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No. 18 Red Raiders Extend Winning Streak to Nine
March 05, 2010 | Men's Tennis
March 5, 2010
LUBBOCK, Texas - The No. 18 Texas Tech men's tennis team has advanced to the championship match of the HEB Tournament of Champions Classic with a 4-0 win over No. 64 Western Michigan on Friday afternoon in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The Red Raiders (11-1) take on No. 23 BYU on Saturday at 12 p.m. at the HEB Tennis Center in the championship match.
In the match against the Broncos (11-5), only singles was played and Tech snatched the first four matches as it won at No. 1, 2, 6 and 5, in that order. Tech opened singles play by winning all six-opening sets. No. 12 Raony Carvalho got the Red Raiders on the scoreboard first with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Kazuya Komada at No. 1. The second victory came from No. 58 Gonzalo Escobar at the No. 2 spot as he downed Michael Calderone, 6-3, 6-2. Raphael Pfister then beat Brad Noel, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6, while Vitor Manzini clinched the match by defeating Casey Cullen, 6-4, 7-6 (5), at No. 5.
"It was a good day for us," said head coach Tim Siegel. "We played well in spots this morning and then played well as a team against a well coached and scrappy Western Michigan team. Gonzalo Escobar was very good today."
#18 Texas Tech 4, #64 Western Michigan 0
HEB Tennis Center
Corpus Christi, Texas
Singles (order of finish: 1, 2, 6, 5)
1. #12 Raony Carvalho (TTU) def. Kazuya Komada (WMU), 6-1, 6-0
2. #58 Gonzalo Escobar (TTU) def. Michael Calderone (WMU), 6-3, 6-2
3. Rafael Garcia (TTU) vs. vs. Pablo Olivarez (WMU), 7-5, 4-1, unfinished
4. Andre Stabile (TTU) vs. Simon Blomberg (WMU), 7-5, 5-4, unfinished
5. Vitor Manzini (TTU) def. Casey Cullen (WMU), 6-4, 7-6 (5)
6. Raphael Pfister (TTU) def. Brad Noel (WMU), 6-1, 6-1
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