April 12, 2006

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - Riley Meyer won a third-set tiebreaker to lift Metro State to a 5-4 win over UC-Colorado Springs in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tennis action, Wednesday afternoon in Colorado Springs.

Meanwhile, in the women's match, the Roadrunners lost 7-2 to the Mountain Lions.

In the men's match, UCCS jumped out on top 2-1 after doubles play as the No. 1 and No. 2 teams posted wins. Sean Voorhies and Josh Johnson upset the nation's No. 20 team of Andre Nilsson and Riley Meyer at No. 1 doubles, 8-6. Will Meyer and Sean Carlton won 8-6 at No. 3. In singles, Metro State won at No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 but the Mountain Lions won at No. 1 and No. 5. The match came down to the No. 2 singles match as Riley Meyer defeated Eric Rivera in a third-set tiebreaker, 7-3, to clinch the win. It was an important regional win for Metro State as the Roadrunners are No. 6 in the North Central Region, while the Mountain Lions are No. 10.

In the women's match, the Mountain Lions led 2-1 after doubles play. Akiko Kinoshita and Ragnhild Kinoshita won at No. 3 doubles, 8-5. In singles play, UCCS won at No. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 as only Akiko Kinoshita pulled out a win for the Roadrunners. She posted a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles. At No. 5 singles, Tia Mahoney won the first set and led 5-2 in the second before falling to Katelyn Towne, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4.

With the win, the Metro State men improve to 11-6 overall, 3-0 in the RMAC, while the Mountain Lion men fall to 8-8 overall, 1-2 in the RMAC. The UCCS women improve to 7-8 overall, 3-0 in the RMAC, while the Roadrunner women fall to 2-15 overall, 1-2 in the RMAC. The Roadrunners host Mesa State tomorrow at noon.

Men - Metro State 5, UC-Colorado Springs 4

Singles
Sean Voorhies (UCCS) def. Andre Nilsson (MSCD), 6-3, 6-4
Riley Meyer (MSCD) def. Eric Rivera (UCCS), 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
Drew Machholz (MSCD) def. Jason Schultz (UCCS), 6-1, 6-2
Mark Milner (MSCD) def. Josh Johnson (UCCS), 6-0, 6-0
Marc Knutila (UCCS) def. Sean Carlton (MSCD), 6-3, 6-2
Will Meyer (MSCD) def. Ken Huston (UCCS), 6-3, 6-3

Doubles
Voorhies/Johnson (UCCS) def. Nilsson/R. Meyer (MSCD), 8-6
Schultz/Rivera (UCCS) def. Milner/Machholz (MSCD), 8-5
S. Carlton/W. Meyer (MSCD) def. Knutila/Huston (UCCS), 8-6

Women - Colorado-Colorado Springs 7, Metro State 2

Singles
Katie McPhail (UCCS) def. Mitra Hirad (MSCD), 7-6, 7-6
Lauren Schmidt (UCCS) def. Miriam Evangelista (MSCD), 6-3, 6-1
Natascha Vander Molen (UCCS) def. Ragnhild Kinoshita (MSCD), 6-1, 6-2
Akiko Kinoshita (MSCD) def. Jessika Cardel (UCCS), 6-2, 6-1
Katelyn Towne (UCCS) def. Tia Mahoney (MSCD), 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
Charis Lopez (UCCS) def. Elizabeth Kuhn (MSCD), 5-7, 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
McPhail/Vander Molen (UCCS) def. Evangelista/Mahoney (MSCD), 8-5
Kardel/Schmidt (UCCS) def. Hirad/Kuhn (MSCD), 8-4
Kinoshita/Kinoshita (MSCD) def. Towne/Lopez (UCCS), 8-5