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Abilene Christian University
No. 12 Men's Tennis blanks Abilene Christian, 7-0
01.12.2016 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns win season opener, wrap day-night doubleheader this evening against Lamar.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 12 Texas (1-0) swept the doubles session and cruised through six singles contests en route to a 7-0 season-opening win over Abilene Christian Tuesday afternoon at Weller Indoor Tennis center on the grounds of The University of Texas Golf Club. Texas welcomes Lamar in the second match of its day-night doubleheader today at 6 p.m. (Weller Indoor).
Abilene Christian posed a stiff challenge in the doubles session before Texas rallied and won all three courts. Texas senior Michael Riechmann joined sophomore Adrian Ortiz to post a 6-4 win over ACU's Henry Adams and Josh Sheehy at first doubles.
The Longhorns clinched the doubles point at the second slot, where junior George Goldhoff and redshirt freshman Julian Zlobinsky notched a 6-3 win over Paul Domanski and Jason Proctor. Texas wrapped the doubles session with a 7-6 (2) win from freshmen Colin Markes and Harrison Scott over Brad Gleason and Sebastian Langdon.
Texas pushed its lead to 2-0 behind freshman Johnny Goodwin's 6-1, 6-0 win over ACU's Cole Lawson at sixth singles. Scott extended the Longhorns' lead to 3-0 with his 6-1, 6-0 win over Proctor at second singles. Zlobinsky clinched the team win with his 6-3, 6-4 win over Hunter Holman at fourth singles.
Riechmann staked Texas to a 5-0 cushion by way of his 6-3, 6-1 win over Domanski at third singles. Markes posted his first collegiate win and knocked off Adams by a 7-5, 6-1 margin at fifth singles to give Texas a 6-0 lead.
POST MATCH COMMENTS
Texas head coach Michael Center
I think overall, it was a good day. We saw a lot of guys that played their first college dual match today. We were a little nervous at the beginning, and it took a little work to get our first break in the doubles. I thought we finished the doubles pretty well. In singles, we got stronger as the day went on, so that was a good sign. We got a lot of people to play and we'll be excited to come back and play a little bit more tonight.
No. 12 Texas 7, Abilene Christian 0
Doubles – Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
1 Michael Riechmann/Adrian Ortiz (UT) def. Henry Adams/Josh Sheehy (ACU), 6-4
2 George Goldhoff/Julian Zlobinsky (UT) def. Paul Domanski/Jason Proctor (ACU), 6-3
3 Colin Markes/Harrison Scott (UT) def. Brad Gleason/Sebastian Langdon (ACU), 7-6 (2)
Singles – Order of Finish: 6, 2, 4, 3, 5, 1
1 George Goldhoff (UT) def. Josh Sheehy (ACU), 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)
2 Harrison Scott (UT) def. Jason Proctor (ACU), 6-1, 6-0
3 Michael Riechmann (UT) def. Paul Domanski (ACU), 6-3, 6-1
4 Julian Zlobinsky (UT) def. Hunter Holman (ACU), 6-3, 6-4
5 Colin Markes (UT) def. Henry Adams (ACU), 7-5, 6-1
6 Johnny Goodwin (UT) def. Cole Lawson (ACU), 6-1, 6-0
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