LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State took an early 1-0 lead after winning the doubles point and never looked back defeating Lamar University, 4-0, Friday afternoon at the NM State Tennis Center.
 
After falling behind early, the Cardinals were trying to battle back in singles taking the opening set on courts 2 and 3. Freshman Arina Gudovskaya won her opening set over NMSU's Lisa Zhu, 6-4 and held a one-game lead in the second set, while junior Megan Do posted a 6-4 score over the Aggies' Whitney Moon.
 
Sophomore Savannah Bijlsma was battling back on court No. 2 and forced a third set. After dropping the opener, 6-0, she flipped the script on State's Dora Kurdi to tie things up with a 7-5 decision in the second.  
 
Unfortunately, those three matches were halted after the Aggies picked up wins on courts 1, 6 and 4, respectively, to close out the match. The Cardinals will now turn their attention to UTEP and a Sunday match in El Paso. The match against the Miners is set to begin at 10 a.m.