PUEBLO, Colo. (April 24, 2015) – The Colorado State University-Pueblo men's and women's tennis teams went undefeated on day one of the 2015 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournaments Friday, which was suspended due to rain.
CSU-Pueblo is serving as hosts for the tournaments at the Pueblo City Park. Play was suspended after a hard rain rolling through Pueblo soaked the courts to force the tournament to be pushed back to Saturday.
On the women's side, the No. 3 seeded ThunderWolves were leading No. 2 seeded Colorado Mesa University 4-2 in a semifinal match with three matches remaining when the play stopped. The Pack need just one more win of the three remaining singles matches to clinch a spot in the championship match. The match is scheduled to continue at 8 a.m. Saturday.
Patricia Maya (Fr., San Luis Potos, Mexico) and Brooke Trevithick (Jr., Pueblo, Colo.) improved to 4-0 on the day and 13-10 this season by pairing up to defeat CMU 8-6 in doubles and earning singles victories before play was suspended. The other Pack point came from the doubles pair of Mariana Hosomi (Jr. Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Teresa Haro (Jr., Monument, Colo.), who went 2-0 in doubles Friday.
The women downed No. 6 seed Colorado Christian University 5-0, earning the right to continue on to the semifinals against Colorado Mesa.
The pair of Maya/Trevithick earned one of three doubles victories for the Pack, winning 8-5 at the No. 1 position against CCU. The pair accounts for the team's most dual wins (13).
Toni Alvarez (Jr., Pueblo, Colo.) and Sarah Coy (So., Pueblo West, Colo.) stuck out in a battle at No. 2 doubles, winning 9-7 while Hosomi and Haro defended the Pack at No. 3 doubles with an 8-4 victory.
Kristin Jensen (Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo.) played at No. 5 singles, gaining a 6-0 and 6-0 victory against CCU's Maria Aguirre. Trevithick went 2-0 in the first round, winning at the No. 6 singles position, 6-0 and 6-0 to clinch the win for CSU-Pueblo.
The men's team also rolled to a 5-0 victory against CCU to advance to the semifinals against No. 1 seed Western New Mexico University. The Pack will play the Mustangs Saturday at 9 a.m.
The ThunderWolves were guided by 2-0 performances by senior Gael Reitter (Choisy-le-Roi, France) and junior Marcelo Chaparro (Bogotá, Colombia). The two combined for an 8-0 win at No. 3 doubles, then Reitter won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Chaparro posted a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles.
Also earning wins at doubles were the No. 1 pair of junior Trung Le (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam) and freshman Brenden Sullinger (Pueblo, Colo.) and the freshman pair at No. 2 doubles Luke Lipinski (Austin, Texas) and Steven Alcala (Pueblo, Colo.). Both won 8-3.
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Colorado State University – Pueblo competes in 22 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
