Saturday, February 26
Lubbock, Texas
7 p.m.
Texas Tech Athletics
4
vs
0
Denver
Tech sweeps Denver 4-0
February 27, 2022 | Men's Tennis
The Red Raiders received big performances from Olle Wallin and Franco Ribero
LUBBOCK, Texas – Powered by big performances from Franco Ribero and Olle Wallin, the Texas Tech Red Raiders downed Denver, 4-0 Saturday night at The Falls.
Originally scheduled for a 1 p.m. start, the match was moved indoors due to weather conditions in Lubbock.
Texas Tech (7-5) got off to a fast start Saturday as Ribero and doubles partner Francisco Vittar disposed of Denver's () Charlie Miller and Nico Herrero Cuesta, 6-1.
After Reed Collier and Dimitrios Azoidis fell in a tiebreaker, 7-4, Tech turned Piotr Pawlak and Isaac Arevalo who sealed the doubles point also 7-4 in a tiebreaker.
With an early 1-0 lead, Tech quickly doubled its lead, when Collier broke Denver's James Davis at 5-4 to take the opening set. After a long timeout, Collier took the first game with ease, before Davis withdrew due to injury.
The result gave Tech a 2-0 lead.
Needing just two matches to clinch, Tech turned to both Ribero and Wallin to close out the victory. Wallin cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 victory on court four, setting the stage for Ribero.
The junior from Argetina won the first set with ease, 6-1, before facing an absolute battle from Mattia Ros. As the two players continued to trade blows down on court three, Arevalo also found himself locked in a battle.
Tech's No. 1, broke at 2-1, 3-2 and 4-3 on court one, but was broken back each time. Arevalo's match ended right before the second-set tiebreaker.
In the end, Ribero and Ros went to a tiebreaker. In the breaker, Ribero fell behind a break early, before battling back to tie the breaker at 6-6. Ribero won the 13th and 14th points of the tiebreaker to win the second set 7-6 (8).
HEAD COACH DANNY WHITEHEAD:
"Denver is a really good team. They had an absolute battle with Tulsa last night, and Tulsa is a legitimate Top-30 team talent wise. Denver is also a legitimate top-50 team, but I thought our team showed a lot of resolve. We were trying to figure out whether we should play indoors or outdoors, but we're comfortable regardless. We came in here and got the job done which is what we talked about prior to the match. We talked about the importance of caring about ourselves as a team and our toughness. We need to continue to take advantage of these opportunities for us to get tougher. Wins like tonight are great and we're in a point of the season that we need to start racking up some wins. But overall, we care more about whether or not we're getting tougher. And our guy's tonight were extremely tough. We didn't give Denver anything tonight. It's a quick turnaround and Tulsa is an extremely good team. We need all of Red Raider Nation out tomorrow at 1 p.m. to help us get it done. #WreckEm"
UP NEXT:
Texas Tech will return to the court tomorrow when they host No. 28 Tulsa. First serve is set for 1 p.m. from the McLeod Tennis Center.
Originally scheduled for a 1 p.m. start, the match was moved indoors due to weather conditions in Lubbock.
Texas Tech (7-5) got off to a fast start Saturday as Ribero and doubles partner Francisco Vittar disposed of Denver's () Charlie Miller and Nico Herrero Cuesta, 6-1.
After Reed Collier and Dimitrios Azoidis fell in a tiebreaker, 7-4, Tech turned Piotr Pawlak and Isaac Arevalo who sealed the doubles point also 7-4 in a tiebreaker.
With an early 1-0 lead, Tech quickly doubled its lead, when Collier broke Denver's James Davis at 5-4 to take the opening set. After a long timeout, Collier took the first game with ease, before Davis withdrew due to injury.
The result gave Tech a 2-0 lead.
Needing just two matches to clinch, Tech turned to both Ribero and Wallin to close out the victory. Wallin cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 victory on court four, setting the stage for Ribero.
The junior from Argetina won the first set with ease, 6-1, before facing an absolute battle from Mattia Ros. As the two players continued to trade blows down on court three, Arevalo also found himself locked in a battle.
Tech's No. 1, broke at 2-1, 3-2 and 4-3 on court one, but was broken back each time. Arevalo's match ended right before the second-set tiebreaker.
In the end, Ribero and Ros went to a tiebreaker. In the breaker, Ribero fell behind a break early, before battling back to tie the breaker at 6-6. Ribero won the 13th and 14th points of the tiebreaker to win the second set 7-6 (8).
HEAD COACH DANNY WHITEHEAD:
"Denver is a really good team. They had an absolute battle with Tulsa last night, and Tulsa is a legitimate Top-30 team talent wise. Denver is also a legitimate top-50 team, but I thought our team showed a lot of resolve. We were trying to figure out whether we should play indoors or outdoors, but we're comfortable regardless. We came in here and got the job done which is what we talked about prior to the match. We talked about the importance of caring about ourselves as a team and our toughness. We need to continue to take advantage of these opportunities for us to get tougher. Wins like tonight are great and we're in a point of the season that we need to start racking up some wins. But overall, we care more about whether or not we're getting tougher. And our guy's tonight were extremely tough. We didn't give Denver anything tonight. It's a quick turnaround and Tulsa is an extremely good team. We need all of Red Raider Nation out tomorrow at 1 p.m. to help us get it done. #WreckEm"
UP NEXT:
Texas Tech will return to the court tomorrow when they host No. 28 Tulsa. First serve is set for 1 p.m. from the McLeod Tennis Center.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
123
Nico Herrero Cuesta / 0 [DEN]
160
66UF
#2 Singles Match
123
James Davis / 0 [DEN]
400
61WR
#3 Singles Match
12
Matt Summers / 0 [DEN]
33
66
#4 Singles Match
12
Mattia Ros / 0 [DEN]
16
67
#5 Singles Match
12
Peter Sallay / 0 [DEN]
60
6UF
#6 Singles Match
12
Charlie Miller / 0 [DEN]
20
3UF
Order of Finish:
2,3,4
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