Tennis: Air Force defeats Metro State, Colorado College

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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFPN) --  The U.S. Air Force Academy men's tennis team improved its record to 3-2 this season with a pair of victories over Metro State, 6-1, and Colorado College, 7-0, Feb. 9 at the Academy.

The Falcons beat Metro State in the morning matches and then shut out Colorado College in the afternoon.

The Falcons took two of three doubles matches against Metro State, with Austin Francis and James Tomlin winning, 8-5, at the No. 2 spot. Johnny Buckingham and Greg Ferry followed suit by winning the No. 3 match by the same score.

The Falcons then won five of the six singles matches, four of them in straight sets. Brett Rodgers led things off with a 6-4, 7-5 win in the No. 1 slot, while Francis won 6-3 and 6-1, at No. 2. Tomlin was stretched to three sets at the No. 3 spot before winning, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3.

The Air Force's Taylor Soster lost 6-3 and 6-2 at No. 4, but the Falcons took home the final two matches with Buckingham winning 7-6 and 6-1 at No. 5, and Ferry won at No. 6 6-1 and 6-0.

In the afternoon match against Colorado College, the Falcons once again jumped out to a 1-0 lead by winning two of the three doubles matches. Rodgers and Soster won an 8-2 match. Ferry paired with Harrison Maloy to win the No. 3 match, 8-4.

In singles play, the Falcons won all six singles matches in straight sets, including a 6-0, 6-1 victory for Francis at the No. l spot.

The Academy men's tennis team returns to the court Feb. 14 against South Dakota State at the Academy's indoor courts.

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