TYLER, TX — The Western New Mexico University men's tennis team competed Thursday at the ITA Regional Championships in Tyler, Texas, recording two singles victories while battling through singles and doubles action.

David Guta (Bucharest, Romania/Liceul Teoretic C.A. Rosetti) opened the tournament with a comeback victory in singles, recovering from a first-set loss to win 3-6, 6-1, 10-6. He later fell in his second singles match, 3-6, 5-7. In doubles, Guta and Markuss Oto Meidrops (Ikskile, Latvia/Ikskiles Highschool) fell 5-8.

Djamel-Dine Bey (Paris, France/National Centre for Distance Education (Online)) dropped his opening singles match 0-6, 1-6, but responded with a 6-4, 6-4 victory in his second match. In doubles, Bey and Benjamin Vriends (Mierlo, Netherlands/Sint-Joris College) fell in a close match, 7-8 (3-7).

Meidrops battled in his opening singles match, falling 6-7 (6), 4-6, before bouncing back with a 6-1, 6-3 victory in his second match. He also partnered with Guta in doubles, falling 5-8.

Vriends fell in his first singles match, 3-6, 4-6, before rallying in his second match. After dropping the first set 6-7 (3-7), he won the second 7-5 and secured the victory with a 10-5 tiebreak. In doubles, Vriends and Bey fell 7-8 (3-7).

The Mustangs will continue competing Friday as the ITA Regional Championships move into another day of action.