COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The MSU Denver women's tennis team played its third exhibition dual in two days against a Division I opponent and earned two singles victories in a 5-2 loss to New Mexico on Sunday.
Ava Neuburger-Higby and
Isabel Heras won at Nos. 1 and 2 singles, respectively, for the Roadrunners.
Neuburger-Higby defeated Yue Lin Chen 6-1, 7-5, while Heras played yet another super-set match, winning 1-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7) over Sarah O'Connor.
Sunday's results:
DOUBLES
1. CHEN, Yue Lin/KAGEYAMA, Myu (NM) def.
Ava Neuburger-Higby/
Isabel Heras (METRO) 6-2
2. HUANG, Hsuan/HUANG, Hsiang-Wen (NM) def.
Marie Cool/
Gala Castello (METRO) 6-1
3. O'CONNOR, Sarah/SODRE, Maria (NM) def. Lilly Steinmeier/
Kayla Myburgh (METRO) 6-3
SINGLES
1.
Ava Neuburger-Higby (METRO) def. CHEN, Yue Lin (NM) 6-1, 7-5
2.
Isabel Heras (METRO) def. O'CONNOR, Sarah (NM) 1-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7)
3. KAGEYAMA, Myu (NM) def.
Gala Castello (METRO) 6-1, 6-4
4. HUANG, Hsiang-Wen (NM) def. Lilly Steinmeier (METRO) 6-1, 6-1
5. HUANG, Hsuan (NM) def.
Riley Peterson (METRO) 6-4, 6-1
6. SODRE, Maria (NM) def.
Monica Guarin (METRO) 6-2, 6-0.
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (6,4,3,5,1,2)