GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— Tyler Landen and William Leschig each won two main draw matches to lead the Colorado Mesa University men's tennis team on the first day of competition during the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) West Regional Championships on Thursday here at the Elliott Tennis Center.
 
Landen and Leschig teamed for a doubles win and advanced to Friday's main draw quarterfinals while Landen moved to the round of 16 in the main singles draw with a come-from-behind victory over MSU Denver's Carlos Pinedo.  Landen dropped the first set and was in the middle before a short rain delay helped him turn the tide in his 2-6, 6-4, 10-6 win.

Leschig also scored a 3-set win over the Roadrunners' Juho Kanotla in the consolation bracket and is one of seven Mavs still alive in consolation singles play after the first of the tournament's three days.
 
The Mavs also have three doubles teams still alive in the consolation quarterfinals, all of which received byes after falling in their opening main draw matches, which kicked off nearly 11 hours of play at 8 a.m. on Thursday morning.
 
Landen and Leschig received a first round bye in doubles and then took out MSU Denver's Billy McDermott and Jean-Loup Auzias in the second round by an 8-5 margin.
 
Emil Hultman and Jandre Van Wyk had also recorded a first round doubles win over Sebastian Herrera and Isaac Cordova of Biola in the first round.  Herrera is the defending champion and top seed in the singles draw. 
 
Hultman and Van Wyk then fell to the No. 2 seeds Leyton Bohren and Miha Veliciki of Azusa Pacific in the second round.
 
Elsewhere, Jorge Abreu picked up a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) win over David Strassburger of Point Loma Nazarene in the first round of singles play before dropping his second round match to the sixth-seeded Leon Czarnikau of Concordia.
 
Four other Mavs won a main draw singles set in their opening round matches, but went down in the 10-point match tiebreakers.
 
Hultman also recorded a win over teammate Brandon Keller in the second round of consolation singles play.  That 6-2, 6-1 victory came in a match moved up from Friday morning to help avoid any possible weather-related delays.  Van Wyk also moved to the consolation quarterfinals by walkover.
 
Friday's action will begin at 8 a.m.  The tournament runs through Saturday.
   
Main Draw-First Round
Brodrick Bohren/Vilislav Bonev (Azusa Pacific) def. Jackson McKay/Brandon Keller (Colorado Mesa), 8-4
Tyler Landen/William Leschig (Colroado Mesa), Bye
Adam Kartzinel/Alexander Edmonston (Concordia) def. Henry Scheck/Jamison Pfingston (Colorado Mesa), 8-4
Elias Walter/Dylan Parsley (Azusa Pacific) def. Diogo Manzano/Jorge Abreu (Colorado Mesa), 8-4
Emil Hultman/Jandre Van Wyk (Colorado Mesa) def. Sebastian Herrera/Isaac Cordova (Biola), 8-6

Main Draw-Round of 16
Landen/Leschig (Colorado Mesa) def. Billy McDermott/Jean-Loup Auzias (MSU Denver), 8-5
#2 Leyton Bohren/Miha Veliciki (Azusa Pacific) def. Hultman/Van Wyk, 8-2

Consolation Draw-Round of 16
McKay/Keller, Bye
Scheck/Pfingston, Bye
Manzano/Abreu, Bye
  Main Draw-First Round
Lukas Schuster (Point Loma) def. Keller (Colorado Mesa); 6-1, 6-0
Kartzinel (Concordia) def. Hultman (Colorado Mesa); 6-1, 6-4
Abreu (Colorado Mesa) def. David Strassburger (Point Loma); 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
Isaac Cordova (Biola) def. Van Wyk (Colorado Mesa); 6-4, 3-6, 10-6
Landen (Colorado Mesa), Bye
Tim Nutz (Concordia) def. Leschig (Colorado Mesa); 6-4, 6-7 (9-11), 10-4
Mike Jansen (Concordia) def. Manzano (Colorado Mesa); 6-3, 6-3
Nabeel Khan (Point Loma) def. Pfingston (Colorado Mesa); 4-6, 6-1, 10-2
Alejandro Castaneda (Point Loma) def. Scheck (Colorado Mesa); 4-6, 6-3, 10-4
McDermott (MSU Denver) def. McKay (Colorado Mesa); 6-1, 6-0

Main Draw-Second Round
#6 Leon Czarnikau (Concordia) def. Abreu (Colorado Mesa); 6-4, 6-2
Landen (Colorado Mesa) def. Carlos Pinedo (MSU Denver); 2-6, 6-4, 10-6

Consolation Draw-First Round
Keller (Colorado Mesa); Bye
Hultman (Colorado Mesa); Bye
Van Wyk (Colorado Mesa); Bye
Leschig (Colorado Mesa) def. Juho Kantola (MSU Denver); 3-6, 6-4, 10-6
Manzano (Colorado Mesa); Bye
Pfingston (Colorado Mesa); Bye
Scheck (Colorado Mesa) def. Miha Velicki (Azuza Pacific); Walkover
McKay (Colorado Mesa); Bye

Consolation-Round of 16
Hultman (Colorado Mesa) def. Keller (Colorado Mesa); 6-2, 6-1
Van Wyk (Colorado Mesa) def. Strassburger (Point Loma); Walkover