Falcons Drop Season Finale, 7-0, to New Mexico
    AFA plays TCU in MWC quarterfinals next Wednesday

    Sophomore Lance Wilhelm
    Sophomore Lance Wilhelm

    April 23, 2011

    The Air Force men's tennis team wrapped up its 2011 regular season Saturday with a 7-0 loss to New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M. With the win, the Lobos improved to 14-9 overall and 4-2 in the Mountain West Conference, while the Falcons fell to 10-13 and 0-6 in league play.

    The host team claimed the doubles point with wins at all three spots, beginning with an 8-1 victory by Ben Dunbar and Conor Berg over Taylor Soster and Andy Jackson at the No. 2 position. Clinching the doubles point for UNM was Carl Ho and Joe Wood at No. 3, defeating Alex Grubbs and Ali Rizvi, 8-0. Jadon Phillips and Phil Anderson completed the doubles sweep with an 8-4 win against Lance Wilhelm and Steven Young at No. 1.

    In singles play, New Mexico won four of the six matches in straight sets, with the two three-setters coming at the No. 1 and 4 spots. Wilhelm lost to Phillips, 6-1, 6-7, 10-7 at the top spot, suffering his fourth loss in three sets against MWC No. 1 opponents this season. Ho downed Grubbs, 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 at No. 4 in the other three-setter.

    The Falcons enter next week's Mountain West Conference Championships as the seventh seed and will face No. 2 seed TCU on Wednesday, April 27 at 2 p.m. in Fort Collins, Colo.

    New Mexico 7, Air Force 0
    April 23, 2011
    Albuquerque, NM

    Singles
    1. Jadon Phillips (UNM) def. Lance Wilhelm 6-1, 6-7, 10-7
    2. Ben Dunbar (UNM) def. Andy Jackson 7-5, 6-3
    3. Phil Anderson (UNM) def. Taylor Soster 6-1, 6-3
    4. Carl Ho (UNM) def. Alex Grubbs 4-6, 6-4, 10-4
    5. Conor Berg (UNM) def. Steven Young 6-1, 6-1
    6. Joe Wood (UNM) def. Alex Beaussart 6-2, 7-5
    Order of Finish: 3, 5, 6, 1, 2, 4

     

     

    Doubles
    1. Phillips / Anderson (UNM) def. Wilhelm / Young 8-4
    2. Dunbar / Berg (UNM) def. Jackson / Soster 8-1
    3. Ho / Wood def. Grubbs / Ali Rizvi 8-0
    Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
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