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Box Score 2 PUEBLO, Colo. — A 6-1 victory Friday night over Fort Hays State gave Colorado Mesa head coach Dan MacDonald his 300th career victory on the women's side of the program.
Earlier on the first day of the Pueblo Duals, the Mavericks defeated CSU Pueblo 7-0, and then hit the milestone after a lightning delay and being forced indoors to play. Ironically, MacDonald was in Topeka, Kan., on Friday, coaching the men's team in the Washburn Invitational. As the head coach of both teams, the wins go on his record, which improved to 300-235. MacDonald has won 227 duals on the men's side.
Colorado Mesa swept the Tigers in doubles, but Fort Hays State's Molly Gaddis won a straight-set match over Jade Brilhante (3-2 this fall) at No. 2 singles to tie things up. The Mavericks, though, rattled off the remaining five singles matches, with Devyn Rodriguez improving to 5-0 in singles with a 6-0, 7-6 (7-1) win at No. 1 over Yone Pereiro.
Valentina Gonzalez (3-1) gutted out a third-set tiebreaker, 6-3, 2-6, 10-8, to win the No. 3 singles match against Bethan Gill, and Catalina Ballon (5-1) clinched the dual with a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 4 over Ines Latorre.
Delia Maier (3-1) followed with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Janae Montoya at No. 5 and Sophie Hartman (4-0) took a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 6 over Agge Efthimiou.
In doubles, Rodriguez and Brilhante won 6-3 at No. 1, Ballon and Maier took a 6-2 victory at No. 2, and Gonzalez and Hartman also won their No. 3 match 6-2.
The Mavericks won their 45th straight dual against CSU Pueblo, the last 14 coming by 7-0 scores, as was Friday's score, putting MacDonald at 299 women's dual victories.
The Mavericks dropped only three games in doubles, then lost only two sets in singles to keep their winning streak intact against the ThunderWolves.
Junior Devyn Rodriguez, playing No. 1 singles, claimed a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Margot Aebischer, with Jade Brilhante rallying from a first-set loss at No. 2 to win. Brilhante took a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory against Fernanda Martinez. Valentina Gonzalez and Catalina Ballon claimed 6-2, 6-2 wins at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively, with Delia Maier breezing to a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles. Sophie Hartman went to a third-set tiebreaker at No. 6 singles before claiming a 6-1, 4-6, 10-7 victory.
Rodriguez and Brilhante won their doubles match 6-1, Maier and Ballon won 6-2 at No. 2 singles and Gonzalez and Hartman took the No. 3 match 6-0.
