In the tale of two matches, the Mustangs cruised to an easy victory, 8-1, over CSU – Pueblo Saturday morning; however, in a late afternoon match-up against the University of Idaho, the Mustangs faced adversity and dropped the match, 5-1.
Versus CSU – Pueblo, WNMU had a dramatic win at No. 1 singles with
Emily Lampman (Kerrville, TX, Tivy High School) coming through with the victory over Wrainwright (6-3, 7-6 (8)).
Nikolina Vukadin (Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sredwjoskolski Centar Pale) also shined with a 6-2 and 6-4 win at No. 2 singles.
In the second women's match of the day, both the Mustangs and the University of Idaho Vandals defaulted their No. 6 spot because of injury concerns, but the Mustangs held strong to the end of each match.
Vukadin pulled out the lone point for the Mustangs with a 7-5 and 6-4 wild win.
“It has been a long but successful weekend for the WNMU tennis programs,” says head coach Erik Burton. The Mustangs will continue play next week with Montana State University - Billings on April 23.
Versus CSU – Pueblo
Doubles Competition:
1) Lampman/Shelton (WNMU) over Wainwright/Talmadge (CSUP) 8-6
2) Olivier/McKenna (WNMU) over Ortiz/V. Boughton (CSUP) 8-3
3) Clark/C. Boughton (CSUP) over C.Waide/E. Waide (WNMU) 8-6
Singles Competition:
1) Lampman (WNMU) over Wainwright (CSUP) 6-3,7-6 (8)
2) Vukadin (WNMU) over Talmadge (CSUP) 6-2,6-4
3) Shelton (WNMU) over Ortiz (CSUP) 6-3,6-2
4) Olivier (WNMU) over V. Boughton (CSUP) 6-2,6-3
5) McKenna (WNMU) over C. Boughton (CSUP) 6-4,6-1
6) C.Waide (WNMU) over Clark (CSUP) 6-2,6-2
Versus the University of Idaho
Doubles Competition:
1) Ly/Vlesanu (Idaho) over Lampman/Shelton (WNMU) 8-0
2) Maciocha/Irimesu (Idaho) over McKenna/Vukadin (WNMU) 8-2
3) Siwa/Kirch (Idaho) over Owen/Bruton (WNMU) 8-2
Singles Competition:
1) Vukadin (WNMU) over Irimescu (Idaho) 7-5,6-4
2) Maciocha (Idaho) over Olivier (WNMU) 6-0,6-0
3) Vlesanu (Idaho) over McKenna (WNMU) 6-3,6-0
4) Siwa (Idaho) over C.Waide (WNMU) 6-1,6-0
5) Kirch (Idaho) over E. Waide (WNMU) 6-1,6-0
6) def.
