JSU) def. Roko Stipetic/Tobias Wallin (NMSU) 6-3
No. 3: Laurendi Fischer/Matias Rojas (NMSU) def. Alin Fatu/Charlie Penman (JSU) 6-2
 
Singles  
No. 1: Charlie Penman (JSU) def. Roko Stipetic (NMSU) 6-2, 7-5
No. 2: David Krasner (JSU) vs. Holland Snell (NMSU) 6-2, 2-6, 4-4, unfinished
No. 3: Aman Dahiya (JSU) vs. Tobias Wallin (NMSU) 4-6, 7-6, unfinished
No. 4: Marko Milosavljevic (JSU) def. Matias Rojas (NMSU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 5: Timo De Visser (JSU) def. Lance Urlaub (NMSU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 6: Laurendi Fischer (NMSU) vs. Alin Fatu (JSU) unfinished
 
Match Notes:  
6-seed NM State (7-16)
3-seed Jax State (18-3)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,4,5)