The UNM tennis team clawed its way to victory last weekend, racking up wins against Utah, Air Force and San Diego State.
The Lobos beat Utah 4-3 on Friday before following up the win with a clean sweep against Air Force, 7-0 on Saturday.
The Lobos closed out the weekend by defeating San Diego State 5-2 on Sunday.
After the Lobos lost the doubles match to SDSU, UNM's Max Jones made quick work of Matan Shitrit, defeating him in two sets, 6-0, 6-0 on Sunday.
"It was my senior day," Jones said. "I was just fired up to come out here and have a performance like that."
UNM head coach Alan Dils said that Jones' win set the tone for the rest of the day.
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"We did fantastic," he said. "Max was able to go out there and just demolish that guy. But we recognize this is a team effort. And yes, there is great individual accolades with Max being nationally ranked, but I guarantee you he would trade it in a heartbeat for this team to be successful."
From there, UNM took a 3-1 lead as Graeme Kassautzki and Kamil Pajkowski won their singles matches.
Kassautzki won 6-0 and 7-5, while Pajkowski closed out the No. 5 matchup, winning 6-4 and 7-5.
The Aztecs would close the gap as the Bartosz Golas squeaked by Lobo Johnny Parkes in three sets, 7-5, 5-7 and 7-5, in an epic back-and-forth battle.
Ultimately, UNM proved to be too much for the Aztecs as Miles Bugby, and Joe Wood won the final two matches, securing a 5-2 Lobo victory.
With the win, UNM improved to 16-6 overall and 3-0 in the Mountain West Conference.
Despite the early success, Mils said his team still has room for improvement.
"We have had a lot of good wins," he said. "But we have three more big matches next week - Thursday, Friday and Saturday against UNLV, BYU and TCU. Then we want the conference championship - then we want to go to the NCAA tournament. We still have a lot of goals ahead of us. But we have heart and desire and that's what it takes."
Men's tennis vs. UNLV
Thursday, 10 a.m.
Provo, Utah
