Western New Mexico (14-11) gained a first round 5-0 win over Minnesota State University - Mankato (6-10) in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Division II Central Regional tournament, which was played at the Sartell High School Tennis Complex on Friday, May 8.

The victory allows the Mustangs to advance to the second round match against host St. Cloud State (26-2) on Saturday, May 9 at 10:00 a.m. The match will be played at the Sartell High School Tennis Center. The winner of this match on May 9 will advance to the NCAA Division II men's tennis finals, which will be held on May 13-16 in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

WNMU won all three doubles matches and collected wins at third and fifth singles before play was halted since the Mustangs had clinched the match.

Doubles:
#1 Kyle Lynch (Albuquerque, NM/New Mexico Military Institute High School)/Emmanuel Hecher (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras) (WNMU) def. John Julian/Chris Webber (MSU) 8-3
#2 Timoci Fa/Wilton Atkins (Wanganui, New Zealand/Wanganui Collegiate School) (WMNU) def. Marco Vasquez/Adam Doll (MSU) 8-2
#3 Flavio Rueda (Mazatlan, Mexico/Universidad Autonoma de Durango)/Luke Salazar (Albuquerque, NM/Valley High School) (WNMU) def. Dan Zastrow/Chad Berger (MSU) 8-2

Singles:
#1 Flavio Rueda (Mazatlan, Mexico/Universidad Autonoma de Durango) (WNMU) vs. John Julian (MSU) DNF
#2 Kyle Lynch (Albuquerque, NM/New Mexico Military Institute High School) (WNMU) vs. Chris Webber (MSU) DNF
#3 Wilton Atkins (Wanganui, New Zealand/Wanganui Collegiate School) (WNMU) def. Marco Vasquez (MSU) 6-1, 6-2
#4 Timoci Fa (WNMU) vs. Adam Doll (MSU) DNF
#5 Luke Salazar (Albuquerque, NM/Valley High School) (WNMU) def. Dan Zastrow (MSU) 6-1, 6-0
#6 Emmanuel Hecher (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colegio Pitagoras) (WNMU) vs. Chad Berger (MSU) DNF