Men's Tennis Match Recaps

The Daily Aggie :: 04/25/08 :: Evening Update

swasson — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:05:26 -0500

The Aggie softball team picked up a 4-0 win against San Jose State on Friday afternoon. The Aggies improve to 7-6 in conference play with the victory. The Aggies will honor their seniors on Saturday as the Aggies and Spartans play a doubleheader to wrap up the final home games of the season for the Aggie softball team.

The Aggie baseball team picked up a much needed win taking game one of the four game weekend series with Sacramento State by a final of 7-4. The Aggies scored first in the top of the second inning taking a 1-0 lead. Sacramento State took the lead 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth and the Aggies responded by scoring three in the top of the sixth to go up 4-2 and then scored one run in each of the remaining three innings. The crazy defensive play of the day belonged to the Aggies who had a 9-2-6-4-5-3-6 put out as the Aggies threw out Sacramento State's Wes Oberlin to end the bottom of the seventh inning. Oberlin singled and recorded an RBI but was thrown out at second.

With the victory the Aggies improve to 6-11 in conference play. The Aggies and Hornets play a doubleheader tomorrow and finish up the series on Sunday.

The Aggie men's tennis team advanced to the semifinals of the 2008 WAC Tennis Championships by defeating 6-seed Nevada 4-1. The Aggies will face 2-seed Fresno State tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. in the semifinals.

The Aggie women's tennis team lost 4-0 to top seed Fresno State in the semifinals of the 2008 WAC Tennis Championships.

Pfeifer Wins On Senior Day

swasson — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0600

Written by: NMSU Athletic Dept.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Senior Jeff Pfeifer won his final regular season match at the NMSU Tennis Center for the New Mexico State men's tennis team, which won its third straight match with a 4-0 victory over Texas-Arlington Sunday morning.

Both teams played the first to four team points because of the high winds in the area. NMSU improves to 6-4 on the year while the Mavericks fall to 3-7.

Assistant coach Carlos Vargas believed this weekend, where his team won all three matches, got the Aggies back on track.

"Everybody on the team was playing better this weekend," Vargas said. "Playing three matches in three days is really tough and today worried me because of the wind and I didn't want our guys to have a let down after two big wins. Our main focus today was to go after them."

Pfeifer won his No. 2 doubles match with freshman Jim Brouleau, 8-5 to help the Aggies sweep all three doubles matches.

Diep Wins ASU Thunderbird Invitational

swasson — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:15:52 -0600

Written by: NMSU Athletic Dept.

TEMPE, AZ - Sophomore Gustave Diep defeated Arkansas' John Peers in straight sets Sunday to claim the tournament's singles championship at the Arizona State Thunderbird Invitational for the New Mexico State men's tennis team.

Diep played a very commanding match that he led from start to finish in his 6-4, 6-2 victory. The title wraps up the fall season for the Aggies, one that was filled with victories and tournament titles.

Diep, junior Roman Stoisavljevic and freshman Jim Brouleau all represented NMSU at the challenging tournament this weekend. Diep went 4-0, Brouleau won three out of his four singles matches and Stoisavljevic was victorious in 3-of-5 matches.

Head coach Don Ball was very pleased with three of his top players performing so well in a tournament with so many talented players.

Four Aggies Reach Round of 32 At Regionals

swasson — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:01:00 -0500

Written by: NMSU Athletic Dept.

LAS VEGAS, NV - Four singles players for the New Mexico State men's tennis team advanced to the Round of 32, all by winning their matches in straight sets Wednesday in day one of the ITA Mountain Regional Championships at the UNLV Darling Tennis Center.

Juniors Stefan McKinney and Roman Stoisavljevic and freshman Jim Brouleau all coasted in their first two opening round matches to reach the Round of 32. Sophomore Gustave Diep easily won his Round of 64 match after receiving a bye in the opening round.

Head coach Don Ball knew coming into the tournament that his team was talented enough to have a strong showing at the regional championships.

"Having four players reach the third round in the main draw is awesome," Ball said. "We haven't had that happen at regionals in years. We just had a really good day and it gives us a good opportunity to be one of the top four teams here."

Diep Nearly Pulls Off Upset Over No. 5 Player In Country

swasson — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:00:00 -0500

Written by: NMSU Athletic Dept.

LAS VEGAS, NV - New Mexico State sophomore men’s tennis player Gustave Diep easily won his Round of 32 match at the ITA Mountain Regional Championship Thursday and then nearly pulled off an upset of the country’s fifth-ranked player in the round of 16.

Diep defeated New Mexico’s Kamil Pajkowski, 6-2, 6-0 in his first match of the day and then took No. 5 Luke Shields of Boise State to a close three set match where Diep fell in a tiebreaker.

Shields took the first set from Diep, 6-1, but then the Aggies talented sophomore showed why he was the 2007 ITA Mountain Region Rookie of the Year and battled right back to win the second set 7-6. The third set went to a tiebreaker, where Shields was able to come out on top, 7-5.

All other three Aggies still alive in the Round of 32 lost their matches Thursday, but head coach Don Ball is still pleased with where his teams stands in the tournament.

Aggie Men’s Tennis Concludes Commanding Weekend With Titles

swasson — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:00:00 -0500

Written by: NMSU Athletic Dept.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Freshmen sensation Jim Brouleau easily won his championship match in the top singles flight at the UNM Balloon Fiesta Classic Sunday. The win put the explanation point on the weekend where the Aggies clearly dominated the field.

He defeated New Mexico’s Miles Bugby, 6-2, 6-2 to claim his second singles championship in just his third career fall tournament. He is now 9-2 in singles play with one of his losses coming to the seventh-ranked player in the country.

Assistant coach Carlos Vargas could not have been more pleased with the performance of his team the entire weekend.

"We're really excited with how we dominated the field this weekend," Vargas said. "Jim played a great match today and our two doubles team defeated quality opponents. I really like how we are growing early this season and we are on the right path to have a great year."

NMSU Men’s Tennis Concludes Baylor Invite

swasson — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:05:48 -0500

Written by: NMSU Athletic Dept.

WACO, TX - Junior Stefan McKinney lost a third set tiebreaker in the semifinals at the H.E.B Baylor Invitational in the B singles draw to Texas' Hubert Chodkiewicz Sunday morning at the Baylor Tennis Center.

Despite the loss, McKinney led the Aggies in the elite fall tournament where he went 3-1 in his singles action and 4-1 in doubles play with sophomore Alejandro de Mucha. McKinney and de Mucha fell in the finals of the B doubles draw, 8-3, to Wisconsin's Luke Rassow-Kantor and Jeremy Sonkin.

In the B singles draw semifinal match, McKinney came back from losing the first set, 6-3, to win the second, 6-4. The third set went into a tiebreaker where Chodkiewicz was able to come out on top for the victory, ending McKinney's outstanding weekend run.