PUEBLO, Colo. (April 9, 2019) – Colorado State University-Pueblo men's tennis battled hard to defeat state rivals Colorado Mesa University, 4-3, Saturday at East High School.

The Pack bounced back immediately from their 4-3 defeat to Metropolitan State University of Denver Wednesday to come out and fight for their program's third win of the season.

It was back-to-back wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles position when the British partnership of Richard Garcia (Fr., Surrey, UK) and Edward Cooper (Fr., Bolton, UK) won, 6-4. Seniors James Ryan (Rustington, Sussex, UK) and Dante Alcala (Pueblo, Colo.) dominated their opponents, 6-2, resulting in the Pack winning the doubles point for a second match in a row.

Cooper was the first to secure a singles win in the top four singles play, as he won 6-4, 6-2 at the No. 3 position. Junior Daniel Garcia (Jr., Riverside, Calif.) and Ryan couldn't find a win at the No. 1 and No. 4 spots, respectfully. Ogulcan Deniz (Sr., Istanbul, Turkey) fought hard at No. 2 and secured a three set victory (6-4, 4-6, 6-3) to put the ThunderWolves up, 3-2. The opening set in R. Garcia's match could have gone either way but the Mavericks came out on top tying the match at 3-3. A Pueblo native, Alcala played cool, calm and collective tennis when he was the last man standing to clinch the match, which he did in confident fashion 6-4, 6-4. 

The ThunderWolves return to Pueblo City Park Saturday for Senior Day and their final home match this season against MSU Denver.

CSU-Pueblo 4, Colorado Mesa 3
Apr 06, 2019 at Pueblo, Colo. (East HS) 

Singles competition

1. Max Lindqvist (CMU) def. Daniel Garcia (CSUPM) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2

2. Ogulcan Deniz (CSUPM) def. Moises Cure (CMU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

3. Edward Cooper (CSUPM) def. C. Albrechtsen (CMU) 6-4, 6-2

4. Alain De La Bastide (CMU) def. James Ryan (CSUPM) 6-2, 6-2

5. Lucas Martin (CMU) def. Richard Garcia (CSUPM) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2

6. Dante Alcala (CSUPM) def. William Agritelley (CMU) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles competition

1. Alain De La Bastide/Lucas Martin (CMU) def. Ogulcan Deniz/Daniel Garcia (CSUPM) 6-3

2. Edward Cooper/Richard Garcia (CSUPM) def. Max Lindqvist/William Agritelley (CMU) 6-3

3. Dante Alcala/James Ryan (CSUPM) def. Moises Cure/C. Albrechtsen (CMU) 6-2

Match Notes

Colorado Mesa 3-14

CSU-Pueblo 3-13

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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.