Yellowjacket Men Down Tigers, 4-3 (Mar. 15, 2005)

Colorado Springs, CO – After disappointing match play the previous day, the Yellowjacket men’s tennis team pulled out a sweet victory over Colorado College in Colorado Springs Thursday, March 10, winning 4-3. 

Playing in the number one doubles position, Yellowjacket Sergio Diaz (Jr., Lima, Peru) and doubles partner Paco Sanchez (Sr., Elche, Spain) won a dramatic tie-break victory over the Tigers.  Kellen Malone (Sr., Havre, MT) and Ryan Smith (Jr., Calgary, Alberta) contributed two points each in singles and doubles play to give the Jackets the “W.”

“The men put things together on this day for a good college match, as half the matches featured tie-breaks for the sets,” said head coach Jerry Peach.  “The men are still struggling with capitalizing on their opportunities, but we can’t argue with a 4-3 win, as those are the ones that taste the best.”

After two wins coming earlier in the week, the Lady Jackets were unable to grab their third win falling 2-5 to Colorado College.  Although the Jackets won the doubles point, they did not earn enough wins in singles play to claim the match.

“The girls played in the cold wind and this proved to be a difficult match for them,” said Peach.  “Tia Smith (So., Idaho Falls, ID) and Marta Borges (Fr., Lisbon, Portugal) remained undefeated in the number three position to help win the doubles point for the Jackets.”

The final match up for both the men and women is scheduled for Friday, March 11th against Metropolitan in Denver, Colorado.  Play is set to begin at 10 a.m.

Men’s Results were unavailable.

Thursday, March 10

CC 5, MSUB 2

Women Singles
1. Lily Dashiell def. Brianne Roney (MSUB), 7-6, 6-1
2. Lori Goldstein def. Becky Fry (MSUB), 7-5, 6-2
3. Hilary Zellerbach def. Nikki Byrnes (MSUB), 6-2, 6-4
4. Heidi Lehman (MSUB) def. Mari Hunter, 6-4, 6-4
5. Corinne Bianca def. Marta Borges (MSUB), 7-5, 6-3
6. Kristina Rogers def. Tia Smith (MSUB), 6-2, 6-1

Women Doubles
1. Dashiell/Zellerbach def. Roney/Lehman (MSUB), 8-1
2. Byrnes/Fry (MSUB) def. Bianca/Hunter, 9-7
3. Borges/Smith (MSUB) def. Sanseau/Fadrhonc, 9-8