St. George, UT-- Men's and Women's tennis competed in St. George this past weekend, taking on key regional opponents in neutral site contests. 

The women kicked off the weekend Friday afternoon against Stanislaus State. Carolina Torrico (Boliva) and Nicold Gonzalez (Bogota, Columbia ) grabbed the lone win at #2 doubles, defeating Megan Hagerty and Kayla Nguyen 6-4. Through singles play, Camila Gomez (Bogota, Columbia ) took home a 6-3, 6-4 win over Maria Ochoa in #2 singles, for the Lady Mustangs lone win. Stanilaus State ultimately took home an 6-1 victory. 
 

"I am very proud of the way our team competed today. Colorado Mesa is a strong regional opponent and they were ranked ahead of us. For our men to come out and grab a 5-2 win is great. We will have another battle on our hands tomorrow vs. Metro State, with hopes of moving up in the regional rankings," said Head Coach Eric Sturgis 

Both teams wrapped up the weekend taking on Metropolitan State University - Denver in another top regional matchup. Both the men's and women's teams for the Roadrunners entered the dual ranked 5th in the region. 

The Mustang men started off taking 2 out of the 3 doubles matches to take an early lead. Freshman Tanaka Chibata would then get things started with a dominating, 6-1, 6-0 over Kacey Walisundara. Ranked 42nd in the nation, senior Liam Fraboulet (France, Plouha/Lycée Kerraoul) clinched the match for Western in a exciting 6-2, 7-5 straight set win over Daniel Llorente. Current Lone Star Conference Player of the Week, Joel Ockernahl (Muehlacker, Germany ) remained undefeated with a three-set win over MSUD David Kijak. 

1D. D. Kijak/A. Martinez-Morilla MSU def. L. Fraboulet/J. Delpino 7-6
2D. N. Barr/O. Serra WNMU def. D. Llorente/M.Besada 6-1
3D. J. Ockernahl/T. Chabata WNMU def. No player/No Player

1S. Liam Fraboulet (France, Plouha/Lycée Kerraoul) WNMU def. Daniel Llorente 6-2, 7-5
2S. Joaquin Delpino (Villa Maria, Argentina ) WNMU def. Alejandro Martinez/Morilla 7-6, 6-2
3S. Joel Ockernahl (Muehlacker, Germany ) WNMU def. Daniel Kijak 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
4S. Mateo Besada MSU def. Oscar Serra (Senorbi, Italy ) 6-3, 6-0
5S. Tanaka Chabata WNMU def. Kacey Walisundara 6-1, 6-0
6S. Niko Barr (Whakatane, New Zealand/Trident) WNMU def. No Player

#9 WNMU 6
#5 Metro 1

The Lady Mustangs dropped their dual to Metro State in a 3-4 heartbreaker to close out the weekend. Karina Kolovos Diaz continued her winning ways with a win over Eliza McKean 7-5, 6-2. Camila Gomez (Bogota, Columbia ) notched a win for Western at #2 singles defeating Alex Pessoa 6-3, 6-4, while teammate Carolina Torrico (Boliva) got her 2nd singles win of the weekend with a dominating performance over Ainsley Winterrowd 6-2, 6-2.
No. 1: Tabitha Porter (Auckland, New Zealand/Northcote College) (MSUD) def. Julia Tozzi (Limeira, Brazil ) (WNM), 6-4, 7-6
No. 2: Camilia Gomez (WNM) def. Alex Pessoa (Denver, Colo./Home-schooled) (MSUD), 6-4, 6-2
No. 3: Kolouos (WNM) def. Eliza McKean (Buderim, Queensland, Australia/Sunshine Coast Grammar School) (MSUD), 6-3, 6-3
No. 4: Carolina Torrica (WNM) def. Ainsley Winterrowd (Lacey, Wash./North Thurston) (MSUD), 6-1, 6-1
No. 5: Olivia Kaiser (Aachen, Germany/Bischoefliches Gymnasium St. Ursula, Geilenkirchen) (MSUD) def. Julia Terrazas (Santa Cruz, Bolivia ) (WNM), 6-2, 6-1
No. 6: Mackenzie Hotan (Beaverton, OR/Southridge H.S.) (MSUD) def. Nicold Gonzalez (Bogota, Columbia ) (WNM) 6-1, 6-3
 
DOUBLES
No. 1: Tozzi-Gomez (WNM) def. Kaiser-Hotan (MSUD), 6-1
No. 2: Porter-McKean (MSUD) def. Torrica-Gonzalez (WNM), 6-1
No. 3: Pessoa-Winterrowd (MSUD) def. Kolouos-Terrazas (WNM), 6-1


Metro 4
WNMU 3


Both teamshave a quick turn around as they head to Odessa and Midland Texas to take on LSC member UT- Permian Basin, followed by another RMAC member in Colorado State - Pueblo. The teams will close out play against St. Mary's and St. Edwards of the Heartland Conference.