Both the men's and women's tennis teams had to settle for a split on Friday. Both teams defeated Colorado Christian University handedly, 9-0 and 8-1. The two teams then faced a tough Metro State College and fell by a score of 5-4 in each match. 

“Men got off to a fast start winning at all three doubles matches against CCU,” says head coach Erik Burton, “but then the men and women got off to a tough start in doubles versus Metro State.” 

Both teams only won one doubles point, which made it a long day of “catch-up”. 


Versus Colorado Christian (Men, 9-0 Win)

Doubles:

1) Lynch/Hecher(WNMU) over Wren/Cooper(CCU) 8-1
2) Fa/Atkins(WNMU) over Walder/Moody(WNMU) 8-2
3) L. Salazar/Rueda(WNMU) over Woodring/Shade(CCU) 8-2

Singles:

1) Lynch(WNMU) over Walder(CCU) 6-1, 6-3
2) Rueda(WNMU) over Cooper(CCU) 6-1, 6-0
3) Atkins(WNMU) over Moody(CCU) 6-0, 6-0
4) Fa(WNMU) over Wren(CCU) 6-0, 6-2
5) L. Salazar(WNMU) over Woodring(CCU) 6-4, 6-2
6) Hecher(WNMU) over Shole(CCU) 6-0, 6-0 


Versus Colorado Christian (Women, 8-1 Win)

Doubles
1) Lampman/Shelton(WNMU) over Howard/Friesen(CCU) 8-0
2) Olivier/McKenna(WNMU) over Johnson/Stevens(CCU) 8-0
3) C.Waide/E.Waide(WNMU) over def.

Singles

1) Howard(CCU) over Vukadin(WNMU) 6-0, 6-1
2) Lampman(WNMU) over Stevens(CCU) 6-1, 6-0
3) Olivier(WNMU) over Friesen(CCU) 6-1, 6-0
4) Shelton(WNMU) over Johnson(CCU) 6-1, 6-2
5) McKenna(WNMU) over Hawkins(CCU) 6-2, 6-0
6) C. Waide(WNMU) over def. 


Versus Metro State (Men, 5-4 Loss)

Doubles:

1) Ruckelshausen/Bradley (Metro State) def. Kyle Lynch (Albuquerque, NM/New Mexico Military Institute High School)/Emmanuel Hecher (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras) (WNMU), 8-2
2) Valu Fa (Suva, Fiji/Natabua High School)/Wilton Atkins (Wanganui, New Zealand/Wanganui Collegiate School) (WNMU) def. Faustino/Perez (Metro State), 8-5
3) Campbell/Carlton (Metro State) def. Luke Salazar (Albuquerque, NM/Valley High School)/Flavio Rueda (Mazatlan, Mexico/Universidad Autonoma de Durango) (WNMU), 8-6

Singles:

1) Ruckelshausen (Metro State) def. Lynch (WNMU), 6-4, 6-0
2) Faustino (Metro State) def. Rueda (WNMU), 6-4, 6-3
3) Atkins (WNMU) def. Bradley (Metro State), 6-1, retired
4) Fa (WNMU) def. Perez (Metro State), 6-0, 6-3
5) Campbell (Metro State) def. Salazar (WNMU), 6-2, 7-6 (9-7)
6) Hecher (WNMU) def. Carlton (Metro State), 6-4, 6-4 


Versus Metro State (Women, 6-3 Loss)

Doubles:

1) Emily Lampman (Kerrville, TX/Tivy High School)/Stephanie Shelton (Douglas, AZ/Douglas High School) (WNMU) def. Bowling/Evangelista (Metro State), 8-2
2) M. Hirad/Pessoa (Metro State) def. Izelle Olivier (Schweizer Reneke, South Africa/Wolmaransstad High School)/Jamie McKenna (Carlsbad, NM/Carlsbad High School) (WNMU), 9-8
3) A. Hirad/Alexis Alvarez (Metro State) def. Carolyn Waide (El Paso, TX/Chapin High School)/Elizebeth Waide (El Paso, TX/Chapin High School) (WNMU), 8-2 


Singles:

1) Nikolina Vukadin (Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina/Sredwjoskolski Centar Pale) (WNMU) def. M. Hirad (Metro State), 6-2, 6-1
2) Pessoa (Metro State) def. Lampman (WNMU), 6-0, 6-1
3) Bowling (Metro State) def. Olivier (WNMU), 6-4, 6-1
4) Shelton (WNMU) def. Evangelista (Metro State), 6-2, 6-3
5) A. Hirad (Metro State) def. McKenna (WNMU), 6-3, 6-1
6) Thompson (Metro State) def. C. Waide (WNMU), 6-3, 6-2