LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State head men's tennis coach Carlos Vargas and his team have a 1 p.m. (MT) date set with the second-seeded 'Roos of UMKC on Sunday, April 30, at the NM State Tennis Center for not only the #WACten Championship title, but also for the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 
NM State earned that chance to play for the automatic bid and conference championship title after its resounding 4-0 victory against No. 4 Chicago State (8-16).
 
Doubles play came fairly easy for the Aggies (17-5), especially for the NM State No. 2 doubles tandem of Stijn de Haan and Mauri Benitez. The two didn't waste time and sent Chicago State's No. 2 doubles pair packing, 6-0.
 
Shortly thereafter, the dynamic duo of WAC Player of the Year Christofer Goncalves and First-Team All-WAC honoree Luis Flores clinched the doubles point for NM State with a 6-3 win in the top doubles position.
 
Benitez continued his tear in singles action, racing past the Cougar's Cody Wurzelbacher 6-1, 6-0 on court No. 2. Less than 10 minutes later, Enrique Asmar pushed the Aggie lead to 3-0 when he defeated Christian Gonzalez 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 5 singles slot.
 
With match point up for grabs, Sergi Espias sent the Aggies to their third-straight championship match appearance on Sunday with his 6-3, 6-1 win over Rohan Wattley at the No. 4 singles position. New Mexico State was also leading in all three matches that were abandoned on courts 1-3.
 
The 17 wins by New Mexico State in dual play ties the all-time record set by the 1998-99 squad, who went 17-7 overall and 4-1 in Big West Conference play.
 
Joining the Aggie men in the WAC Championship match are the NM State women's tennis team, who defeated UT Rio Grande Valley earlier in the day 4-1.

.@NMStateWTEN and @NMStateMTEN are headed to the #WACten Championship match!!

Women: 9am
Men: 1pm#AggieUp pic.twitter.com/NX1ct9TDNG

— NM State Aggies (@NMStateAggies) April 29, 2017