Men's Tennis

MTEN: MTSU, Liberty Set for CUSA Championship Rematch

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The 2026 Conference USA Men’s Tennis Championship semifinal matches took place on Saturday with top-seeded MTSU defeating No. 5 Delaware 4-0 to advance to the championship final. In the second semifinal match of the day, No. 2 Liberty took down No. 3 Jax State 4-1. The Blue Raiders will take on the Flames for the third straight year. The championship final is set for Sunday at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN+.
 
CUSA Men’s Tennis Championship Central 
 
Semifinal Match – Saturday, April 18
(1) MTSU 4, (5) Delaware 0
Box Score (PDF)
 
Doubles  
No. 1: Tobey Lock/Euan Mackenzie (DEL) def. Eric Crivei/Jonasz Dziopak (MTSU) 6-4
No. 2: Ondrej Horak/Antoine Mayoral (MTSU) def. Federico Garbero/Itamar Tapiro (DEL) 7-6 (8-6)
No. 3: Karim Al-Amin/Birtan Duran (MTSU) def. Pere Prat/Luke Tollenaar (DEL) 6-4
 
Singles  
No. 1: Ondrej Horak (MTSU) def. Tobey Lock (DEL) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2: Karim Al-Amin (MTSU) def. Euan Mackenzie (DEL) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3: Birtan Duran (MTSU) vs. Federico Garbero (DEL) unfinished
No. 4: Jonasz Dziopak (MTSU) vs. Luke Tollenaar (DEL) unfinished
No. 5: Eric Crivei (MTSU) def. Itamar Tapiro (DEL) 7-6, 6-2
No. 6: Freddy Murray (MTSU) vs. Pere Prat (DEL) unfinished
 
Match Notes:  
5-seed Delaware (14-10)
1-seed #48 MTSU (21-8)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,1,5)
 
Semifinal Match – Saturday, April 18
(2) Liberty 4, (3) Jax State 1
Box Score (PDF)
 
Doubles  
No. 1: David Ekpenyong/Benjamin Sparks (LU) def. Timo De Visser/David Krasner (JSU) 6-4
No. 2: Rodrigo Santiago Arraez/Guy Vorwerk (LU) def. Marko Milosavljevic/Lucius Soller (JSU) 6-4
No. 3: Ernst Gouws/Carl Roothman (LU) vs. Zach Murphy/Charlie Penman (JSU) 4-4, unfinished
 
Singles  
No. 1: Charlie Penman (JSU) def. Siwanat Auytayakul (LU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
No. 2: Benjamin Sparks (LU) vs. David Krasner (JSU) 6-3, 2-6, 4-4, unfinished
No. 3: Rodrigo Santiago Arraez (LU) def. Aman Dahiya (JSU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 4: Carl Roothman (LU) def. Marko Milosavljevic (JSU) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
No. 5: David Ekpenyong (LU) def. Timo De Visser (JSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
No. 6: Chase Robinson (LU) vs. Alin Fatu (JSU) 2-6, 6-0, 5-2, unfinished
 
Match Notes:  
3-seed Jax State (18-4)
2-seed Liberty (14-9)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (3,1,5,4)