KEARNEY, Neb.— The Colorado Mesa University men's and women's tennis teams both suffered 7-0 losses to the nationally-ranked Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats on Saturday morning here in neutral-site indoor action at the Ernest Grundy Tennis Center.
 
The Maverick men wrapped up their 4-match weekend here with a 2-2 mark and fell to 3-4 overall as the No. 20 Bearcats improved to 2-0.
 
The CMU women are now 4-5 overall after going 1-3 on the trip, which included match-ups with William Jewell, host Nebraska-Kearney, and Rockhurst.  The 17^th-ranked Bearcats are now 2-0.
 
Saturday's duals were played concurrently.
 
CMU's lone win came at No. 2 doubles of the men's dual as Emil Hultman and Philemon Jabin scored a 6-2 win over Michael Delebois and Rafal Bednarczuk.  Hultman and Jabin have now won four straight decisions and went 3-0 with one match left unfinished in doubles play over the weekend.
 
However, the Bearcats won the other two doubles matches, squeaking out a 7-6 (7-5) win on Court 3.
 
They also swept the singles matches although Maverick sophomore William Leschig took Mason Meier to the absolute limit in a battle of regionally-ranked players at No. 2 singles.  Meier, tenth in the ITA's Central Region rankings, eventually pulled out the win, 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (13-11) over Leschig, ranked 18^th in the West Region.
 
The Bearcat women also swept the singles matches after taking all three doubles matches as well. 
 
Kristen Thomas led the Maverick effort, but dropped a 6-1, 6-7 (7-9), 1-0 (10-8) decision at No. 3 singles as the Mavericks rested their normal No. 1 and 2 players in singles play allowing freshman and normal No. 3 Devyn Rodriguez to make her first start at No. 1.  Rodriguez fell to Central Region No. 19 Carolina DeOliveira, 6-1, 6-2 as her 3-match winning streak was stopped.
 
The Mavericks will head outdoors next week playing three duals in the Phoenix area next Friday and Saturday.