PUEBLO, Colo -- Sullivan Roche won for the second time in three matches, defeating his opponent at No. 4 singles in straight sets, and four other Sonoma State men's tennis players forced 10-point tiebreakers in their singles matches, but no one else could notch the win in Friday's 8-1 loss to Colorado Mesa in Pueblo, Colo.  The Seawolves fell to 1-9 this season while the Mavericks improved to 8-10.

After falling behind 3-0 through doubles action, Sonoma battled tough to force the tiebreakers in four of the six singles matches.  First, Alec Wong won his first set 6-2, but eventually lost 1-6 and 5-10 at No. 2.  Max Nudell lost his first set (2-6), but rallied for a 6-4 win in set two before falling 9-11 at No. 1.  Mitchel Heckmann snatched a 7-5 win in his first set at No. 3, but his opponent came back for 6-3 and 10-6 wins to clinch the match for Colorado Mesa, despite the win by Roche at No. 4.  Blaine Mengert forced the other tiebreaker at No. 5, he lost his first set 5-7, won the next 6-2, but lost 7-10 in the tiebreaker to end the match.

Sonoma State continues its annual Colorado trip Saturday with a match against Colorado College at 4:00 pm PDT.

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Colorado Mesa 8, Sonoma State 1
Mar 31, 2017 at Pueblo, CO

Singles competition
1. Cody Freischlag (CMU) def. Max Nudell (SSU) 6-2, 4-6, 11-9
2. Max Lindqvist (CMU) def. Alec Wong (SSU) 2-6, 6-1, 10-5
3. Nicholas Farmen (CMU) def. Mitchel Heckmann (SSU) 5-7, 6-3, 10-6
4. Sullivan Roche (SSU) def. Lucas Martin (CMU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Oliver Lindqvist (CMU) def. Blaine Mengert (SSU) 7-5, 2-6, 10-7
6. Alain De La Bastide (CMU) def. Nicky Valdecanas (SSU) 6-3, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Cody Freischlag/Nicholas Farmen (CMU) def. Max Nudell/Alec Wong (SSU) 8-3
2. Oliver Lindqvist/William Agritelley (CMU) def. Kevin To/Mitchel Heckmann (SSU) 8-2
3. Lucas Martin/Alain De La Bastide (CMU) def. Blaine Mengert/Sullivan Roche (SSU) 8-6

Match Notes
Sonoma State 1-9
Colorado Mesa 8-10
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,1,3,4,6,5)