The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
09.19.2020 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns captured five singles wins and two doubles victories in Frisco on Saturday.
Frisco, Texas – Texas Men's Tennis continued its play at the Lakes Tennis Invite with five singles wins and two doubles victories in round robin play against Oklahoma and Texas Tech on Saturday in Frisco.
The Longhorns' five singles wins came in a total of six matches with junior Chih Chi Huang, sophomore Eliot Spizzirri and freshman Micah Braswell all picking up their second singles victory in as many days. Huang topped Jonathan Sheely of Oklahoma, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5; Spizzirri defeated Parker Wynn of Texas Tech, 6-3, 6-3; and Braswell downed Mason Beiler of Oklahoma, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
In addition, sophomore Cleeve Harper defeated Franco Ribero of Texas Tech, 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-1, and sophomore Evin McDonald downed Justin Schlageter of Oklahoma, 6-5, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6).
The teams played two rounds of doubles during the day, and Texas gathered wins from Braswell and Harper over Matt Rodriguez and Welsh Hotard of Oklahoma, 6-4; and Huang and senior Payton Holden over Connor Johnson and Francisco Vittar of Texas Tech, 6-2.
The three-day event concludes on Sunday with two rounds singles.
Lakes Tennis Invite Results – Saturday
Texas
Singles
1. Eliot Spizzirri (UT) def. Parker Wynn (TT), 6-3, 6-3
2. Micah Braswell (UT) def. Mason Beiler (OU), 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
3. Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Franco Ribero (TT), 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-1
4. Chih Chi Huang (UT) def. Jonathan Sheehy (OU), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
5. Reed Collier (TT) def. Jacob Bullard (UT), 6-3, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (6)
6. Evin McDonald (UT) def. Justin Schlageter (OU), 6-3, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6)
Doubles
1. Nathan Han/Jonathan Sheehy (OU) def. Eliot Spizzirri/Chih Chi Huang (UT), 7-6 (4)
2. Dimitrios Azoidis/Ilgiz Valiev (TT) def. Payton Holden/Eshan Talluri (UT), 7-6 (3)
3. Micah Braswell/Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Matt Rodriguez/Welsh Hotard (OU), 6-4
4. Franco Ribero/Francisco Vittar (TT) def. Jacob Bullard/Leighton Allen (UT), 6-4
1. Chih Chi Huang/Payton Holden (UT) def. Francisco Vittar/Connor Johnson (TT), 6-2
2. Reed Collier/Ilgiz Valiev (TT) def. Eliot Spizzirri/Eshan Talluri (UT), 7-5
3. Mason Beiler/Matt Rodriguez (OU) def. Micah Braswell/Cleeve Harper (UT), 6-2
