PUEBLO, Colo— The Colorado Mesa University Mavericks posted their second big women's tennis win in as many days as the Mavericks dominated host CSU Pueblo on Sunday here at the Pueblo Tennis Center.
The Mavericks, now 9-12 overall, swept the doubles matches dropping just five total games before posting five 6-0 set wins in singles play to record a 7-0 team victory over the winless ThunderWolves (0-9), a team they have now defeated 36 consecutive times since 2007.
Two of the Mavs' three doubles victories came by 6-1 margins as
Julianna Campos and
Lauren Thomas defeated Alyssa Wells and Malaya Pendon at No. 3 before
Maike Waldburger and
Halle Romero clinched the doubles point with a victory over Katherine Ambrose and Marissa Sena at No. 2.
The Mavs' No. 1 duo of
Macy Richards and
Makenna Livingston also posted a 6-3 win over Kali Hamilton and Tilly Blasdale.
Paige Furin and
Kenna Kelley also claimed a 6-0 exhibition doubles win over Sonrisa Bustamente and Roma Cordova.
In singles, the Mavericks were just as dominant despite playing without their top two players.
Romero won 6-0, 6-1 over Blasdale in the second flight while Richards defeated Ambrose by the same margins in reverse order at No. 3 singles.
Campos did not drop a game in her 6-0, 6-0 win over Sena at No. 4 singles while
Kenna Kelley defeated Cordova, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5. Furin was also in the lineup for the first time since Feb. 20 and delivered a comprehensive 6-1, 6-0 win over Bustamante at No. 6.
Meanwhile, Waldburger played in the top spot for the first time this season and came from a set down to defeat Hamilton, 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3) in the final match of the day.
Thomas had also won a pair of 6-1 exhibition sets over Pendon and Wells.
CMU went 2-1 as a team on the weekend on the Front Range and will play the same three in-state foes in MSU Denver, CSU Pueblo and Colorado College in their only home matches of the campaign next weekend, beginning Friday (Apr. 8) against the Roadrunners, who had won a tight 4-3 decision in Denver this past Friday.
