Men's Tennis

TULSA, Okla. – In a three-set thriller, the Mississippi State men's tennis team earned its second doubles tandem in Thursday's ITA All-American Championships main draw as the sophomore duo of Niclas Braun and Trevor Foshey advanced past the qualifying doubles bracket.

The win for Braun and Foshey was their third doubles victory at the ITA All-American as the pair downed Ryan Peniston and Andrew Watson of Memphis 6-3, 4-6, 1-0

(10). The State tandem now joins 19th-ranked Mate Cutura and Vaughn Hunter as MSU's representatives in the doubles main draw.

The team of Braun and Foshey has three career-doubles victories together, with all three wins coming at this year's ITA All-American.

MSU had three other matches on Tuesday, as two singles contests opened the morning of qualifying play. Braun began the day against 65th-ranked Herkko Pollanen

of Ohio State, but the sophomore fell in the second round 6-3, 6-3. Hunter was next up in singles action at Tulsa, as the senior took on 68th-ranked Mitch Stewart of Washington.

The Bulldog pushed the ranked Huskie to three sets, but couldn't overcome Stewart as Hunter dropped a hardfought match 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

In doubles action MSU had two teams in Tuesday's round of 16, as Borges and Rakic along with Braun and

Foshey secured a chance for a main draw ticket with their stellar play on Monday. In the first doubles match, Borges and Rakic fell to Purdue's Gergely Madarasz and Ricardo Medinilla 6-0, 4-6, 1-0 (6), while Braun and Foshey

downed Peniston and Watson in the final MSU match on Tuesday.