KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men's tennis team had its four-match win streak snapped after a 1-6 loss to New Mexico State on Thursday at the Plaza Tennis Center in its first Western Athletic Conference match of the season.

UTRGV (8-9, 0-1 WAC) fell behind early in the match after falling in each of the doubles matches.

New Mexico State (10-6, 1-0 WAC) added to its lead in singles play with wins on courts three and six to extend its lead to 3-0.

UTRGV got on the board after sophomore Clément Sarradin picked up the 7-5, 6-2 win over Enrique Asmar on court four.

New Mexico State added another win on court one to clinch the win. On courts two and five junior Yehonatan Kaufman and freshman Zane Kohrs each to their matches to three sets but it was New Mexico State who came away with victories to close out the match.

UTRGV will close out the weekend and the first WAC cluster of the season when it faces Grand Canyon University on Friday at 9 a.m. at the Plaza Tennis Center.

Complete Results
Singles (3,6,4,1,2,5)
1. Christofer Goncalves (NMSU) def. Dennis Boisseau (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-1
2. Stijn de Haan(NMSU) 6-0, 6-1 def. Yehonatan Kaufman (UTRGV) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
3. Sergi Espias (NMSU) def. Elliot Johnstone (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-4
4. Clément Sarradin (UTRGV) def. Enrique Asmar (NMSU) 7-5, 6-2
5. Mauri Benitez (NMSU) def. Zane Kohrs (UTRGV) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
6. Louis Menard (NMSU) def. Mateo Schmit (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-0

Doubles (2,1,3)
1. Christopher Goncalves/Sergi Espias (NMSU) def. Mateo Schmit/Yehonatan Kaufman (UTRGV) 6-1
2. Stijn de Haan/Mauri Benitez (NMSU) def. Zane Kohrs/Clément Sarradin (UTRGV) 6-2
3. Enrique Asmar/Louis Menard (NMSU) def. Michael Loyd/Elliot Johnstone (UTRGV) 6-2