DENVER, Col. - The Montana State University Billings Men's tennis team finished Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play with a road trip to Colorado.  They went 1-3 and grabbed their first conference win.  The Yellowjackets were a team of two tales this past weekend as they fell to Western New Mexico University 0-9, beat Colorado Christian University 8-1 the lost to Colorado Mesa University 0-9. 
 
MSUB 0 WNMU 9
 
The Yellowjackets got off to bumpy start as Western cruised only dropped one set to MSUB.  The set was won by Eric De Romas who lost at number three singles 3-6, 7-6 (7-4 in the tiebreaker), 10-6 in the third set tie breaker. 

 In doubles, the number one team of Brandon Beardsley and Josh Hedderig lost 2-8, DeRomas and Kavindu Gamage fell 6-8, while the number three team of Austin Kiche and Daniil Gorkov lost 3-8. 
 MSUB struggled through singles as Beardsley lost 1-6, 1-6 playing number one; Hedderig was beat 0-6, 1-6; Gamamge lost 4-6, 3-6; Kische fell 0-6, 2-6 and Gorkov was beat 2-6, 3-6.
 
Singles Competition
 
1. Rodrigo Almeida (WNMU) def. Brandon Beardsley (MSU-B) 6-1, 6-1
2. JeanLaurent Pageault (WNMU) def. Josh Hedderig (MSU-B) 6-0, 6-1
3. Sascha Brechtel (WNMU) def. Eric De Romas (MSU-B) 3-6, 7-6, 10-6
4. Alvaro Nunez (WNMU) def. Kavindu Gamage (MSU-B) 6-4, 6-3
5. Francisco Damasio (WNMU) def. Austin Kische (MSU-B) 6-0, 6-2
6. Omar Lopez (WNMU) def. Daniil Gorkov (MSU-B) 6-2, 6-3
 
Doubles Competition
 
1. Rodrigo Almeida/JeanLaurent Pageault (WNMU) def. Brandon Beardsley/Josh Hedderig (MSU-B) 8-2
2. Francisco Damasio/Alvaro Nunez (WNMU) def. Kavindu Gamage/Eric De Romas (MSU-B) 9-7
3. Omar Lopez/Sascha Brechtel (WNMU) def. Daniil Gorkov/Austin Kische (MSU-B) 8-3
 
 
MSUB 8 CCU 1
 
MSU-Billings came out firing in match number two as they dominated Colorado Christian 8-1.  MSUB swept doubles for the first time this season as Beardsley and Hedderig won 8-4, DeRomas and Gamage rolled to an 8-0 victory while Kische and Gorkov won 8-1 to give MSUB the 3-0 advantage going into singles play.
 
The lone CCU victory came at number one singles as Beardsley fell in three set 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3.  The rest of the Yellowjacket line up did not drop a set.  Hedderig won 6-1, 6-0 at number two; DeRomas was victorious 6-2, 6-0; Gamage did not lose a game as he won 6-0, 6-0 playing number four; Kische and Gorkov both dominated winning 6-1, 6-0 in their matches.

"The Men recovered from the loss this morning and rebounded nicely with an 8-1 win against CCU," head Kosich said.  "Coming back in fine fashion such as they did is sometimes a tough thing to after suffering a loss like that.  We will look to build on this performance."    
 
Singles competition
 
1. Santiago De La Rosa (CCUMT) def. Brandon Beardsley (MSUBM) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
2. Josh Hedderig (MSUBM) def. David Horner (CCUMT) 6-1, 6-0
3. Eric De Romas (MSUBM) def. Wesley Jones (CCUMT) 6-2, 6-0
4. Kavindu Gamage (MSUBM) def. Jake Brandt (CCUMT) 6-0, 6-0
5. Austin Kische (MSUBM) def. Matt Walberer (CCUMT) 6-1, 6-0
6. Danill Gorkov (MSUBM) def. Jon Woods (CCUMT) 6-0, 6-0
 
Doubles competition

1. Brandon Beardsley/Josh Hedderig (MSUBM) def. Santiago De La Rosa/David Horner (CCUMT) 8-4
2. Eric De Romas/Kavindu Gamage (MSUBM) def. Wesley Jones/Jake Brandt (CCUMT) 8-0
3. Austin Kische/Danill Gorkov (MSUBM) def. Matt Walberer/Jon Woods (CCUMT) 8-1
 
 
 
MSUB 0 CMU 9
 
In the regular season finale, MSUB fought hard but fell to Mesa.  Mesa swept doubles beginning with number one as Beardsley and Hedderig lost 1-8.  DeRomas and Gamage fought hard but lost 9-7.  Kische and Gorkov exchanged games back and forth with Mesa but ultimately lost 9-8 (7-5 in the tie breaker played at 8-8) in a heart breaking match. 
 
The lone MSUB victory came when Gamage won his 11th match of the year 7-5, 6-4 playing number four singles.  Beardsley lost 6-3, 6-2, Hedderig lost 6-3, 6-3 and DeRomas fell 6-3, 6-3 as well.  With the match clinched, the remaining players, Kische and Gorkov just played a pro set to finish the match.  Mesa won both as Kische lost 4-8 and Gorkov fell 3-8.  
 
"We finished the regular season against the top rated team in our conference.  The scores are not a good representation of how we competed and is most matches the result was a few points away from going our way.  We have played roughly half of the matches that our conference opponents have so this provided us the opportunity to improve and gain experience.  Watch out for us in the RMAC Championships this coming weekend." 
 
MSUB next travels to Grand Junction Colorado for the RMAC championship tournament scheduled to be played on April 18th and 19th.