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Lobos Fall to ETSU 5-2

by Frank Mercogliano

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — New Mexico dropped the doubles point and saw a couple of winning streaks in singles end as East Tennessee State defeated UNM 5-2 on Sunday in Johnson City.  The Lobos are off until next Saturday when they travel to Denver to face the Pioneers.  UNM is now 9-4 on the season.

The Lobos got singles wins from Aram Noroozian, who won 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 at No. 3 singles, a from Alex Maggs, who stayed unbeaten on the spring season with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles.  However, Arda Azkara’s five-match winning streak was snapped 6-3, 7-5 and Georgio Samaha’s team-leading 10-match winning streak was snapped 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.

UNM’s match at Denver will end the non-conference season for UNM.

NOTES: Samaha still leads the team with 19 overall singles wins … both Noroozian and Samaha are now 10-1 in their last 11.