Men's tennis heads to MW Championships
4/20/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
This Week: Air Force travels to Albuquerque, N.M., this week for the Mountain West Championships. The eighth-seeded Falcons take on top seeded and 41st-ranked New Mexico on Thursday, April 23, at 6 p.m. The event wil be held at the McKinnon Family Tennis Center in Albuquerque.
Last Week: Mountain West Champion New Mexico defeated Air Force, 4-0, in a conference tennis match Saturday afternoon at the Academy Indoor Tennis Courts. The Lobos picked up the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 3. Haden Sabatka and Bart Van Leijsen defeated Grant Taylor and Lucas Fumagalli, 6-4, at No. 1. The loss is the first in conference play for Taylor and Fumagalli. Mitch McDanielsa nd Samir Iftikhar beat Dillon Launius and Max Olson, 6-3 at No. 3. New Mexico clinched the match with three singles wins. Sabatka defeated Taylor, 6-3, 6-3 at No. 1 while Iftikhar beat Fumagalli, 6-4, 7-5 at No. 2. McDaniels defeated Olson, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 to close the match. The other three singles matches didn't finish.
Head Coach Dan Oosterhous: Dan Oosterhous is in his sixth season as the men's tennis coach at the Air Force Academy after being named the program's 12th head coach on October 1, 2009. Oosterhous, a 1993 graduate of the Academy, replaced legendary head coach Rich Gugat, who retired after 36 years at the helm of the men's tennis program. Oosterhous, one of the best tennis players in program history, led the Falcons to a 13-12 record last season, its first winning season since 2006 and the most wins in one campaign since 2005. The Falcons also achieved their highest national rank in program history at No. 63 and finished the season ranked eighth in the Mountain Region, their best finish since 2005. Oosterhous has a 65-76 career record. Oosterhous, a native of Texarkana, Texas, is a 1993 graduate of the Air Force Academy. He is a senior pilot with over 3,100 hours in the C-5, C-21, T-38, and T-37. He has three children, Emma (17), Anna (15) and Andrew (13).
