March 11, 2004
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Edinburg, Texas - Abilene Christian University (12-4) held on for a 4-3 win over
the University of Texas-Pan American (5-4) at the Orville Cox Tennis Center tonight. This is the third loss in a row for the Broncs who drop to 0-3 at home.
Abilene Christian jumped to a 3-0 lead before the Broncs
put up a valiant comeback. Wins from Jeremy Salvo (Jr./Coquitlam, British
Columbia, Canada/Centennial Secondary) at Number 1 Singles, Tom Mangelschots
(Sr./Limburg, Belgium/KA 2 HS) at Number 4 Singles and Rehman Esmail
(So./Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada/North Carolina State) at Number 6
Singles tied the match at 3-3. It came down to Number 3 Singles where George
Carstens beat Gary Bianco (Fr./Annecy, France/Lycee Berthollet) 6-4,
0-6, 10-8.
"I'm very pleased with the way we fought back." Said
assistant coach Kati Gyulai. "We put up a strong effort today. I know we
will carry this effort over into the rest of our matches and continue to get
stronger."
Texas-Pan American is back at the Orville Cox Tennis
Stadium, Saturday, March 13 taking on Texas Southern. The match is scheduled to
start at 10:00 a.m.
SINGLES
#1 Jeremy Salvo (UTPA) def. Casper Steenkamp (ACU) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
#2 Jason Ray (ACU) def. Nik Porter (UTPA) 6-3, 6-3
#3 George Carstens (ACU) def. Oliver Steil (UTPA) 6-4, 0-6, 10-8
#4 Tom Mangelschots (UTPA) def. Clayton Morgan (ACU) 6-2, 6-4
#5 Evan Puglia (ACU) def. Gary Bianco (UTPA) 6-3, 7-5
#6 Rehman Esmail (UTPA) def. Jason Purser (ACU) 6-3, 6-2
DOUBLES
#1 Ray/Steenkamp (ACU) def. Salvo/Steil (UTPA) 9-8
#2 Carstens/Puglia (ACU) def. Mangelschots/Porter (UTPA) 9-7
#3 Kevin Beedy/Purser (ACU) def. Bianco/Esmail (UTPA) 8-5
