Red Raiders Wrap Up Play at ITA Texas Regionals

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Waco, Texas

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ITA Texas Regional Tournament

Red Raiders Wrap Up Play at ITA Texas Regionals

October 27, 2020 | Men's Tennis

WACO, Texas- The Texas Tech men's tennis team was back in action this weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division-I Men's Texas Regional Championship.

After a rain delay postponed all singles matches on Friday, play continued with two rounds of doubles.

The duo of junior Franco Ribero and junior Dimitrios Azoidis took down K Yamanaka and Nathan Schwartz (A&M CC) in the first round (8-6) but couldn't get going in the second.

Early on, the Red Raiders came out hot on the singles side, as Ilgiz Valiev defeated Nevin Arimilli of Texas, 6-4, 6-0, and junior Dimitrios Azoidis battled TCU's Max Kurzban in round one winning, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Azoidis continued to play well as he defeated last year's regional champion Sven Lah of Baylor, 6-3, 6-3. Junior Franco Ribero worked his way to a couple wins for the Red Raiders as well, defeating Lamar's Alan Sau Franco in a 7-6, 3-6, 10-5 decision.

Sophomore Reed Collier found success in the singles bracket as well. Collier remained undefeated this weekend, with a 6-1, 6-1 win over the UT-Arlington's Miguel Cabrera in his final match. Collier won three straight matches in route to a spot in the championship. However, due to the postponement of singles matches on Friday, both players decided not to play the last match.

The Red Raiders will next travel to Fort Worth for the Big 12 Individual Championships on Nov. 6-8.

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