PUEBLO, Colo. (April 25, 2015) – The Colorado State University-Pueblo men's and women's tennis teams capped the 2014-15 season at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournaments Saturday. Both Pack teams finished fourth at the tournaments, which were hosted by CSU-Pueblo at the Pueblo City Park.
The No. 3 seeded women's team resumed its semifinal match Saturday morning against No. 2 seeded Colorado Mesa University due to a weather postponement Friday. After leading 4-2 the previous day, the Pack lost all three remaining singles matches and suffered a 5-4 loss.
Patricia Maya (Fr., San Luis Potos, Mexico) and Brooke Trevithick (Jr., Pueblo, Colo.) went 4-0 Friday 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 before resuming play Saturday.
The team's semifinal loss placed them into the third place match against No. 5 seeded Metro State University at Denver, where they suffered a 5-2 loss.
Haro and Hosomi accounted for the Pack's lone doubles point, playing at the No. 3 position, while the lone singles victory was earned by Trevithick, playing at the No. 6 position.
The Pack women finished the tournament in fourth place and the season 7-11.
Maya finished the season with the most singles wins with a 15-13 record (13-10 at No. 1 singles). Both the pairs of Maya and Trevithick (13-8 at No. 1) and Haro and Hosomi (13-7 at No. 3) finished the campaign with 13 doubles victories.
Prior to the tournament, Hosomi was named All-RMAC First Team for singles, while Hosomi and Haro were named All-RMAC Second Team for doubles. Freshman Kristen Jensen (Colorado Springs, Colo.) was All-RMAC Honorable Mention.
The men's team advanced to the semifinals against No. 1 seed Western New Mexico University Saturday morning, where they fell in a 5-0 match. The Pack men mirrored the women's team by entering the third place match against Colorado Mesa University. CSU-Pueblo fell to the Mavericks 5-4, a vast improvement from losing 9-0 Sunday against CMU in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Senior Gael Reitter (Choisy-le-Roi, France) and junior Marcelo Chaparro (Bogotá, Colombia) combined to go 3-0 in the match, as they finished the season with a 6-6 record by pairing up to defeat CMU 8-5 in doubles. Reitter won 6-4, 3-6 and 6-2. Chaparro finished the season on a high note with a close straight set win, 7-6 (7-4) and 7-6 (7-4).
Playing at the No. 6 position, senior Daniel Hawk (Pueblo, Colo.) earned the third singles point, defeating CMU's Ben Schlitchting, 6-2 and 6-1 to conclude his collegiate career with a win.
The Pack men finished the tournament in fourth place and the season 6-16.
Freshman Steven Alcala (Pueblo, Colo.) led the ThunderWolves with 14 wins (14-15 record) and was named All-RMAC Second Team. The combination of Alcala and freshman Luke Lipinski (Austin, Texas) went 8-12 for the most doubles wins.
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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.
