DENVER - Metro State's men's tennis team fell 8-1 to No. 50 Sonoma State (Calif.) on Sunday at The Regency Athletic Complex at MSU Denver. The Roadrunners fell to 8-8 overall this season, while SSU improved to 9-8.

Josh Graetz (Albury, Australia/The Scots School) earned the team's only win, topping Matt Roberts 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Several other matches were very close as Trevor Jones (Vancouver, Wash./Mountain View H.S.) and Chris Anderson (El Paso, Texas/Americas H.S.) both fell in three sets in their singles matches and Graetz and Adrien Delvaux (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound H.S.) fell in a tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles.

The Roadrunners will host Lindenwood (Mo.) on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

#50 Sonoma State 8, Metro State 1
Mar 30, 2014 at Denver, CO (The Regency Athletic Complex) 

Singles competition

1. #39 Josh Graetz (Albury, Australia/The Scots School) (MSU) def. Matt Roberts (SSU) 6-4, 6-3

2. Philip Holbrook (SSU) def. Adrien Delvaux (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound H.S.) (MSU) 6-3, 6-3

3. Daniel Holz (SSU) def. Nick Baker (Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit West H.S.) (MSU) 6-0, 6-4

4. Robert Henry (SSU) def. John Qualls (Henderson, Nev./Foothill H.S.) (MSU) 6-1, 6-1

5. Logan Liddell (SSU) def. Trevor Jones (Vancouver, Wash./Mountain View H.S.) (MSU) 6-0, 4-6, 7-5

6. Seth Hein (SSU) def. Chris Anderson (El Paso, Texas/Americas H.S.) (MSU) 4-6, 7-5, 10-6

Doubles competition

1. Matt Roberts/Philip Holbrook (SSU) def. Josh Graetz (Albury, Australia/The Scots School)/Adrien Delvaux (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound H.S.) (MSU) 9-8 (7-3)

2. Jimmy Manning/Seth Hein (SSU) def. Trevor Jones (Vancouver, Wash./Mountain View H.S.)/Nick Baker (Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit West H.S.) (MSU) 9-7

3. Logan Liddell/Robert Henry (SSU) def. Jonathan Evangelista (Brighton, Colo./Brighton Collegiate H.S.)/Chris Anderson (El Paso, Texas/Americas H.S.) (MSU) 8-2

Match Notes

Sonoma State 9-8 overall; National ranking #50; Regional ranking #6

Metro State 8-8 overall; Regional ranking #5