LAS VEGAS - Utah State men's tennis opened the Mountain West Tournament with a dominant 4-0 win over eighth-seeded Nevada on Wednesday at the Darling Tennis Center. The top-seeded Aggies will face the winner between UNLV and Grand Canyon tomorrow at 6 p.m. (MT), marking their fifth-straight appearance in the conference semifinals.

Doubles 
USU proved stalwart again in doubles, swiftly taking a 1-0 lead with wins at the first and third positions. At court three, sophomore Eliot Nobel and Roman Venger combined for a 6-1 victory, setting up sophomore Xavier Calvelo and freshman Jakub Medved to clinch the doubles point with a 6-3 win at the top spot in the lineup. At No. 2 doubles, senior Jean-Baptiste Badon and sophomore Dmitri Goubin also led, 5-3, at the time the point was clinched.

Singles 
The Aggie momentum carried over to singles play as Utah State earned straight-set victories at the third, fifth and sixth positions to wrap up the quarterfinal victory. Medved was the first Aggie across the finish line with a 6-2, 6-1 win at court five to double USU's lead before Goubin then put the team on the brink of victory with a 6-1, 6-4 win at the sixth spot. Venger then won the race to the clinching point, posting a 6-2, 6-3 win at court three.

Utah State also had plenty of backup from the remainder of the lineup. At No. 1 singles, Badon held a 6-4, 6-5 lead at the time the match was clinched. And after each dropping the first set, both Calvelo and Nobel rebounded to win the second frame at the second and fourth positions, respectively, and were battling in decisive third sets before leaving their matches unfinished.

Next Up
Utah State awaits the winner between fourth-seeded UNLV and fifth-seeded Grand Canyon the semifinals on Thursday, April 23, at 6 p.m. (MT) at the Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas. The Aggies scored home victories over each in the regular season, sweeping UNLV and defeating Grand Canyon, 4-1, at the Sports Academy & Racquet Club.
 
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No. 1 Utah State vs No. 8 Nevada
April 22, 2026
Darling Tennis Center
Las Vegas, Nevada
 
Results
No. 1 Utah State 4, No. 8 Nevada 0
 
Doubles
1. Xavier Calvelo/Jakub Medved (Utah State) def. Remy Tregoures/Gregoire Valente (Nevada) 6-3
2. Jean-Baptiste Badon/Dmitri Goubin (Utah State) vs Ibrahim Snoussi/Nicolas Recoura (Nevada) 5-3, unfinished
3. Eliot Nobel/Roman Venger (Utah State) def. Axel Huysmans/Sebastiano Cressi (Nevada) 6-1

Singles
1. Jean-Baptiste Badon (Utah State) vs Axel Huysmans (Nevada) 6-4, 6-5, unfinished
2. Xavier Calvelo (Utah State) vs Remy Tregoures (Nevada) 3-6, 6-3, 4-2, unfinished
3. Roman Venger (Utah State) def. Ibrahim Snoussi (Nevada) 6-2, 6-3
4. Eliot Nobel (Utah State) vs Gregoire Valente (Nevada) 2-6, 6-3, 1-2, unfinished
5. Jakub Medved (Utah State) def. Nicolas Recoura (Nevada) 6-2, 6-1
6. Dmitri Goubin (Utah State) def. Sebastiano Cressi (Nevada) 6-1, 6-4

Match Notes
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (5,6,3)
No. 1 Utah State (17-5, 7-0 MW)
No. 8 Nevada (10-11, 1-6 MW)
 
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