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No. 7 Men's Tennis tops Wichita State, 6-1
02.24.2017 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns face rematch against No. 3 Wake Forest at Caswell Tennis Center on Sunday, Mar. 4.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 7 Texas (12-2) won the doubles point and five of six singles contests to come away with a 6-1 victory over visiting Wichita State (3-5) Friday evening at UT's Edgar O. and Melanie A. Weller Tennis Center.
Texas won two of three doubles contest to claim the opening point. The sophomore duo of Leonardo Telles and Colin Markes started off with a 6-2 win over Miroslav Herzan and Murkel Dellien at second doubles, while freshman Christian Sigsgaard and redshirt sophomore Julian Zlobinsky finished off Jocelyn Devilliers and Marius Frosa, 6-2 at third doubles to claim the doubles point.
Freshman Yuya Ito put the Longhorns ahead 2-0 with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Devilliers at third singles. Zlobinsky quickly followed suit in his 6-2, 6-3 win over Dellien at sixth singles, winning the final four games of the second set to put Texas head 3-0.
Sigsgaard dropped the first set of his match at first singles against Haru Inoue, 6-2, and fell behind late in the second set, 7-5, to drop the match in straight sets. After winning his first set in a tiebreaker, Telles clinched the second set and the match, 7-6 (4), 6-2, over Eddie Stoica at fourth singles to clinch the match for the Longhorns.
Texas and Wichita State would elect to play out the final two matches, with Harrison Scott earning his 12th consecutive singles win, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, over Herzan at second singles. Rodrigo Banzer finished off Frosa in a three-set thriller, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 1-0 (10-6), to set the final tally at 6-1 in favor of the Longhorns.
Texas returns to action on Saturday, Mar. 4 when it hosts No. 3 Wake Forest at Caswell Tennis Center. The Demon Deacons previously defeated the Longhorns, 4-3, in the quarterfinal round at the ITA National Indoor Championships on Feb. 18.
POST-MATCH COMMENTS
Texas associate head coach Bruce Berque
On today's match
Coach Center and I were pretty happy with today's match. We were impressed with the way our guys competed. They were ready to play in doubles from the beginning and got off to a good start. Wichita State played very well against us, and our guys responded and competed well. I think we got better from this match.
On improving to an 8-0 record at home
I think the players take a lot of pride in that. That's only going to get better and better as we head outdoors next week to play our matches closer to campus, where we can get more students and even more support. We're looking forward to having a big home crowd when we play Wake Forest on Saturday.
No. 7 Texas 6, Wichita State 1
Doubles – Order of Finish: 2,3
1 Harrison Scott/Yuya Ito (UT) vs. Haru Inoue/Eddie Stoica (WSU), 4-4, susp.
2 Leonardo Telles/Colin Markes (UT) def. Miroslav Herzan/Murkel Dellien (WSU), 6-2
3 Christian Sigsgaard/Julian Zlobinsky (UT) def. Jocelyn Devilliers/Marius Frosa (WSU), 6-2
Singles – Order of Finish: 3, 6, 1, 4, 2, 5
1 Haru Inoue (WSU) def. No. 11 Christian Sigsgaard, 2-6, 5-7
2 No. 48 Harrison Scott (UT) def. Miroslav Herzan (WSU), 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
3 No. 31 Yuya Ito (UT) def. Jocelyn Devilliers (WSU), 6-1, 6-2
4 No. 86 Leonardo Telles (UT) def. Eddie Stoica (WSU), 7-6 (4), 6-2
5 Rodrigo Banzer (UT) def. Marius Frosa (WSU), 3-6, 7-6 (3), 1-0 (10-6)
6 Julian Zlobinsky (UT) def. Murkel Dellien (WSU), 6-2, 6-3
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