DENVER - Metro State's men's tennis team won its third straight match on Friday, topping Colorado Christian 9-0 in Lakewood, Colo., in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference opener for the Roadrunners. The men's team improved to 6-6 overall.

The Roadrunners lost just four games the entire day as Nick Baker (Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit West H.S.) (No. 3 singles), Trevor Jones (Vancouver, Wash./Mountain View H.S.) (No. 4) and Jonathan Evangelista (Brighton, Colo./Brighton Collegiate H.S.) (No. 5) all won 6-0, 6-0. Josh Graetz (Albury, Australia/The Scots School) earned a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 1, as did Adrien Delvaux (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound H.S.) at No. 2.

In doubles, Graetz and Delvaux cruised to an 8-2 win at No. 1 and Baker and Jones blanked the Cougars at No. 2. CCU forfeited matches at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles.

Metro State's women fell 5-4 to CCU to drop to 3-11 overall this season.

The Roadrunners have been decimated by injuries as two of its top four players in the lineup are out with injuries. That forced everyone up one spot and several players up two spots from their normal positions, while MSU Denver had to forfeit at No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles.

Metro State actually won four of the seven matches that were played as Wanda Holopainen (Lahti, Finland/Salpausselän H.S.) (No. 1 singles) and Cristina Oropeza (Nogales, Ariz./Nogales H.S.) (No. 2 singles) each earned straight-set victories. That duo also won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles and Kaitlyn Miller (Castle Rock, Colo./Rock Canyon H.S.) and Whitney Vaswig (Niwot, Colo./Niwot H.S.) won 9-8 (7-3) at No. 2 doubles.

Metro State will play a non-conference match at Colorado College on Wednesday and then will host Holy Names (Calif.) and Hastings (Neb.) on Friday.

Metro State 9, Colorado Christian 0
Mar 21, 2014 at Lakewood, CO (Lakewood Park) 

Singles competition

1. Josh Graetz (Albury, Australia/The Scots School) (MSU) def. Santiago De La Rosa (CCU) 6-1, 6-0

2. Adrien Delvaux (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound H.S.) (MSU) def. David Horner (CCU) 6-1, 6-0

3. Nick Baker (Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit West H.S.) (MSU) def. Wesley Jones (CCU) 6-0, 6-0

4. Trevor Jones (Vancouver, Wash./Mountain View H.S.) (MSU) def. J. Brandt (CCU) 6-0, 6-0

5. Jonathan Evangelista (Brighton, Colo./Brighton Collegiate H.S.) (MSU) def. Jon Woods (CCU) 6-0, 6-0

6. Chris Anderson (El Paso, Texas/Americas H.S.) (MSU) def. No player (CCU), by default

Doubles competition

1. Josh Graetz (Albury, Australia/The Scots School)/Adrien Delvaux (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound H.S.) (MSU) def. Santiago De La Rosa/David Horner (CCU) 8-2

2. Nick Baker (Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit West H.S.)/Trevor Jones (Vancouver, Wash./Mountain View H.S.) (MSU) def. Wesley Jones/J. Brandt (CCU) 8-0

3. John Qualls (Henderson, Nev./Foothill H.S.)/Andrew Haralson (Wichita, Kan./Wichita Northwest H.S.) (MSU) def. No player/No player (CCU), by default

Match Notes

Metro State 6-6, 1-0 RMAC; Regional ranking #5

Colorado Christian 0-6, 0-2 RMAC

Colorado Christian 5, Metro State 4
Mar 21, 2014 at Lakewood, CO (Lakewood Park) 

Singles competition

1. Wanda Holopainen (Lahti, Finland/Salpausselän H.S.) (MSU) def. Kara Williams (CCU) 6-2, 6-1

2. Cristina Oropeza (Nogales, Ariz./Nogales H.S.) (MSU) def. Jennifer Perkins (CCU) 6-2, 6-0

3. Katy Balli (CCU) def. Whitney Vaswig (Niwot, Colo./Niwot H.S.) (MSU) 6-2, 6-2

4. Elizabeth Vertin (CCU) def. Kaitlyn Miller (Castle Rock, Colo./Rock Canyon H.S.) (MSU) 6-4, 6-2

5. Cameron Shelby (CCU) def. Becca Medina (Denver, Colo./Heritage H.S.) (MSU) 6-0, 6-0

6. No player (CCU) def. No player (MSU), by default

Doubles competition

1. Wanda Holopainen (Lahti, Finland/Salpausselän H.S.)/Cristina Oropeza (Nogales, Ariz./Nogales H.S.) (MSU) def. Katy Balli/Jennifer Perkins (CCU) 8-2

2. Kaitlyn Miller (Castle Rock, Colo./Rock Canyon H.S.)/Whitney Vaswig (Niwot, Colo./Niwot H.S.) (MSU) def. Cassie Greco/Elizabeth Vertin (CCU) 9-8 (7-3)

3. No player/No player (CCU) def. No player/No player (MSU), by default

Match Notes

Metro State 3-11, 0-1 RMAC; Regional ranking #10

Colorado Christian 4-2, 1-1 RMAC