PUEBLO, COLO. – The Colorado Mesa University men's tennis team opened the season with a split in Pueblo Friday (Sept. 11). Colorado Mesa defeated Texas-Permian Basin 7-2 and fell to Neb.-Kearney 8-1.

Texas-Permian Basin won at No. 2 and 3 doubles with the lone Mesa win at No. 1. Andres Garcia-Rojas and Cody Freischlag earned an 8-5 win over Caio Aguiar and Cole Davis.

Garcia-Rojas followed up with a come from behind victory at No. 1 singles. He defeated Cole Davis 2-6, 6-3, 10-5.

Freischlag also won at No. 2 singles defeating Thomas Rice 4-6, 7-5, 10-6.

Lucas Martin and Max Lindqvist earned their first career wins at No. 3 and No. 4 singles.

Trevor Brown won at No. 5 and Ben Schlichting won at No. 6 to complete the sweep of singles for CMU.

Cody Frieschlag collected the lone win for CMU against UNK defeating Mohab El Zanaty 6-3, 1-6, 10-7.

CMU will participate in a singles and doubles tournament at MSU Denver Sept. 18-19.