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