Boise State's tennis team turned back #61 New Mexico, 5-2 in Albuquerque today.

Andy Bettles and Fillip Pogostkin clinched the doubles point with a 9-7 win.  Carl Ho's win over Scott Sears enabled the Lobos to tie the match but that would be as close as they got.  Coach Greg Patton's Broncos reeled off three consecutive singles wins to score their fourth win of the Mountain West Conference season.  Boise State is now 22-6 on the season and 10-5 vs. ranked teams.

The Broncos host the College of Idaho and UNLV this Friday in their final home matches.  The Coyotes come in at 10 a.m. while the final MWC match is slated for 2 p.m.


From there, it's on to San Diego for the Mountain West Conference Championships April 27-29.  The winner gets an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

No. 30 Boise State 5, No. 61 New Mexico 2

Singles1. No. 69 MEREDITH, James (Boise State) def. PHILLIPS, Jadon (UNM) 6-4, 6-2
2. No. 74 HUME, Damian (Boise State) def. DUNBAR, Ben (UNM) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
3. BETTLES, Andrew (Boise State) def. ANDERSON, Phil (UNM) 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5)
4. BERG, Conor (UNM) def. SEREKE, Nathan (Boise State) 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (12-10), 1-0 (14-12)
5. POGOSTKIN, Filipp (Boise State) def. IFTIKHAR, Samir (UNM) 7-6 (7-4), 1-6, 6-3
6. HO, Carl (UNM) def. SEARS, Scott (Boise State) 7-6 (8-6), 6-1

Doubles1. MEREDITH, James/SEREKE, Nathan (Boise State) def. #45 PHILLIPS, Jadon/ANDERSON, Phil (UNM) 8-4
2. BERG, Conor/DUNBAR, Ben (UNM) def. HUME, Damian/SEARS, Scott (Boise State) 8-3
3. BETTLES, Andrew/POGOSTKIN, Filipp (Boise State def. HO, Carl/HIGNETT, James (UNM) 9-7

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (6,1,3,5, 4, 2)