The Colorado College men's tennis team put up a good fight on Sunday but dropped a 9-0 decision to Division II Metro State in Denver. The Tigers fell to 3-10 this season while the Roadrunners, ranked No. 6 regionally, improved to 12-9.
 
Metro State swept the three doubles matches, led by the No. 1 duo of Josh Graetz and Nick Baker, who defeated senior Jack Burger and sophomore Jason Gutierrez, 8-3.
 
In singles play, Metro won five of the six contests in straight sets. The only match to go the distance was at the No. 5 spot, where junior Ross Sherman lost the first set to Trevor Jones, 6-4, but rallied to win the second-set tiebreak 7-5 before falling 11-9 in the third-set super tiebreak.
 
Senior Taylor Delehanty extended John Qualls to a pair of tiebreaks at the No. 4 position but fell 7-6(3), 7-6(2).
 
"Ross found a way to fight off the wind and push his match to a third set today," CC head coach Anthony Weber said. "Taylor also continued his surge and was just a few points from pulling out a set or two."
 
The Tigers play the first of four matches against Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) opponents on Thursday, April 16 against Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
 
Metro State 9, Colorado College 0
April 12, 2015
Denver, Colo.

Doubles
1. Josh Graetz / Nick Baker (MSUD) def. Jason Gutierrez / Jack Burger, 8-3
2. Calum Hayes / John Qualls (MSUD) def. Taylor Delehanty / Jake Peterson, 8-4
3. Ludvig Henrikson / Sam Stember (MSUD) def. Jack Benham / Ross Sherman, 8-3
 
Singles
1. Josh Graetz (MSUD) def. Jason Gutierrez, 6-2, 7-5
2. Nick Baker (MSUD) def. Jack Burger, 6-3, 6-3
3. Calum Hayes (MSUD) def. Casey Shaw, 6-1, 6-3
4. John Qualls (MSUD) def. Taylor Delehanty, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2)
5. Trevor Jones (MSUD) def. Ross Sherman, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 1-0 (9)
6. Ludvig Henrikson (MSUD) def. Jack Benham, 6-4, 6-1