Wave Drops to San Diego State

Saturday, March 8

San Diego, CA

12 p.m.

Tulane University

San Diego State

Mar 8, 2025 | Men's Tennis

SAN DIEGO – Despite taking a 2-0 lead in the match Tulane men's tennis was unable to hold off San Diego State in the consolation bracket of the Ed Collins Classic falling 4-2 on Saturday at the Aztec Tennis Center.

With the loss the Green Wave dropped to 2-8 overall while the Aztecs improved to 6-4 on the season.

The match started in favor of the Wave as Luka Petrovic and AJ Mercer opened competition with a 6-3 win on court three in doubles. Tulane then clinched the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead after Charlie Burdell and Hady El Kordy secured a 7-5 victory on court two.

Burdell, El Kordy, and Friedler kept the momentum in favor of the Wave to begin singles play each winning their first set. Tulane took a 2-0 lead over the Aztecs when Burdell finished off a two-set victoy (6-3, 6-2) over Louis Chusseau on court five. However, SDSU responded by winning on courts one, six, and three to storm back and take a 3-2 lead. Vincent Vohl tried to battle to force a third set for the Wave on court two, but ultimately dropped the set tiebreaker 7-3 resulting in a 4-2 loss for Tulane.

The Green Wave will be back on the court Sunday for its final match of the Ed Collins Classic against UC San Diego at 11 a.m. CT.

San Diego State 4, Tulane 2

Doubles
1. Alexander Mandma/Mathieu Josserand (SDSU) def. Asaf Friedler/Vincent Vohl (Tulane) 6-4
2. Hady Elkordy/AJ Mercer (Tulane) def. Liam Spiers/Marc Kleber (SDSU) 7-5
3. Luka Petrovic/Charlie Burdell (Tulane) def. Eugenio Gonzalez Fitzmaurice/Paul Johnson (SDSU) 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles
1. Philipp Bosse (SDSU) def. Petrovic (Tulane) 7-5, 6-1
2. Fitzmaurice (SDSU) def. Vohl (Tulane) 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)
3. Josserand (SDSU) def. Elkordy (Tulane) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
4. Friedler (Tulane) vs. Mandma (SDSU) 7-6 (9-7), 1-6, 0-3, unf.
5. Burdell (Tulane) def. Louis Chusseau (SDSU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Spiers (SDSU) def. Steven Rice (Tulane) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 5, 1, 6, 3, 2

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