MTEN | Aggies Overcome Gaels in Sacramento

Friday, March 8

Las Cruces, NM

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Saint Mary's College of California

New Mexico State University

Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner

MTEN | Aggies Overcome Gaels in Sacramento

3/9/2019 4:56:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Saint Mary's dropped their second match of Friday against New Mexico State.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Saint Mary's (1-8) dropped their second match on Friday with a 4-2 loss against New Mexico State (6-6) at the Golden Gate Invitational.

Damon Kesaris and James Watt won their doubles match as the Gaels' top tandem but SMC was narrowly defeated on Court 2 and 3 to drop the doubles point.

Kesaris came back after falling in a close first set with two 6-0 sets to win in singles. Matis Bot also won a three-set battle on Court 4 and Abhishek Bastola led in his match before it was called.

DOUBLES
1. Damon Kesaris/James Watt (SMC) def. Menard, Louis/Asmar, Enrique (NMSU) 6-0
2. de Haan, Stijn/Simecek, Martin (NMSU) def. Abhishek Bastola/Matis Bot (SMC) 7-5
3. Buitrago, Nicolas/Flores, Luis (NMSU) def. Daniel Krutik/Andy Watterson (SMC) 7-6

SINGLES
1. Damon Kesaris (SMC) def. de Haan, Stijn (NMSU) 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
2. Menard, Louis (NMSU) def. James Watt (SMC) 6-3, 6-4
3. Abhishek Bastola (SMC) vs. Simecek, Martin (NMSU) 5-4, unfinished
4. Matis Bot (SMC) def. Asmar, Enrique (NMSU) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
5. Buitrago, Nicolas (NMSU) def. Brian Lee (SMC) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
6. Flores, Luis (NMSU) def. David Abfalter (SMC) 6-7, 6-1, 6-3

UP NEXT: CALIFORNIA
Saint Mary's will play their rescheduled match against Cal on Monday in Berkeley. More information for the game can be found on the team's schedule page.