Men's, women's tennis fall to NCAA DI Western New Mexico

  Mesa, AZ – Taking on yet another NCAA opponent, the Mesa men's and women's tennis teams fell to Division I Western New Mexico Saturday.

  The men got a victory from Harry Browning at No. 1 singles and eventually lost, 8-1. The MCC men took three singles matches to three sets with Duncan Mulenga falling at No. 2 singles 10-8 in the final set and Lukas Barufi also going to a third set at No. 6, falling 11-9 in the deciding set.

  The T-Bird women dropped a 9-0 decision.

  Both teams go back into action next Saturday against Ottawa (AZ) at 10 a.m.

Men's results

Western New Mexico 8, Mesa 1

Singles

No.  1 Harry Browning wins 6-3, 5-7, 10-8

No. 2 – Duncan Mulenga loses 3-6, 6-4, 8-10

No. 3 – Asad Okoye loses 3-6, 0-6

No. 4 – Frichard Mulenga loses 4-6, 3-6

No. 5 – Hung Pham loses 0-6, 3-6

No. 6 -Lukas Baruffi loses 4-6, 6-3, 9-11

Doubles

No. 1 – Browning-D. Mulenga lose

No. 2 – Okoye-F. Mulenga lose

No. 3 – Andrew Hoffman-Baruffi lose

Women' Results

Western New Mexico 9, Mesa 0

Singles

No. 1 – Kylie Williams loses 0-6, 0-6

No. 2 – Laysha Gomez loses 0-6, 0-6

No. 3 – Avounay Rossi loses 0-6, 1-6

No. 4 – Taylor Wasson loses 1-6, 0-6

No. 5 – Marti Doud loses 0-6, 0-6

No. 6 – WNM wins by default

Doubles

No. 1 – Williams-Gomes lose 1-8

No. 2 – Rossi-Wasson lose 0-8

No. 3 – WNM wins by default