2 placings for 'Stangs in new format
Ruegsegger-Mackenzie take third place; Duke 4th in the new individual format held over the weekend in Pueblo.
Mullen boys grabbed two placings on Saturday in the first year of the Class 4A individual tournament.
The Mustangs’ Nicholas Ruegsegger-Colin Mackenzie finished in third place at No. 1 doubles and Patrick Duke was fourth at No. 2 singles.
Ruegsegger-Mackenzie defeated J.P. Carter-Wiley Carter of Steamboat Springs 6-1, 7-5.
And Duke, who made the semifinals, the best of any of the seven Mullen lines, fell to Niwot’s Lichen Liao 0-6, 1-6.
Under first-year coach Jeff Lepley, the Mustangs also won a first-round match (over Peak to Peak) in the new 16-school bracket that will decide the team championship.
CLASS 4A INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT
SATURDAY
At Pueblo City Park
Playbacks
Third Place
No. 2 singles - Patrick Duke lost to Lichen Liao, Niwot 0-6, 1-6; Duke takes fourth.
Third Place
No. 1 doubles – Nicholas Ruegsegger-Colin Mackenzie def. J.P. Carter-Wiley Carter, Steamboat Springs 6-1, 7-5.
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