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No. 6 Men's Tennis defeats UTSA, 6-1
03.17.2011 | Men's Tennis
March 17, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas - The sixth-ranked Texas Men's Tennis team swept the doubles point and then registered five singles victories en route to a 6-1 win against UTSA on Thursday evening at UT's Penick-Allison Tennis Center.
The Longhorns opened with a dominant showing in doubles play. Ed Corrie and Jean Andersen started the momentum with an 8-2 triumph. The Kellen Damico-Jean Anderson pairing and the tandem of Daniel Whitehead and Alex Hilliard completed the sweep, each with 8-4 wins.
Whitehead then kept the scoring in UT's favor with a 6-3, 6-1 win against Daniel Moreiras. Corrie followed that with a 6-0, 6-2 victory against Martin Ayala to push the Longhorns to a 3-0 lead.
Another pair of sweeps from Damico and Anderson quickly extended UT's lead to 5-0. Damico defeated Yannick Junger, 6-3, 6-1. Anderson was victorious against Tyler Brown, 7-5, 6-2.
Holiner closed out the match with a 7-5, 6-4 win against Max Stratmann.
The Longhorns return to play on Sunday, March 20, when they host top-ranked Virginia at noon.
No. 6 Texas 6, UTSA 1
Doubles - Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
1. Corrie/Anderson (UT) def. Ayala/Moreiras (UTSA) - 8-2
2 Damico/Holiner (UT) def. Brown/Junger (UTSA) - 8-4
3 Whitehead/Hilliard (UT) def. Stratmann/Zanotelli - 8-4
Singles - Order of Finish: 4, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5
4 Daniel Whitehead (UT) def. Daniel Moreiras (UTSA) - 6-3, 6-1
1 Ed Corrie (UT) def. Martin Ayala (UTSA) - 6-0, 6-2
2 Kellen Damico (UT) def. Yannick Junger (UTSA) - 6-3, 6-1
3 Jean Andersen (UT) def. Tyler Brown (UT) - 7-5, 6-2
6 Daniel Moser (UTSA) def. Ben Chen (UT) - 7-6 (7), 6-4
5 David Holiner (UT) def. Max Stratmann (UTSA) - 7-5, 6-4
