GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— The Colorado Mesa University men's tennis team will wrap up the season in paradise playing three matches in the state of Hawai'i, beginning Saturday evening.
 
The Mavs, 6-13 this spring, will take on Hawai'i Pacific University, ranked 45^th in the country in their first match before facing Hawai'i Hilo on Sunday.  They will then wrap-up the trip on Monday against Point Loma Nazarene.
 
All three matches will be played on the island of O'ahu and the state capital of Honolulu with the Mavs playing the HPU Sharks at the Kailua Racquet Club.  The location of Sunday's match with Hilo has been in flux but is currently slated to be played at Ke'ehi Lagoon Memorial State Park.  Monday's encounter with Point Loma at the University of Hawai'i's Tennis Courts.
 
Last Times Out
 
The Mavericks split two matches last weekend in Colorado Springs, defeating the University of the Ozarks from Arkansas by a 7-0 score last Friday (Mar. 27) before dropping a 4-3 heart-breaker to Colorado College last Saturday (Mar. 28).
 
The Mavs snapped a 7-match losing streak with the Friday win over the Eagles and did so in dominating fashion conceding an average of just one game per set in singles after winning two of the three doubles matches.
 
In the Saturday match against CC, Diogo Manzano, Emil Hultman and William Leschig were singles winners after Leschig and Henry Scheck claimed a doubles win.
 
Still Ranked
 
The Maverick men's doubles duo of William Leschig and Henry Scheck continues to sit high in the ITA's NCAA Division II rankings.  The Maverick pair now sits 16^th in this week's rankings after reaching a season-high No. 11 ranking in the previous set of rankings.
 
They have a 16-9 record together, including a 11-7 record at No. 1 doubles.  They have faced a brutal schedule, taking on five other nationally-ranked team, going 2-2 with another unfinished match.
 
Chance to tie the record
 
Maverick senior Emil Hultman won both of his No. 3 singles matches last weekend and has raised his season record to 19-8.  His singles win total is tied for the fifth highest in CMU history and the most of any Maverick singles player in 11 years.
 
With one more singles win, Hultman can become the first Maverick to reach the 20-win mark since Andres Garcia-Rojas and Jordan Lyden both won 21 in 2014-15.
 
With two wins, Hultman would match those two men and Jordan Chomko for second on the Mavs' single-season wins chart. 
 
With three wins, Hultman would match Lyden's 2013-14 record of 21 wins.
 
Hultman will also enter his final trip with 61 career singles wins, fourth most in program history. 
 
Lyden has the record of 72 while Chomko won 65 times in his 2006-10 career.  With two wins in Hawai'i, Hultman could match Nick Provenza for third in program history.  With three wins, he would pass Provenza, who had 63 wins from 2006-10.
 
Island First
 
The Mavericks trip to Hawai'i will be their first such trip in program history. 
 
It will also be the seventh state that the Mavs have played in this spring and the eighth this year.
 
Know Your Foes
 
Hawai'i Pacific (Saturday – 10 p.m. MDT/6 p.m. HST)
 
The Sharks were 9-4 entering a Friday night dual against Point Loma.  They are ranked 45^th in this week's ITA NCAA Division II Rankings.
 
They last played on Mar. 17 at Azusa Pacific, wrapping up a 6-day, 5-match trip in Southern California.  They lost 5-2 to Azusa Pacific after winning their previous six matches.
 
The Sharks are ranked third in the PacWest Tennis Rankings as of Wednesday.
 
Hawai'i Hilo (Sunday – Time TBA)
 
The Vulcans are 5-6 on the season and will play Point Loma on Saturday.
 
They won 4-3 at Tyler (Texas) Junior College in their last outing on Mar. 21 after losing three of four matches against Lone Star Conference foes in a tour through Texas and Oklahoma. 
 
Max Solano has the team's best singles record at 8-2, mostly at the No. 2 position.  Jaime Paquet is 7-4 overall and has a 6-4 record at No. 1.  Iori Furuhata is also 6-1 in the No. 5 and 6 spots of the Vulcan lineup.  Paquet is ranked 52^nd in the ITA's national singles rankings.
 
Furuhata and Solano are 5-2 together at No. 3 doubles.
 
The Vulcans are ranked fourth in this week's PacWest rankings.
 
Point Loma Nazarene (Monday - 3:45 p.m. MDT/11:45 a.m. HST)
 
The Sea Lions are currently 4-9 and will play the two Hawaiian foes before meeting the Mavs on Monday.  They have lost four of their last five with a win over Missouri-St. Louis being the lone exception.
 
David Fisinger has the team's best singles record at 9-3 and plays in the No. 2, 3 and 4 spot of the lineup.  Stanislas Noel is 6-6 in the top flight.    He and Finn Krischner are 6-4 together at No. 1 doubles.  They are ranked 43^rd nationally.
 
The Sea Lions are ranked sixth in the PacWest's rankings.
 
Series Histories
 
Saturday's dual with the Hawai'i Pacific Sharks will be the first dual between the teams.
 
The Mavs are 2-7 all-time against the Hawai'i Hilo Vulcans.  The two teams have played seven times in the last three years and eight times in the last four.  Five of those eight matches have been played in Colorado while the other three were in California.
 
The teams split a doubleheader on Mar. 9 in Grand Junction last year.
 
The Mavs are 0-6 all-time against Point Loma.    Five of those matches have been at Point Loma while the other came at the 2021 Pacific West Conference Tournament in Surprise, Arizona.