Metro State 5, CSU-Pueblo 0
DENVER, Colo. - In a game that would have sent the ThunderWolves
to the NCAA Division II Sweet 16 in Florida, CSU-Pueblo fell to
Metro State 5-0 in one of two Central Region preliminary
championships.
The preliminary round host, Metro State swept the doubles
matches in a first-to-five format. Needing to win at least a
number-one doubles match to challenge Metro State, the slim 8-6
loss by Beau Fresquez (Sr., Pueblo, Colo.) and
Ricardo Oaxaca (Jr., Puebla, Mexico) to Metro's
Sascha Ruckelshausen and Scott Bradley put the writing on the wall
for the Pack.
But CSU-Pueblo's NCAA Division II regional win over Mesa State
on Thursday marked the Pack's first since 2004. CSU-Pueblo
has never advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division II national
tournament.
