ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Aggies traveled 300 miles north to kick off the five-day-long ITA Mountain Regional on Thursday as they competed in the first round of singles play. Additionally, several Aggies also competed at the Linda Estes Tennis Complex in the Lobo Invite hosted by The University of New Mexico.
 
Senior Jordy Visser was the lone Aggie to tally a win in the 64-man ITA-organized bracket – defeating UNLV's Dusan Rsovac, 6-4, 6-4. Meanwhile, Luca Fé D'Ostiani also found his footing as he knocked off Montana State-Bozeman's Jacob Huppin in straight sets (6-2, 6-4).
Despite falling in the round of 32 of the Lobo Invite, Vassanth Mathan battled to two tiebreakers with BYU's Alex Lin ­­­­­­– dropping the match by a score of 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3). Freshman Yehor Opanasenko also looked solid as the Kyiv, Ukraine, native pushed Lin's teammate Brian Chen to a tiebreaker in the second set before falling 6-2, 7-6 (7-3).

UP NEXT
NM State will be back on the courts tomorrow morning when singles play resumes at 8:30 a.m. Doubles action will also get underway tomorrow morning with a pair of Aggie duos competing at 8:30 a.m.
 
SINGLES
ITA Mountain Regional
R64 - No. 11 Sergi Mico Fenollar (USU) def. Itay Feigin, 6-1, 6-1
R64 - Jordy Visser def. Dusan Rsovac (UNLV), 6-4, 6-4
R64 - Rafael Abdulsalam (UNM) def. Roko Stipetic, 6-2, 6-2
R64 - Daniel Torres (NAU) def. Corey Clarke, 6-3, 6-4
 
Lobo Invite
R32 - Luca Fé D'Ostiani def. Jacob Huppin (MSU), 6-2, 6-4
R32 - Brian Chen (BYU) def. Yehor Opanasenko, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
R32 - Phillip Deaton (AFA) def. Henrik Lynum, 6-3, 6-1
R32 - Redd Owen (BYU) def. Ryan Ford, 6-4, 6-1
R32 - Alex Lin (BYU) def. Vassanth Mathan, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3)