The WNMU men's tennis team had a rough start to a big weekend in the Phoenix-area. No. 19 Abilene Christian University handled WNMU, 8-1. The lone point came from doubles partners Luke Salazar (Albuquerque, NM, Valley High School) and Flavio Rueda (Mazatlan, Mexico, Universidad Autonoma de Durango, Riverside Community College), 8-6. 

"The men came out strong in doubles to get one win against a very strong team, but we couldn't come up with any other wins,” says head coach Erik Burton.

Singles:
1)Nunez (ACU) over Rueda (WNMU) 6-2,6-2
2)Campbell (ACU) over Atkins (WNMU) 6-1,6-2
3)Hudson (ACU) over Pereira (WNMU) 6-0,6-0
4)Peterson-Paul (ACU) over Lynch (WNMU) 6-3,6-4
5)Farias (ACU) over Fa (WNMU) 7-6 (6), 6-2
6)Strahl (ACU) over L. Salazar (WNMU) 6-2,6-3 

Doubles:
1)Nunez/Hudson (ACU) over Fa/Hecher (WNMU) 8-3
2)Joiner/Hawk (ACU) over Lynch/Atkins (WNMU) 8-3
3)Salazar/Rueda (WNMU) over Campbell/Jones (ACU) 8-6