Lady Jacket Tennis Tops Metro State (3/7/07)

DENVER, CO – The Montana State-Billings women’s tennis team bounced back from a 2-1 deficit after doubles play to defeat Metro State 6-3 on Wednesday.  The Yellowjackets earned singles wins from Heidi Lehman at No. 1, Marta Borges at No. 3, Molly McAlpine at No. 4, Victoria Hernandez at No. 5, and Stacy Dix at No. 6.  Lehman and Brianne Roney won the Jackets’ lone doubles point at No. 1.

The Yellowjacket men fell to the Roadrunners 7-2.  Metro State won all three doubles matches and closed out the match with singles wins at Nos. 3-6.  The Jackets’ two wins came from Tytus Stempniewicz at No. 1 and Phillippe Andermatt at No. 2.  Both Yellowjacket teams are scheduled to play at Mesa State on Thursday.

Women – Montana State-Billings 6, Metro State 3
Singles
#1 Heidi Lehman (MSUB) def. Mitra Hirad (MSCD), 6-0, 6-0
#2 April Hirad (MSCD) def. Brianne Roney (MSUB), 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (9)
#3 Marta Borges (MSUB) def. Alecia Jenkins (MSCD), 6-1, 6-0
#4 Molly McAlpine (MSUB) def. Miriam Evangelista (MSCD), 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (4)
#5 Victoria Hernandez (MSUB) def. Katie Reitz (MSCD), 6-2, 6-2
#6 Stacy Dix (MSUB) def. Orzalla Nabiyar (MSCD), 2-6, 6-1, 1-0 (5)

Doubles
#1 Roney/Lehman (MSUB) def. Jenkins/Evangelista (MSCD), 8-1
#2 Hirad/Hirad (MSCD) def. McAlpine/Borges (MSUB), 8-6
#3 Nabiyar/Reitz (MSCD) def. Jenna Baltrusch/Fernandez (MSUB), 8-4

Men – Metro State 7, Montana State-Billings 2 
Singles
#1 Tytus Stempniewicz (MSUB) def. Sascha Ruckelshausen (MSCD), 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (9)
#2 Phillippe Andermatt (MSUB) def. Riley Meyer (MSCD), 7-5, 6-0
#3 Drew Machholz (MSCD) def. Gabriel Diaz (MSUB), 6-0, 6-1
#4 Mark Milner (MSCD) def. Paco Sanchez (MSUB), 6-7 (4), 6-1, 1-0 (11)
#5 Sean Carlton (MSCD) def. Jarrett Rummel (MSUB), 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (6)
#6 David Scott (MSCD) def. Chad Holgard (MSUB), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
#1 Ruckelshausen/Meyer (MSCD) def. Stempniewicz/Diaz (MSUB), 8-1
#2 Machholz/Milner (MSCD) def. Sanchez/Andermatt (MSUB), 8-4
#3 Scott/Carlton (MSCD) def. Rummel/Holgard (MSUB), 8-0