TUCSON, Ariz. – Day one of the fall season is officially in the books as NM State traveled west to compete in the Wildcat Invite hosted by Arizona.
 
To open the day, rivals became allies as the Aggies' Henrik Lynum teamed up with New Mexico's Arthur Bellegy to defeat the Northern Arizona duo of Lance Urlaub and Morgan Donovan in a tightly contested match. The team consisting of one Aggie and one Lobo defeated the Lumberjacks by a score of 7-6 (7-5). From there, Lynum and Bellegy drew the team of Leon Roider and Pablo Gomez Galvan from Gonzaga. The Bulldog pair landed a bye in the first round of the tournament and fresh legs prevailed as Roider and Gomez Galvan topped Lynum and Bellegy, 6-4.
 
The newcomer duo of Tobias Wallin and Gustavo Campos began their Aggie careers on the right foot as they defeated Arizona's Sasha Rozin and Casper Christensen by a score of 6-4. With the win, Wallin and Campos will draw UNM duo Aram Noroozian and Rafael AbdulSalam on Saturday. Elsewhere in doubles play, the Aggies were competitive, however, dropped their matches.
 
In singles play, both Itay Feigin and Gustavo Campos pushed their opponents to a third set before ultimately falling.
 
Doubles
9 a.m. – Ryoma Matsushita/Avery Tallakson (UNM) def. Patrick Lohmann/Vassanth Mathan, 7-5
9 a.m. – Tobias Wallin/Gustavo Campos def. Casper Christensen/Sasha Rozin (Arizona), 6-4
9 a.m. – Henrik Lynum (NMSU)/Arthur Bellegy (UNM) def. Lance Urlaub/Morgan Donovan (NAU), 7-6 (7-5)
9:30 a.m. – Dominique Rolland/Eric Padgham (Arizona) def. Luca Fé D'Ostiani/Itay Feigin, 6-3
9:30 a.m. – Leon Roider/Pablo Gomez Galvan def. Henrik Lynum (NMSU)/Arthur Bellegy (UNM), 6-4
 
Singles
11 a.m. – Leon Roider (Gonzaga) def. Tobias Wallin, 6-1, 6-1
11:45 a.m. – Sasha Rozin (Arizona) def. Itay Feigin, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
11:45 a.m. –Dominique Rolland (Arizona) def. Luca Fé D'Ostiani, 6-3, 6-2
11:45 a.m. – Ryoma Matsuhita (UNM) def. Gustavo Campos, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)
12:30 p.m. – Lance Urlaub (NAU) def. Patrick Lohmann, 7-5, 6-3
12:30 p.m. – Jakub Prachar (NAU) def. Henrik Lynum, 6-0, 6-3