For those of you needing good news from University of New Mexico spring sports, there is men’s tennis.
The Lobos defeated Utah State 4-3 at the Mountain West Championshp Saturday in Colorado Springs and advance to Sunday’s 1 p.m. final against either top seed Nevada or No. 4 San Diego State with an automatic NCAA Tourney bid at stake.
UNM (11-12) rallied from a 3-1 deficit with singles wins by Georgio Samaha, Arda Azkara and Jan Pucalka. The latter at No. 4 singles needed a third set with all participants moving to that court to watch. Pucalka had three aces and another service winner to prevail 2-6, 6-0, 7-5.