April 24, 2004

MOBILE, Ala. - No. 6 seed New Mexico State took a 4-0 win over injury-plagued Denver in Saturday consolation action of the 2004 Sun Belt Conference Men's Tennis Championships.

The Aggies (11-11) will face UNO in Sunday's 8 a.m. fifth-place match, while the Pioneers (13-11) will meet Western Kentucky in the seventh-place match at 2 p.m. today.

NMSU won the doubles point when All-Sun Belt standout Danilo Zivanovic and partner Luis Avila took an 8-4 win at the No. 2 slot. The Aggies won the No. 3 doubles by default.

After getting another default point at No. 6, the Aggies closed the match out with straight-set wins at No. 4 (Christian Halligan) and No. 5 (Stjepan Beg).

NMSU tallied its second win over Denver this year.

MEN'S CONSOLATION
No. 6 New Mexico State 4, No. 7 Denver 0
SinglesNo. 1 Ben Archer-Clowes (NMSU)vs. Hans-Peter Gaber (DU), DNFNo. 2 Danilo Zivanovic (NMSU)vs. Viktor Zetterholm (DU), DNFNo. 3 Luis Avila (NMSU)vs. Jason Tan (DU), DNFNo. 4 Christian Halligan (NMSU)def. Niki Popovic (DU), 6-4, 6-4No. 5 Stjepan Beg (NMSU)def. Steve Flaks (DU), 6-3, 6-2No. 6 Tyler Lyon (NMSU) wins by default
DOUBLESNo. 1 Gaber-Popovic (DU)def. Archer-Clowles-Lyon (NMSU), 8-3No. 2 Zivanovic-Avila (NMSU)def. Tan-Zetterholm (DU), 8-4No. 3 Halligan-Beg (NMSU) wins by default