MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Jacksonville State men's tennis opens the 2026 CUSA Tennis Championship Tournament with a match against New Mexico State Friday at 1 p.m. The match will take place at Middle Tennessee State who is hosting this year.
The Gamecocks earned the three-seed in this year's tournament and will be facing the six-seeded Aggies in the opening round. Jax State finished the regular season with a historic 17-3 record. The 17-3 record is the best record since the Gamecocks went 21-3 in 2008-09 and won the Ohio Valley Conference Championship. The 17 wins match the 2013-14 team who went 17-8 and also won the OVC.
In Jax State's final match of the regular season, the Gamecocks defeated Kennesaw State 4-2 on the road. Jax State's
Aman Dahiya clinched the match against the Owls in a three-set thriller. Kennesaw State's Dominic Ducariu took the opening set 6-3 against Dahiya. Dahiya won the second set 6-2 then won 7-6 (8-6) in the third to take the match.
Jax State has a 70-25 record in singles this season and is led by
David Krasner with a 14-2 mark on the year.
Timo De Visser is 12-2, Dahiya is 13-6,
Marko Milosavljevic is 9-1, and
Alin Fatu is 8-4 to round out the top singles performers of the season.
Charlie Penman also has an 8-7 record while playing in the No. 1 slot all year.
In doubles, Jax State is 32-15 on the season.
Lucius Soller has a team-best 12-4 record, while Krasner follows closely at 11-4. Fatu is 9-4, Penman is 8-4, Milosavljevic is 6-2, and
Zach Murphy is 4-2. The Gamecocks' top doubles team has been Penman/Fatu who are 7-4 together. Milosavljevic/Krasner are 4-2, Murphy/Soller are 402, De Visser/Krasner are 5-1, and Dahiya/Soller are 3-1, respectively.
New Mexico State, who went 7-15 on the season, is coming off a 4-3 loss to Lubbock Christian University on April 11.
The Aggies are 36-61 on the season in singles action and are led by Lance Urlaub who is 8-4. In doubles, NMSU is 17-33 as a team and led by Tobias Wallin who is 6-6. The Aggies top doubles pairing this season has been Wallin/Roko Stipetic who are 6-6 together.
The winner of Jax State and New Mexico State will move on to the semifinals to the second seeded Liberty Flames on Saturday, April 18, at 4 p.m.
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