MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – In an opening night match at the ATC, the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (0-1) fell in a hard-fought 5-2 loss to the Tennessee Volunteers (1-0) in the official kickoff to the 2025 season.
The Blue Raiders began doubles play with a 6-1 loss in the No. 3 seeded match but followed that with a win by No. 1 doubles team Karim Al-Amin and Ondrej Horak 6-2 over Tennessee's Alan Jesudason and Jan Kobierski. The Volunteers ultimately claimed the double point with a 6-4 win in the No. 2 spot with Shunsuke Mitsui and James Newton defeating Shu Matsuoka and Jakub Kroslak.