Arda Azkara remained unbeaten in his career at home, and the University of New Mexico men’s tennis team picked up four singles wins to knock Nevada out of the top spot in the league with a 4-1 win on Saturday.
UNM moved to 11-5 overall and stayed unbeaten in Mountain West play at 2-0. Nevada, the defending conference regular-season and tournament champion, dropped to 8-6, 2-1.
UNM, which got a clinching win from lone freshman Nikolay Sysoev, suffered its only loss of the day in doubles. Aram Noroozian and Georgio Samaha also earned singles wins as the Lobos improved to 5-1 at home.