Posted: Feb 26, 2020

Men's tennis falls to Pima, 7-2

Tucson, AZ – The Mesa men's tennis team lost its first ACCAC match of the year in a 7-2 decision against Pima Tuesday.

"The men really fought hard today against a very good Pima team," noted head coach Feroz Rast. "It was tough facing them with a short-handed lineup but we still had our chances. We had a big opportunity to win No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, but only managed to get the second. Saa.rang and Emilio fought really hard but lost 9-8 in a tie-breaker. Max and Hung had a huge win at No. 2 doubles coming back from 3-6 down to win 9-8. Going into singles we had to win all four of our matches and we just could not put it together. It will be nice to have a week before our next match to get everyone healthy and fix some things in practice."

The T-Birds will return to action next Tuesday against Indiana Wesleyan in a home match at 4:00 p.m.

Match results:

POSITION MESA PIMA WINNER SCORE

Singles 1 Saarang Phadnis Beau Boyer Pima 6-1, 6-0

Singles 2 Emilio Alvarado Darin Trejo Mesa 6-1, 6-4, 1-0

Singles 3 Maxwell Beasley Chris McDaniels Pima 6-3, 6-2

Singles 4 Hung Pham Oscar Aguilera Pima 7-6(3), 6-1

Singles 5 Edgar Franco Incomplete

Doubles 1 Saarang Phadnis / Beau Boyer / Pima 9-8(3)

Emilio Alvarado Chris McDaniels

Doubles 2 Maxwell Beasley / Darin Trejo / Mesa 9-8(6)

Hung Pham Edgar Franco