COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Metropolitan State University of Denver worked off some of the rust that so many college athletes are dealing with early on this season and played competitively in a 7-0 exhibition loss to NCAA Division I Air Force on Wednesday.
 
The dynamic duo of junior Daniel Llorente and sophomore David Kijak pulled off a narrow 7-5 victory in No. 3 doubles and the Roadrunners played Air Force close in nearly every singles match, but were unable to pick up a point.
 
Playing especially well were the McDermott brothers. Billy McDermott nearly forced a second-set tiebreaker in a 6-4, 7-5 defeat at No. 4, while Jack McDermott played within 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3.
 
Llorente, at No. 1, and Alejandro Martinez-Morilla, at No. 2, also played strong matches before falling by scores of 6-2, 6-4 and 6-4, 6-3, respectively.
 
Doubles
No. 1: Paul Hendrix/Jamie Bautista (AF) def. Billy McDermott/Alejandro Martinez-Morilla 6-3
No. 2: Robert Baylon/Jordan Azuma (AF) def. Jack McDermott/Jeanloup Auzias 6-2
No. 3: Daniel Llorente/David Kijak (MSUD) def. Justin Waldman/Jonathan Mascagni 7-5
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
 
Singles
No. 1: Paul Hendrix (AF) def. Daniel Llorente 6-2, 6-4
No. 2: Justin Waldman (AF) def. Alejandro Martinez-Morilla 6-4, 6-3
No. 3: Jonathan Mascagni (AF) def. Jack McDermott 6-4, 6-2
No. 4: Robert Baylon (AF) def. Billy McDermott 6-4, 7-5
No. 5: Jordan Azuma (AF) def. David Kijak 6-0, 6-3
No. 6: Morgan Ihrig (AF) def. Jeanloup Auzias 6-1, 6-2
Order of finish: 1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6