Boise State Tennis Team Wins 18th Straight Home Match

Now fully healthy, the Boise State tennis team downed Ball State 5-1, then topped Southern Mississippi 6-1 to reach the championship match of the 2012 Boise State Spring Break Classic at Appleton Tennis Center in Boise.  The Broncos are 12-0 at home this season and have won 18 consecutive matches going back to last season.

James Meredith was the first Bronco to leave the court with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Dalton Albertin of Ball State.  Damian Hume, Andy Bettles, Filipp Pogostkin and Garrett Patton all won as well.  No doubles point was played due to a rain delay.

Coach Greg Patton's team swept the doubles point as Hume and Scott Sears combined for an 8-0 win, Bettles and Pogostkin were victorious 8-1 and Meredith and Erik Sheldon prevailed 8-5.

Hume and Bettles then went to the singles courts and both emerged with 6-0, 6-0 wins.  Hume is now 10-0 since returning to the Bronco lineup.  Meredith then downed Paulo Alverado 6-1, 6-1 to give Boise State the win, and Pogostkin and Sears provided the final margin.

Boise State faces #73 UAB in the championship this afternoon at 1:30 at Appleton.

Boise State 5, Ball State 1

Singles

1. James Meredith (BOISE) def. Dalton Albertin (BSU), 6-0, 6-2

2. Damian Hume (BOISE) def. Ray Leonard (BSU), 6-2, 6-3

3. Andy Bettles (BOISE) def. Zane Smith (BSU), 6-3, 6-2

4. Filipp Pogostkin (BOISE) def. Alexandre Brym (BSU), 6-4, 6-4

5. Garrett Patton (BOISE) def. Austin Smith (BSU), 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

6. Patrick Elliot (BSU) def. Scott Sears (BOISE), 6-2, 6-3

Order of Finish: 1, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5

Boise State 6, Southern Mississippi 1

Doubles

1. Hume/Sears (BSU) def. Belloso/Escobar (USM), 8-0

2. Bettles/Pogostkin (BSU) def. Alvarado/Zeljkovic (USM), 8-1

3. Erik Sheldon/Meredith (BSU) def. Elortegui/Goodwin (USM), 8-5

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles

1. James Meredith (BSU) def. Paulo Alvarado (USM), 6-1, 6-1

2. Damian Hume (BSU) def. Inaki Belloso (USM), 6-0, 6-0

3. Andy Bettles (BSU) def. Juan Escobar (USM), 6-0, 6-0

4. Filipp Pogostkin (BSU) def. Jovan Zeljkovic (USM), 6-1, 6-2

5. Andrew Goodwin (USM) def. Garrett Patton (BSU), 3-6, 6-4, 10-5

6. Scott Sears (BSU) def. Michael Elortegui (USM), 6-3, 6-2

Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1, 6, 4, 5