ITA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS❕
Max and Ozan def. Connor and Codie Van Schalkwyk (ODU) to put a ribbon on top of a historic fall for Spartans Men’s Tennis 💪
#GoGreen
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#V4MSU
Can’t wait to get Oz to East Lansing and get to work. Just the beginning for the awesome young man. The future is bright for Spartan Tennis!
#V4MSU
#SpartyRising
Daniel Merida Aguilar (UTR 13.59) of Spain has signed w/
@MSU_MTennis
& will join the Spartans for spring of 2024. The 19-yo has an ITF Jr. career-high rank of
#15
, reaching
#RolandGarros
QF twice. Also has ATP singles career-high rank of
#439
& has won 2 $15K pro singles titles.
Spartans in London! Incoming freshman
@ColakOzanB
plays his first round match of the Wimbledon Junior Championships later today around Noon Eastern Time! 🍓🇬🇧🌱
#GoGreen
#V4MSU
Excited to welcome a top 5 recruiting class IN THE NATION for 2022. Highest in program history. BIG things happening here in
#BeastLansing
! 📈👷♂️🦾
#V4MSU
#GoGreen
MOVING ON!!
Max and Ozan take down No. 1-seeded Toby Samuel/Connor Thomson (S. Carolina) and advance to tomorrow's Round of 16! They'll face the winner of Jeremie Casabon/Siim Troost (Vanderbilt) vs. Andres Martin/Marcus McDaniel (Georgia Tech).
#GoGreen
Capital City Tennis Classic Semifinal matchday!
🎾 Ozan Baris vs. Elliot Spizzirri
🕧 12:30 p.m. ET
📍 MSU Indoor Tennis Center
🎟️ 5$ or free with food drive donation!
#ProGreen
Congrats to our assistant coach Harry Jadun on being selected to the
@ITA_Tennis
@usta
College Mentorship Program!
Complete press release available at :
Capital City Tennis Classic this week! $15,000 ITF event. Players from over 20 countries will come to East Lansing to play some high-level tennis!
#ProGreen
Date change: Come support the national title winners and other Spartans at the Capital City Tennis Classic pro tourney starting Monday 🎾
Don't miss your chance to cheer on the Green and White at home one last time this year!
#ProGreen
“Whatever you think is so far out there, if you keep taking the right steps, it’s going to come to you.”
Catch up with Max Sheldon and Ozan Baris, the first national title winners in program history.
#GoGreen
🚨Two top-11 wins in the Bay🚨
Ronnie Hohmann takes down ITA No. 8 Inaki Montes (UVA), 6-7, 6-3, 6-2!!
Ozan Baris tops ITA No. 11 Karlis Ozolins (Illinois), 6-3, 6-4!!
Both are 3-0 headed into the singles semifinals tomorrow at 1:45 pm🌁
#GoGreen
MAX SHELDON 🙌
He completes a three-set comeback victory on court two to win the match for the Spartans!
Sheldon def. Landau 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
FINAL: MSU 4, IU 3
#GoGreen
Play begins today at Noon! Reed, Luke and Josh kicking us off. Play will continue all week long.
Evening sessions on Tuesday-Friday. Come check out some professional tennis here in East Lansing!
#ProGreen
#V4MSU
ITA ALL-AMERICANS 🇺🇸
Ozan Baris and Max Sheldon finish the season ranked 10th in the NCAA to earn
@ita_tennis
All-America recognition! They’re the second doubles team in program history to collect the honor and first since 2015.
#GoGreen
Come on out to the MSU Indoor Tennis Center THIS FRIDAY to see your Spartan men’s and women’s tennis teams battle it out AT THE SAME TIME⏰⏰
@MSU_MTennis
🆚 Western Michigan
@MSU_WTennis
🆚 Eastern Michigan
⏰: 5 p.m.
🗓️: Friday, March 3
#UnMATCHed
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#BTL
Late night action in Edwardsville - Ozan Baris
@MSU_MTennis
d. Canon Kingsley (Ohio State) 5-7 7-6 6-4
(Can’t believe I didn’t record the point at 0-30 in the last game 🤦♂️)
GO GREEN
Professional Tennis is coming to East Lansing! Play will begin this Sunday and carry through the whole week. Players from over 20 countries will be in East Lansing for the event.
#GoGreen
#V4MSU
@CCTennisClassic
Final Trivia means 🐶 and 🐱 time on
@MSU_Athletics
trivia night! Blessed to work in an Athletic Department with such awesome people. Congrats to
@Spartan_Vision
and IT for taking home this week’s title!
#GoGreen
Busy day for
#ProGreen
at the Capital City Tennis Classic. Come support at the MSU Indoor Tennis Center!
🎾 Baris @ 10 am
🎾 Al Azmeh @ 10 am
🎾 Saye @ 11:30 am
🎾 Sheldon @ 11:30 am
🎾 Thanos @ 1:30 pm
🎾 Collard/Crocker @ 3 pm
🎾 Baris/Sheldon @ 6 pm
🎾 Al Azmeh/Thanos @ 6 pm
🏆 Ozan Baris, the
@MSU_MTennis
sophomore, wins his first professional singles title on his home courts at the East Lansing, MI $15K.
He beat Samir Banerjee (Stanford) 6-2, 6-1 in the final.
With this week’s
#SpartanSpotlight
, we are excited to announce the addition of Hunter Clark to our coaching staff! Hunter brings championship pedigree as a player and elite experience as a coach to East Lansing 📈🔥🔋
#GoGreen
#TheOnlyColors
"I want to do things differently than they've been done in the past, and move the sport of tennis in an area that gets talked about in the same way as football and basketball."
#GoGreen
🗣️ “I want it”
Ozan def. ITA No. 8 Montes (Virginia), 6-4, 6-7, 6-4
It’ll be
@Ozan_Baris72
vs. ITA No. 1 Spizzirri (Texas) in the ITA All-American semifinals tomorrow!
#GoGreen
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#V4MSU
✨Athletics Insider Lunch Series✨
Today
@MSU_Athletics
supporters gathered as VP/AD Alan Haller, along with select head coaches and student-athletes, shared stories and gave updates on their programs.
We look forward to seeing you all at the next one on February 23rd!
Ozan Baris of
@MSU_MTennis
threads a backhand down-the-line winner to beat TCU’s Jack Pinnington 6-3, 7-6.
He’ll face teammate Ronnie Hohmann in the Battle in the Bay Classic final.
Freshman Ozan Colak begins play at the US Open Junior Championships tomorrow!
Sunday's match details ⤵️
Colak 🇺🇸 vs. Koshis 🇨🇾 (Court 13)
⏰ 3 p.m.
📺 ESPN+
💻
📊
#GoGreen
What do Michigan State, Virginia and Texas have in common?
The only schools with 2 players in the Round of 16
@ITA_Tennis
All-Americans. Gotta take notice of what
@HarryJadun
is building in East Lansing
@MSU_MTennis
.
They've already blown thru their Tournagrip budget for
Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie ‼️
@Ozan_Baris72
def. ITA No. 19 Fishback (Virginia Tech), 6-2, 6-1 😧
He joins Ronnie in the ITA All-American Championships Round of 16!
#GoGreen
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#V4MSU
Last home matchday of the season! Come out to the MSU Indoor Tennis Center to celebrate our seniors at noon.
🆚 Northwestern
⏰ Noon
📍 MSU Indoor Tennis Center
🎾 Senior Day
📺
📊
#GoGreen
Congratulations to Coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll on being named the 2023 GAM Senior Women’s Player of the Year!
To read the full press release, visit !
Congratulations Stacy!
About to kickoff one of my favorite times of the year….
It’s officially
#TrashTalk
@HarryJadun
week. Always tough for Sparty to keep up, but hopefully his team being undefeated will help him bring the goods for once
#GoBlue
After one semester as the
@BadgerMTennis
interim assistant coach, Brett Forman (
@MSU_Tennis
'18) will be the new
@GoShockersMTEN
assistant coach. Previously had volunteer assistant coach stints at his alma mater in '19-'20 as well as with
@ptonmenstennis
during fall '20 semester.
Have yourself a weekend Ozan Baris ‼️🔥
Performance Highlight ⭐️
🟩 Michigan State’s Ozan Baris
Battle in the Bay Champion 🏆
⬜️ Ozan Baris Defeated Illinois’s Karlis Ozolins 6-3 6-4
🟩 Ozan Baris Defeated TCU’s Jack Pinnington 6-3 7-6(7)
⬜️ Ozan Baris Defeated Teammate