The Colorado College men's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision to Division II Colorado Mesa University Saturday at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs.
 
Andrew Kaelin won his sixth consecutive singles match to give the Tigers their lone point. Kaelin rallied to edge Jandre van Wyk, 5-7, 6-3, 1-0(9), at the No. 5 match.
 
The Mavericks opened the match by sweeping the three doubles contests. Tyler Landen and William Leschig defeated Aiden Little and Jack Delafield, 8-5, at the top spot, Henry Scheck and van Wyk downed Kaelin and Nate Beerman, 8-6, at the No. 2 position, and Jorge Abreu and Tegan Hartman slipped past August Knox and Nick Bishop, 8-7(5) at No. 3.  
 
Colorado Mesa kept up the momentum in singles action by winning five of the six matches, four of them in straight sets. Lucas Pastor nearly won the No. 2 match, but ultimately fell to Abreu, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0(7), while Beerman (No. 3) and Knox (No. 4) each took his opponent to one tiebreak.
 
The Tigers return to action on Sunday, April 2, against the 31^st-ranked team in Division II, Metro State, in Denver, beginning at 11 a.m.
 
Colorado Mesa University 8, Colorado College 1
April 1, 2023
Memorial Park
Colorado Springs, Colo.
 
Doubles
1. Tyler Landen / William Leschig (CMU) def. Aiden Little / Jack Delafield, 8-5
2. Henry Scheck / Jandre van Wyk (CMU) def. Andrew Kaelin / Nate Beerman, 8-6    
3. Jorge Abreu / Tegan Hartman (CMU) def. August Knox / Nick Bishop, 8-7(5)                     
 
Singles
1. William Leschig (CMU) def. Aiden Little, 6-2, 6-4
2. Jorge Abreu (CMU) def. Lucas Pastor, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0(9)                
3. Henry Scheck (CMU) def. Nate Beerman, 7-6(5), 6-4
4. Diego Manzano (CMU) def. August Knox, 6-2, 7-6(4)
5. Andrew Kaelin (CC) def. Jandre van Wyk, 5-7, 6-3, 1-0(9)
6. Tegan Hartman (CMU) def. Jack Delafield, 6-2, 6-1