Sunday, April 20
Lynchburg, Va.
12:00 PM
Liberty University
0
vs
4
No. 1 Middle Tennessee
No. 2 Liberty Taken Down 4-0 by No. 1 Middle Tennessee in CUSA Title Match
4/20/2025 5:07:00 PM | Men's Tennis
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The No. 2 seed Flames (11-13) fell 4-0 to No. 1 seed Middle Tennessee (16-11) in the 2025 Conference USA Men's Tennis Championship title match on Sunday afternoon. The Blue Raiders secure their sixth consecutive CUSA championship while Liberty finishes as CUSA runners-up for the second straight season. The Flames await news on their postseason fate.
Lynchburg, Va., and the Liberty Tennis Complex served as the host site for both the 2025 CUSA Men's and Women's Tennis Championship.
Middle Tennessee took a highly contested doubles point with victories on courts three and two. Liberty's No. 1 and No. 54 doubles pair of Joaquim Almeida and Siwanat Auytayakul secured a 6-4 triumph. On court two, Liberty battled back from a 2-4 deficit with three straight games to take a 5-4 lead. The Blue Raiders fought back with three consecutive games to secure the doubles point with a 7-5 win.
The Blue Raiders began the singles round, winning five of six first sets. Middle Tennessee secured a 2-0 lead with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph in the No. 3 singles match. The No. 1 seed earned a commanding lead with a 6-1, 6-4 victory on court two.
Middle Tennessee secured the championship-clinching point on court one as Karim Al-Amin bested Joaquim Almedia 6-3, 7-5. The Blue Raiders secured all three singles victories in the top half of the lineup.
The remaining three matches on courts four, five and six, all reached a third set before the match was clinched.
#47 Middle Tennessee 4, #74 Liberty 0
Singles Competition
1. Karim Al-Amin (MTSU) def. Joaquim Almeida (LIBERTYM) 6-3, 7-5
2. Ondrej Horak (MTSU) def. Carl Roothman (LIBERTYM) 6-1, 6-4
3. Jakub Korslak (MTSU) def. Siwanat Auytayakul (LIBERTYM) 6-3, 6-2
4. R Santiago Arraez (LIBERTYM) vs. Shu Matsuoka (MTSU) 6-1, 4-6, 0-1, unfinished
5. Chase Robinson (LIBERTYM) vs. Rostislav Halfinger (MTSU) 4-6, 6-0, 3-3, unfinished
6. Matija Samardzic (LIBERTYM) vs. Ig Mandou Berranger (MTSU) 4-6, 6-3, 0-1, unfinished
Doubles Competition
1. #54 Joaquim Almeida/Siwanat Auytayakul (LIBERTYM) def. #46 Karim Al-Amin/Ondrej Horak (MTSU) 6-4
2. Rostislav Halfinger/Jakub Korslak (MTSU) def. Carl Roothman/Trey Stinchcomb (LIBERTYM) 7-5
3. Shu Matsuoka/Ig Mandou Berranger (MTSU) def. Ernst Gouws/Matija Samardzic (LIBERTYM) 6-3
Middle Tennessee 16-11; National ranking #47
Liberty 11-13; National ranking #74
Order of Finish: Doubles (,1,3,2); Singles (3,2,1)
Official: Bruce Harrison
Flames News & Notes
Lynchburg, Va., and the Liberty Tennis Complex served as the host site for both the 2025 CUSA Men's and Women's Tennis Championship.
Middle Tennessee took a highly contested doubles point with victories on courts three and two. Liberty's No. 1 and No. 54 doubles pair of Joaquim Almeida and Siwanat Auytayakul secured a 6-4 triumph. On court two, Liberty battled back from a 2-4 deficit with three straight games to take a 5-4 lead. The Blue Raiders fought back with three consecutive games to secure the doubles point with a 7-5 win.
The Blue Raiders began the singles round, winning five of six first sets. Middle Tennessee secured a 2-0 lead with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph in the No. 3 singles match. The No. 1 seed earned a commanding lead with a 6-1, 6-4 victory on court two.
Middle Tennessee secured the championship-clinching point on court one as Karim Al-Amin bested Joaquim Almedia 6-3, 7-5. The Blue Raiders secured all three singles victories in the top half of the lineup.
The remaining three matches on courts four, five and six, all reached a third set before the match was clinched.
#47 Middle Tennessee 4, #74 Liberty 0
Singles Competition
1. Karim Al-Amin (MTSU) def. Joaquim Almeida (LIBERTYM) 6-3, 7-5
2. Ondrej Horak (MTSU) def. Carl Roothman (LIBERTYM) 6-1, 6-4
3. Jakub Korslak (MTSU) def. Siwanat Auytayakul (LIBERTYM) 6-3, 6-2
4. R Santiago Arraez (LIBERTYM) vs. Shu Matsuoka (MTSU) 6-1, 4-6, 0-1, unfinished
5. Chase Robinson (LIBERTYM) vs. Rostislav Halfinger (MTSU) 4-6, 6-0, 3-3, unfinished
6. Matija Samardzic (LIBERTYM) vs. Ig Mandou Berranger (MTSU) 4-6, 6-3, 0-1, unfinished
Doubles Competition
1. #54 Joaquim Almeida/Siwanat Auytayakul (LIBERTYM) def. #46 Karim Al-Amin/Ondrej Horak (MTSU) 6-4
2. Rostislav Halfinger/Jakub Korslak (MTSU) def. Carl Roothman/Trey Stinchcomb (LIBERTYM) 7-5
3. Shu Matsuoka/Ig Mandou Berranger (MTSU) def. Ernst Gouws/Matija Samardzic (LIBERTYM) 6-3
Middle Tennessee 16-11; National ranking #47
Liberty 11-13; National ranking #74
Order of Finish: Doubles (,1,3,2); Singles (3,2,1)
Official: Bruce Harrison
Flames News & Notes
- With their matches going unfinished, Rodrigo Santiago Arraez (eight matches) and Chase Robinson (six matches) conclude the spring holding their singles winning streaks.
- Liberty No. 1 doubles pair of Almeida and Auytayakul improved to 12-4 for the spring, with all of their matches in the No. 1 position.
- Liberty finishes the season with a 63-63 singles record and a 27-31 doubles mark.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
1
Karim Al-Amin/ Ondrej Horak (46/-) [MTSU]
4
6
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
Karim Al-Amin / 0 [MTSU]
67
35
#2 Singles Match
12
Ondrej Horak / 0 [MTSU]
66
14
#3 Singles Match
12
Jakub Korslak / 0 [MTSU]
66
32
#4 Singles Match
1234
Shu Matsuoka / 0 [MTSU]
1610
640UF
#5 Singles Match
1234
Rostislav Halfinger / 0 [MTSU]
6030
463UF
#6 Singles Match
1234
Ig Mandou Berranger / 0 [MTSU]
6310
460UF
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
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