Posted: Mar 09, 2021

Men's tennis takes down Pima, 5-4

Tucson, AZ – Taking two of three doubles matches to begin the contest gave the Mesa men's tennis team the momentum it needed to score a 5-4 win on the road over Pima Tuesday.

MCC ran its record to 2-0 to begin the season with the victory.

The No. 1 doubles team of Beto Carlon and Cameron Khan defeated Corey Pabst and Anton Nazaroff, 8-6, and the T-Birds's No. 2 pairing of Leandro Prado and Max Beasley won 8-4 over Mason Lee and Mitchell Wilkinson to earn Mesa a 2-1 lead after doubles play ended.

Carlon and Leandro Prado then took the top two singles matches, Carlon topping Pabst, 7-5, 6-0, and Prado winning over Nazaroff, 6-4, 7-5. Hung Pham also captured the No. 6 singles match with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Emanuel Robles Serrano.

The T-Birds take a short break before returning to action in their first home match, March 18 against Glendale at 1:30 p.m.

Match results

Doubles

No. 1 – Carlon/Khan (MCC) d. Pabst/Nazaroff, 8-6

No. 2 – Prado/Beasley (MCC) d. Lee/Wilkinson, 8-4

No. 3 – Strickland/Robles-Serrano (PCC) d. Porter/Alvarado, 8-5

Singles

No. 1 – Beto Carlon (MCC) d. Corey Pabst, 7-5, 6-0

No. 2 – Leandro Prado (MCC) d. Anton Nazaroff, 6-4, 7-5

No. 3 – Mason Lee (PCC) d. Cameron Khan, 7-6 (4), 1-6, (4-10)

No. 4 – Mitchell Wilkinson (PCC) d. Emilio Alvarado, 7-6 (4), 6-4

No. 5 – Landon Strickland (PCC) d. Max Beasley, 6-1, 6-2