Thursday, February 17
Dallas, Texas
1 p.m.
Texas Tech Athletics
4
vs
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LSU
Men’s tennis rebounds for victory over LSU
February 17, 2022 | Men's Tennis
Franco Ribero secured Tech’s 4-2 victory over the Tigers
DALLAS – The Texas Tech men's tennis program rebounded for a big 4-2 victory over the LSU Tigers Thursday afternoon at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
Texas Tech (6-5) got off to a good start on Thursday, as Isaac Arevalo and Piotr Pawlak helped set the tone in double action. The duo defeated Vlad Lorak and Gabriel Diaz of LSU 6-4. Tech sealed the doubles point with a big 7-5 victory from Reed Collier and Dimitrios Azoidis.
In singles action, Tech received big performances on court three, four and five. As he has much of the season, Azoidis was nails on court five winning a straight set match (7-5, 6-3) to put Tech back in front after LSU (5-2) evened the match at one.
True freshman Olle Wallin continued his strong freshman campaign, as the native of Sweden also won in straight sets to bring Tech to within one point of clinching the win.
After LSU won a tough three-set battle on court one, Franco Ribero won a 6-4 third set to give the Red Raiders the victory.
With his win today, Azoidis improved to 6-1 this spring.
UP NEXT:
After a hectic six-match stretch in just 13 days, the Red Raiders wont return to action until next Saturday (Feb. 26) when they host Denver. First serve from the McLeod Tennis Center is set for 1 p.m.
Texas Tech (6-5) got off to a good start on Thursday, as Isaac Arevalo and Piotr Pawlak helped set the tone in double action. The duo defeated Vlad Lorak and Gabriel Diaz of LSU 6-4. Tech sealed the doubles point with a big 7-5 victory from Reed Collier and Dimitrios Azoidis.
In singles action, Tech received big performances on court three, four and five. As he has much of the season, Azoidis was nails on court five winning a straight set match (7-5, 6-3) to put Tech back in front after LSU (5-2) evened the match at one.
True freshman Olle Wallin continued his strong freshman campaign, as the native of Sweden also won in straight sets to bring Tech to within one point of clinching the win.
After LSU won a tough three-set battle on court one, Franco Ribero won a 6-4 third set to give the Red Raiders the victory.
With his win today, Azoidis improved to 6-1 this spring.
UP NEXT:
After a hectic six-match stretch in just 13 days, the Red Raiders wont return to action until next Saturday (Feb. 26) when they host Denver. First serve from the McLeod Tennis Center is set for 1 p.m.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
123
Vlad Lobak / 0 [LSU]
636
261
#2 Singles Match
12
Ronald Hohmann / 0 [LSU]
66
42
#3 Singles Match
12
Kent Hunter / 0 [LSU]
36
67
#4 Singles Match
123
Joao Graca / 0 [LSU]
274
666
#5 Singles Match
12
Gabriel Diaz / 0 [LSU]
53
76
#6 Singles Match
12
Boris Kozlov / 0 [LSU]
44
63
Order of Finish:
2,3,5,1,4
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