New Mexico Results | San Francisco Results

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Wichita State rolled over San Francisco (4-0) and No. 46 New Mexico (4-1) Saturday to advance to the championship of the Mountain Pacific Tournament tomorrow at the McKinnon Family Tennis Center.
 
The Shockers will face the winner of Brown and Grand Canyon in the championship tomorrow with a time to be determined.
 
AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO
Since all teams in the field are playing two matches Saturday, the match began with singles play.  The Shockers made quick work of the Dons, winning four straight matches to clinch the dual. Junior Andrea Caligiana picked up win number three on the season, losing only one game to Marco Barretto (6-0, 6-1) in the sixth flight. Senior co-captain Miroslav Herzan kept it rolling for the Shockers, with a straight-set victory over Ryan Marker in the flight four, (6-2, 6-3).
 
In the third flight, it was Murkel Dellien taking on Oliver Poysti of San Francisco. Dellien stretched Wichita State's lead to three with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Poysti. With the win, Dellien extends his win streak to six.
 
Eddie Stoica clinched the match for the Shockers in the fifth flight, dropping Paul Giraud. After rolling in set one (6-1), Stoica trailed 5-4 in the second before reeling off a 7-6 win to improve to 4-2 in the fifth flight.
 
AGAINST NO. 46 NEW MEXICO
The Shockers used three early first-set rallies by juniors Marius Frosa, Eddie Stoica and sophomore Murkel Dellien to knock off No. 46 New Mexico.
 
Trailing 5-4 in the first set, Frosa roared back to force a tiebreaker and take the set (7-6) against Bart Van Leijsen in the second flight. The junior from Romania coasted in the second set to give Wichita State an early 1-0 lead. Stoica too trailed 5-4 to Stepan Holis in flight five, before coming back to win the tiebreaker (7-6). In the second, Stoica cruised to a 6-3 victory, winning his fifth straight and giving the black and yellow a 2-0 lead.
 
The Lobos got on the board in the sixth flight, where Sean Baklini and Andrea Caligiana went toe-to-to in both sets. Caligiana fell short in both sets, losing both in tiebreakers (7-6, 7-6).  Herzan battled Jorge Escutia in a three-set match in the fourth flight. After losing the first set (6-2), Herzan dominated sets two and three (7-5, 7-5) to give WSU a 3-1 advantage.
 
Junior Haru Inoue recorded his first win over a ranked opponent this season, knocking off No. 103 ranked Ricky Hernandez Tong in three sets (4-6, 6-3, 7-5) to clinch the match for the Shockers (4-1).
 
The win moves the Shockers to 5-5 on the season, and winners of their last four. Wichita State advances to the Championship of the Mountain Pacific Tournament for the second-straight season. Last season, the Shockers claimed the trophy with wins over UT-Arlington, No. 39 Cal Poly and Fresno State.

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Wichita State 4, #46 New Mexico 1

Singles competition
1. Haru Inoue (WSU) def. #103 Ricky Hernandez Tong (UNM) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
2. Marius Frosa (WSU) def. Bart Van Leijsen (UNM) 7-6, 6-3
3. Dominic West (UNM) vs. Murkel Dellien (WSU) 6-7, 5-5, unfinished
4. Miroslav Herzan (WSU) def. Jorge Escutia (UNM) 2-6, 7-5, 7-5
5. Eddie Stoica (WSU) def. Stepan Holis (UNM) 7-6, 6-3
6. Sean Baklini (UNM) def. Andrea Caligiana (WSU) 7-6, 7-6

Doubles competition
1. Murkel Dellien/Marius Frosa (WSU) vs. Jorge Escutia/Bart Van Leijsen (UNM) no result
2. Andrea Caligiana/Miroslav Herzan (WSU) vs. Ricky Hernandez Tong/Dominic West (UNM) no result
3. Haru Inoue/Eddie Stoica (WSU) vs. Sean Baklini/Stepan Holis (UNM) no result

Match Notes:
Wichita State 5-5
New Mexico 7-5; National ranking #46
Order of finish: Doubles (); Singles (2,5,6,4,1)