PUEBLO, Colo. – Another day, another pair of unbeaten results for the MSU Denver men's and women's tennis programs.
 
Both teams shut out Newman (Kan.) on Saturday at the CSU-Pueblo Duals, with the Roadrunners' men claiming a 4-0 win and the women by the count of 7-0.
 
So, that's three shutouts in a row for the men this weekend, while the women – who actually did give up two team points this weekend – still finished off a third shutout in four tries.
 
"It was another really solid day for both programs," Metropolitan State University of Denver coach Josh Graetz said. "Going into today, I classified it as a danger match, but the way we came ready to compete was really impressive."
 
The chance for a letdown was palpable since the men had run past Dallas Baptist (4-0) and Texas-Permian Basin (5-0) on Friday. But after sweeping the three doubles matches for a point, Mateo Besada (No. 4), Billy McDermott (No. 5) and Joshua King (No. 6) all finished off singles victories to clinch the dual. 

"The men didn't drop a match all weekend, which is pretty impressive against solid regional opponents," Graetz said.
 
The women, meanwhile, opened their weekend at home Thursday with a 7-0 win over a nemesis, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, before winning Friday 4-2 over Dallas Baptist and 5-0 against Fort Hays State (Kan.).
 
There was no letdown for them either, as even all-time program wins leader Tabitha Porter didn't play doubles and played at No. 3 singles instead of her customary No. 1.

"I asked a lot of the women these last few days," Graetz said. "To play four matches in three days and to come out ahead in all of them is a testament to how far we have come as a program."
 
The women are off until the ITA Regional Tournament beginning Sept. 26, while the men play the same tournament beginning Oct. 4.
 
Saturday's results:
 
MEN
MSU Denver 4, Newman (Kan.) 0
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Mateo Besada/Joshua King (MSU Denver) def. Arthur Justo/Lauri Soome 6-1
No. 2 – David Kijak/Billy McDermott (MSU Denver) def. Gustavo Gil/Jarrod Nowak 6-4
No. 3 – Jack McDermott/Daniel Llorente (MSU Denver) vs. Teodor Antelj/Marcel Miasato, unfinished
Singles
No. 1 – Llorente (MSU Denver) vs. Justo, unfinished
No. 2 – Kijak (MSU Denver) vs. Soome, unfinished
No. 3 – Besada (MSU Denver) def. Antelj 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 – J.McDermott (MSU Denver) vs. Nowak, unfinished
No. 5 – B.McDermott (MSU Denver) def. Gil 7-6 (4), 6-2
No. 6 – King (MSU Denver) def. Masato 6-4, 6-3
 
WOMEN
MSU Denver 7, Newman (Kan.) 0
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Gala Costello/Helena Steenberg def. Vlada Litvinova/Emily Young 6-2
No. 2 – Brooklyn Ross/Mackenzie Hotan def. Liza Gerasimova/Mariana Gaviria 6-1
No. 3 – Ainsley Winterrowd/Kayla Myburgh (MSU Denver) def. Mirella D'Angelo Calvalcanti/Isabela Campos Bifano 6-4
 
Singles
No. 1 – Ross (MSU Denver) def. Litvinova 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
No. 2 – Steenberg (MSU Denver) def. Gerasimova 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 – Tabitha Porter (MSU Denver) def. Young 7-5, 6-3
No. 4 – Castello (MSU Denver) def. Campos Bifano 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 – Myburgh (MSU Denver) vs. Gaviria, 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 – Winterrowd (MSU Denver) def. Calvalcanti 6-2, 3-6, 10-2