Men's Tennis | Friday 03/30/2018

KANSAS CITY – The New Mexico State men's tennis team rolled past a short-handed Chicago State team Friday evening at the Plaza Tennis Center 6-1.
 
With the Cougars (5-14, 0-2 WAC) down a doubles pair, NM State (11-6, 2-0 WAC) opened the match with a 1-0 edge in doubles play before the No. 2 Aggies team of Stijn de Haan and Mauri Benitez took down their counterparts from Chicago State 6-3 to clinch the doubles point.
 
Like doubles, CSU couldn't field players at the No. 5 and No. 6 slots – which gave New Mexico State an early 3-0 lead before singles play even began. De Haan continued his dominant play of late, sending Rohan Wattley packing 6-0, 6-4 to clinch the match.
 
Sergi Espias made it 5-0 in favor of the Aggies shortly thereafter with a 6-3, 6-2 win over George Botha on court No. 3. The Cougars picked up their lone point at No. 4 singles when Enrique Asmar was bested in a back-and-forth match that led to his demise 6-4, 1-6,1  0-4. Christofer Goncalves wrapped match up for NM State with a 6-4, 6-3 victory at the top singles slot.
 
New Mexico State will wrap up the first Western Athletic Conference cluster Saturday, March 31, with a 1 p.m. (MT) contest against Seattle U.
 
Chicago State vs New Mexico State
Mar 30, 2018 at Kansas City, Mo.
(Plaza Tennis Center)
New Mexico State 6, Chicago State 1
 
Singles competition
1. Goncalves, Chris (NMSU) def. Savard, Felix (CSUM) 6-4, 6-3
2. de Haan, Stijn (NMSU) def. Wattley, Rohan (CSUM) 6-0, 6-4
3. Espias, Sergi (NMSU) def. Botha, George (CSUM) 6-3, 6-2
4. Gonzalez, Christian (CSUM) def. Asmar, Enrique (NMSU) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (10-4)
5. Benitez, Mauri (NMSU) def. No player (CSUM), by forfeit
6. Menard, Louis (NMSU) def. No player (CSUM), by forfeit
 
Doubles competition
1. Savard, Felix/Gonzalez, Christian (CSUM) def. Goncalves, Chris/Flores, Luis Pliego (NMSU) 7-5
2. de Haan, Stijn/Benitez, Mauri (NMSU) def. Botha, George/Wattley, Rohan (CSUM) 6-3
3. Asmar, Enrique/Menard, Louis (NMSU) def. No player/No player (CSUM), by forfeit
 
Match Notes:
Chicago State 5-14, 0-2 WAC
New Mexico State 11-6, 2-0 WAC
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,5,2,3,4,1)