Saturday, January 25
Fort Worth, Texas
11:00 AM ET/10:00 AM CT
Liberty University
0
vs
4
No. 17 Michigan State
Flames Fall in First Match at ITA Kickoff Weekend
1/25/2025 2:41:00 PM | Men's Tennis
FORT WORTH, Texas. – Despite a promising doubles round, No. 3 seed Liberty (1-1) men's tennis fell 4-0 to No. 2 seed and No. 17 Michigan State in the first leg of the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Fort Worth, Texas. The Flames await the result of No. 1 seed and No. 2 TCU facing off against No. 4 seed Pacific later this evening.
Carl Roothman and Ernst Gouws picked up a big victory on court 2 in doubles but the Spartans held on in the No. 1 doubles match to earn the initial point of the match. Michigan State rolled to two strong two-set victories on courts one and two in singles. The Spartans clinched the match in a back-and-forth three-set, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory in the No. 4 singles match.
Liberty's No. 3 singles, Siwanat Auytayakul had just entered a tie-break in the third set, going unfinished 1-6, 6-1, 6-6.
#17 Michigan State 4, Liberty 0
Singles Competition
1. #27 Aristotelis Thanos (MSU) def. Joaquim Almeida (LIBERTYM) 6-2, 6-2
2. #83 Max Sheldon (MSU) def. Carl Roothman (LIBERTYM) 6-3, 6-1
3. #40 Matthew Forbes (MSU) vs. Siwanat Auytayakul (LIBERTYM) 6-1, 1-6, 6-6, unfinished
4. Vuk Radjenovic (MSU) def. R Santiago Arraez (LIBERTYM) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
5. Taym Alazmeh (MSU) vs. Chase Robinson (LIBERTYM) 7-6, 4-6, 3-2, unfinished
6. Mitchell Sheldon (MSU) vs. Ernst Gouws (LIBERTYM) 6-1, 1-1, unfinished
Doubles Competition
1. #94 Ozan Baris/Aristotelis Thanos (MSU) def. #23 Joaquim Almeida/Siwanat Auytayakul (LIBERTYM) 6-4
2. Ernst Gouws/Carl Roothman (LIBERTYM) def. #107 Matthew Forbes/Max Sheldon (MSU) 6-4
3. Taym Alazmeh/Mitchell Sheldon (MSU) def. Chase Robinson/Trey Stinchcomb (LIBERTYM) 6-2
Match Notes:
Liberty 1-1
Michigan State 4-0; National ranking #17
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,1,4)
Up Next
Liberty (1-1) returns to action Sunday with their opponent and match time to be determined following the results of the match between No. 1 seed TCU (3-0) and No. 4 seed Pacific (0-0).
Carl Roothman and Ernst Gouws picked up a big victory on court 2 in doubles but the Spartans held on in the No. 1 doubles match to earn the initial point of the match. Michigan State rolled to two strong two-set victories on courts one and two in singles. The Spartans clinched the match in a back-and-forth three-set, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory in the No. 4 singles match.
Liberty's No. 3 singles, Siwanat Auytayakul had just entered a tie-break in the third set, going unfinished 1-6, 6-1, 6-6.
#17 Michigan State 4, Liberty 0
Singles Competition
1. #27 Aristotelis Thanos (MSU) def. Joaquim Almeida (LIBERTYM) 6-2, 6-2
2. #83 Max Sheldon (MSU) def. Carl Roothman (LIBERTYM) 6-3, 6-1
3. #40 Matthew Forbes (MSU) vs. Siwanat Auytayakul (LIBERTYM) 6-1, 1-6, 6-6, unfinished
4. Vuk Radjenovic (MSU) def. R Santiago Arraez (LIBERTYM) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
5. Taym Alazmeh (MSU) vs. Chase Robinson (LIBERTYM) 7-6, 4-6, 3-2, unfinished
6. Mitchell Sheldon (MSU) vs. Ernst Gouws (LIBERTYM) 6-1, 1-1, unfinished
Doubles Competition
1. #94 Ozan Baris/Aristotelis Thanos (MSU) def. #23 Joaquim Almeida/Siwanat Auytayakul (LIBERTYM) 6-4
2. Ernst Gouws/Carl Roothman (LIBERTYM) def. #107 Matthew Forbes/Max Sheldon (MSU) 6-4
3. Taym Alazmeh/Mitchell Sheldon (MSU) def. Chase Robinson/Trey Stinchcomb (LIBERTYM) 6-2
Match Notes:
Liberty 1-1
Michigan State 4-0; National ranking #17
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,1,4)
Up Next
Liberty (1-1) returns to action Sunday with their opponent and match time to be determined following the results of the match between No. 1 seed TCU (3-0) and No. 4 seed Pacific (0-0).
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
1
4
Ozan Baris/ Aristotelis Thanos (94/-) [MSU]
6
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
22
Aristotelis Thanos / 0 (27/-) [MSU]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
31
Max Sheldon / 0 (83/-) [MSU]
66
#3 Singles Match
1234
166UF
Matthew Forbes / 0 (40/-) [MSU]
616UF
#4 Singles Match
123
464
Vuk Radjenovic / 0 [MSU]
646
#5 Singles Match
1234
662UF
Taym Alazmeh / 0 [MSU]
743UF
#6 Singles Match
123
11UF
Mitchell Sheldon / 0 [MSU]
61UF
Order of Finish:
2,1,4
Players Mentioned
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