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Broncos face Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State
on the road

The Boise State volleyballteam hits the road for their penultimate regular season road trip. The Broncos will look to recover from their losses to San Jose State and Utah State this past weekend, facing Louisiana Tech who holds the No. 9 spot in the Western Athletic Conference standings and New Mexico State who sits at No. 2 in the WAC.

The Broncos first face the Lady Techsters in Ruston, La. on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. (Mountain Time), followed by a 7 p.m. (MT) match in Las Cruces, N.M. on Saturday, Oct. 18 against the Aggies.

Boise State enters the weekend with a 5-12 record (2-5 WAC). They are 2-3 overall in away matches and 2-2 in away WAC matches. The Broncos  look to recover from 3-0 losses to San Jose State and Utah State this past weekend in Bronco Gym.

Broncos split three ways for weekend competition

The Boise State men’s tennis team went three separate ways this past weekend to compete in three different tournaments.
Three Broncos competed in the Utah State Fall Invitational in Logan, Utah, while two more went to the Racquet Club Invitational in Midland, Texas. Two more traveled to the Lobo Balloon Fiesta Classic on the campus of the University of New Mexico.

A pair of freshmen represented the Broncos at the Lobo Balloon Fiesta Classic as Freddy Walsch and Stanley Sarapanich each advanced into the quarterfinals in singles and won the consolation bracket of doubles. Sarapanich drew a first round bye in the singles tournament, and then faced Adam Perez (Northern Colorado) in the round of 16. Sarapanich quickly swept his opponent 6-0, 6-4 to advance into the quarterfinals. He next faced Cody Hall (Air Force) in a hard-fought match, but lost 6-3, 6-7, 6-3.

Walsh  faced Jaco Visagie in the round of 16 in a tight match but emerged as the winner with 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 victory to advance. In the quarterfinals, Sarapanich ran into Phil Anderson (New Mexico) and lost the match in straight sets.

As a team, Sarapanich and Walsh lost their first match but then dominated the doubles consolation bracket. The pair easily won the quarterfinals of the bracket to face a team from Air Force. They advanced into the finals, where they faced and defeated another Air Force duo by a score of 8-2 to take the consolation bracket.

A trio of young Broncos competed in the Utah State Fall Classic with similar results as their teammates. Freshman Michael Gilliland and sophomore Joey Coleman each won their first-rond matchups. Gilliland then played a down-to-the-wire match but came out on the wrong end as he was defeated 7-6, 3-6, 7-6.

Senior Blane Sheilds and freshman Nick Gourley competed in the Midland Invitational for the Broncos. Both lost their first round matchups and were dropped into the consolation bracket. Shields picked up a win in his first consolation match, but lost the second round match 6-3, 6-2 to Darren Walsh (SMU).

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