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Men's Tennis

Mustangs Headed to Finals

Sophomore Luke Salazar
The Mustangs are headed to the RMAC Championship finals held Saturday morning. In quarterfinal action, WNMU dominated over Colorado Christian University, 6-0. The Mustangs then got revenge on CSU-Pueblo, who defeated the Mustangs on April 18. WNMU won by a score of 5-2. 

With the Mustangs adjusting their line-up again, the purple and gold earned two points at No. 2 and 3 doubles against CSU-Pueblo. 

Regular WNMU number-one singles player, Kyle Lynch (Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico Military Institute High School), dropped to No. 2 singles to take on CSU-Pueblo's Ricardo Oaxaca, who hadn't lost a singles match in RMAC play this season and had gone 2-0 versus WNMU's regular No. 2, Flavio Rueda (Mazatlan, Mexico, Universidad Autonoma de Durango, Riverside Community College). Lynch, though, halted Oaxaca's win streak, earning a crucial 6-3, 6-2 win. 

WNMU's No. 5 player Luke Salazar (Albuquerque, NM, Valley High School) was at 5-2 and 30-love in the second set when play was stopped and no point awarded. 

The Mustangs will take on No. 1 seed Metro State on Saturday morning in the championship match. Match time is set 8:00 a.m.

Western NM 6, Colo. Christian 0
Doubles Competition:
#1 N/A
#2 N/A
#3 N/A

Singles Competition:
#1 Flavio Rueda (Mazatlan, Mexico/Universidad Autonoma de Durango) (WNMU) def. Clint Walder (CCU) 6-4, 6-0
#2 Kyle Lynch (Albuquerque, NM/New Mexico Military Institute High School) (WNMU) def. Matthew Cooper (CCU) 6-0, 6-0
#3 Wilton Atkins (Wanganui, New Zealand/Wanganui Collegiate School) (WNMU) def. Logan Moody (CCU) 6-0, 6-0
#4 Valu Fa (Suva, Fiji/Natabua High School) (WNMU) def. Andrew Wren (CCU) 6-0, 6-0
#5 Luke Salazar (Albuquerque, NM/Valley High School) (WNMU) def. Nate Woodwring (CCU) 6-1, 6-3
#6 Emmanuel Hecher (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras) (WNMU) def. Taylor Shade (CCU) 6-0, 6-0

Western New Mexico 5, CSU-Pueblo 2
Doubles
#1 Beau Fresquez, Ricardo Oaxaca (CSU-P) def. Kyle Lynch (Albuquerque, NM/New Mexico Military Institute High School), Emmanuel Hecher (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras) (WNMU) 8-5
#2 Valu Fa (Suva, Fiji/Natabua High School), Wilton Atkins (Wanganui, New Zealand/Wanganui Collegiate School) (WNMU) def. Philipp Penkatzki, Andres Morlas (CSU-P) 8-5
#3 Luke Salazar (Albuquerque, NM/Valley High School), Flavio Rueda (Mazatlan, Mexico/Universidad Autonoma de Durango) (WNMU) def. Finn Guenther, Anthony Breitenbach (CSU-P) 8-5

Singles
#1 Flavio Rueda (Mazatlan, Mexico/Universidad Autonoma de Durango) (WNMU) vs. Philipp Penkatzki (CSU-P) DNF
#2 Kyle Lynch (Albuquerque, NM/New Mexico Military Institute High School) (WNMU) def. Ricardo Oaxaca (CSU-P) 6-3, 6-2
#3 Beau Fresquez (CSU-P) def. Wilton Atkins (Wanganui, New Zealand/Wanganui Collegiate School) (WNMU) 6-0, 6-3
#4 Valu Fa (Suva, Fiji/Natabua High School) (WNMU) def. Andres Morlas (CSU-P) 6-0, 6-1
#5 Luke Salazar (Albuquerque, NM/Valley High School) (WNMU) vs. Finn Guenther (CSU-P) DNF
#6 Emmanuel Hecher (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras) (WNMU) def. Anthony Breitenbach (CSU-P) 6-2, 6-4
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