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UNM men's tennis wins Mountain West Tournament title
The UNM men’s tennis team on Friday won the 2025 Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS — The New Mexico men’s tennis team trounced Boise State on Friday to win the Mountain West Tournament title and with it claimed the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament next week.
The Lobos will learn their tournament fate during the NCAA selection show at 3 p.m. Monday on NCAA.com.
It’s the program’s fourth title in seven years after winning regular season titles in 2019, 2021 and 2023, and it is UNM’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2021. The Mountain West Tournament win was UNM’s fourth all-time, but its first since 2009.
The Lobos beat the Broncos 4-0 on Friday, exacting revenge for a 4-3 loss last week that denied them a share of the Mountain West regular season title.
The Lobos’ doubles teams put UNM in the driver’s seat. Top-ranked duo Aram Noroozian and Georgio Samaha defeated Jett Middleton and Carson Baker 7-6 (7-5). And at No. 3, Avery Tallakson and Aditya Balsekar recorded a 6-4 win over John Chin and James Van Herzeele.
The Lobos didn’t let off the gas in singles play.
UNM’s All-Mountain West star Noroozian crushed nationally-ranked Middleton 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 singles. Dario Ciotobaru avenged his loss a week ago to Lukas Velik with a 6-3, 6-3 win. Tallakson, who was named tournament MVP, clinched the victory with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 win over Chin.
The title was UNM’s fifth this academic year, joining men’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country and women’s indoor track and field. It’s the most of any Mountain West school this year.
