Texas Tech University Athletics
No. 17 Texas Tech Defeats UT San Antonio, 6-1
March 20, 2011 | Men's Tennis
March 20, 2011
LUBBOCK,, TX - The No. 17 Texas Tech Red Raiders (13-5) defeated the UT San Antonio Roadrunners in their final nonconference match of the season at the McLeod Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon, 6-1.
The Red Raiders won each of the doubles matches against the Roadrunners. At No. 2 doubles, Texas Tech's No. 42 tandem, Gonzalo Escobar and Vitor Manzini, downed Tyler Brown and Yannick Junger, 8-3. Raony Carvalho and Rafael Garcia, No. 26 in the latest ITA rankings, secured the doubles point for the Red Raiders with their 8-2 win over UTSA's Martin Ayala and Daniel Moreiras at No. 1 doubles. Raphael Pfister and David Gonzalez completed Tech's sweep of the doubles matches with an 8-6 win at No. 3 doubles.
UT San Antonio's Tyler Brown put the Roadrunners on the scoreboard with his 6-1, 6-2 win over Rafael Garcia at No. 3 singles. It would be the only scoring of the day for the Roadrunners as the Red Raiders claimed each of the remaining five singles matches.
Gabriel Wanderley closed out Max Stratmann at No. 5 singles, 6-2, 6-2. No. 18 Gonzalo Escobar defeated Martin Ayala at the No. 1 singles spot, 6-1, 6-1. Raony Carvalho, No. 21 in the current ITA rankings, downed UTSA's Yannick Junger at No. 2 singles, 6-4, 6-3, to clinch the match for Texas Tech. Red Raider Vitor Manzini stopped Daniel Moreiras at No. 4 singles, 7-6 (3), 6-2. Raphael Pfister closed out Daniel Moser at the sixth position, 7-6 (5), 6-4, for the final Red Raider point of the match.
The Red Raiders begin Big 12 play next Sunday when they host the Baylor Bears. First serve is at 1 p.m.
POST-MATCH COMMENTS
Texas Tech head coach Tim Siegel
"UT San Antonio is an excellent squad and they will do very well when they begin conference play. I thought our doubles matches today were strong. There were some lapses in a few of our singles matches and we will spend time working in that area this week in practice. We've completed our nonconference matches and now we begin Big 12 play and host Baylor next Sunday at 1 p.m."
No. 17 Texas Tech 6 UTSA 1
DOUBLES
1. No. 26 Carvalho/Garcia (TT) def. Ayala/Moreiras (UTSA) 8-2
2. No. 42 Escobar/Manzini (TT) def. Brown/Junger (UTSA) 8-3
3. Pfister/Gonzalez (TT) def. Zanotelli/Stratmann (UTSA) 8-6
SINGLES
1. No. 18 Gonzalo Escobar (TT) def. Martin Ayala (UTSA) 6-1, 6-1
2. No. 21 Raony Carvalho (TT) def. Yannick Junger (UTSA) 6-4, 6-3
3. Tyler Brown (UTSA) def. Rafael Garcia (TT) 6-1, 6-2
4. Vitor Manzini (TT) def. Daniel Moreiras (UTSA) 7-6 (3), 6-2
5. Gabriel Wanderley (TT) def. Max Stratmann (UTSA) 6-2, 6-2
6. Raphael Pfister (TT) def. Daniel Moser (UTSA) 7-6 (5), 6-4
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