The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
05.20.2019 | Men's Tennis
Junior Yuya Ito was named Most Outstanding Player, while Ito, senior Rodrigo Banzer and freshman Chih Chi Huang earned All-Tournament honors.
Orlando, Fla. – Three members of the Texas Men's Tennis 2019 National Championship team earned NCAA Championship honors, the NCAA announced. Junior Yuya Ito was named Most Outstanding Player and was selected to the All-Tournament team and both No. 2 Singles and No. 3 Doubles along with doubles partner freshman Chih Chi Huang. Senior Rodrigo Banzer was chosen to the team at No. 6 Singles.
Ito won all three of his singles matches at the championship, all against ranked opponents while dropping only one set. Those included wins over No. 28 Alastair Gray of TCU, No. 54 Sam Riffice of Florida and the defending NCAA Singles Champion, No. 8 Petros Chrysochos of Wake Forest, who Ito clinched the team championship against.
In doubles, Ito and Huang posted two wins in three matches with one unfinished. The victories came against Duarte Vale and Andres Andrade of Florida, and Siddhant Banthia and Julian Zlobinsky of Wake Forest.
Banzer also won all three of his singles matches in straight sets, defeating Sander Jong of TCU, McClain Kessler of Florida and Banthia of Wake Forest. Against Banthia in the championship match, Banzer fought back from a 5-2 deficit in the first set for a 7-5 win before claiming the second set, 6-4.
