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No. 10 Men's Tennis shuts out Rice, 7-0
03.10.2018 | Men's Tennis
Horns post seventh straight victory Saturday afternoon in Houston.
HOUSTON – No. 10 Texas (11-2) won the doubles point and added six singles wins in a 7-0 victory over Rice (5-9) Saturday afternoon at George R. Brown Tennis Center.
Texas opened the match by winning the doubles point for the 10th time in 13 matches this season. Junior Colin Markes teamed with Yuya Ito to post a 6-1 win over Jared Aiman and Mohamed Abdel-Aziz at third doubles.
UT closed out the doubles session with a 6-2 win from junior Adrian Ortiz and sophomore Christian Sigsgaard over the Owls' Conrad Russell and Jacob Eskeland at second doubles. The remaining contested was suspended.
Junior Harrison Scott staked the Horns to a 2-0 lead with his 6-1, 6-3 victory over Abdel-Aziz at third singles. The 46th-ranked Ito pushed the cushion to 3-0 behind his 6-3, 6-4 win over Sumit Sarkar at first singles.
Markes clinched the team win with his 7-6 (7), 6-2 victory over Ashton Duke at sixth singles. UT junior Leonardo Telles, ranked No. 70 in the latest ITA singles rankings, added on to the lead with his 6-4, 6-2 win over Eskeland at fourth singles.
Junior Rodrigo Banzer pushed the Longhorns' lead to 6-0 with his 6-4, 6-3 victory over Russell at fifth singles. Sigsgaard closed out the 7-0 Texas win with his 7-6 (7), 6-1 victory over Eric Rutledge at second singles.
Texas continues its road swing next week with a midweek contest (March 14) at No. 13 USC.
POST-MATCH COMMENTS
Texas head coach Michael Center
It was a good day in Houston. The guys continued to improve, and we played a solid doubles point today and got some momentum. We won all the first sets. Though there were a few inconsistencies here and there, I thought we really stepped it up when we needed to today. The guys pushed forward and won all of their matches. Rice played us tough, and the Owls have a strong young team, but I feel like we're continuing to improve.
No. 10 Texas 7, Rice 0
Doubles – Order of Finish: 3, 2
1 No. 3 Rodrigo Banzer/Leonardo Telles (UT) vs. Sumit Sarkar/Eric Rutledge (Rice), 5-2, susp.
2 Christian Sigsgaard/Adrian Ortiz (UT) def. Conrad Russell/Jacob Eskeland (Rice), 6-2
3 Colin Markes/Yuya Ito (UT) def. Jared Aiman/Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (Rice), 6-1
Singles – Order of Finish: 3, 1, 6, 4, 5, 2
1 No. 46 Yuya Ito (UT) def. Sumit Sarkar (Rice), 6-3, 6-4
2 Christian Sigsgaard (UT) def. Eric Rutledge (Rice), 7-6 (7), 6-1
3 No. 60 Harrison Scott (UT) def. Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (Rice), 6-1, 6-3
4 No. 70 Leonardo Telles (UT) def. Jacob Eskeland (Rice), 6-4, 6-2
5 Rodrigo Banzer (UT) def. Conrad Russell (Rice), 6-4, 6-3
6 Colin Markes (UT) def. Ashton Duke (Rice), 7-6 (7), 6-2
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