EDINBURG, Texas – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's tennis team (7-7, 1-1 SLC) takes on Southland Conference opponent Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (8-9, 1-0 SLC) on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
 
Admission is free.
 
Home Sweet Home
 
The Broncs are in a stretch of five-straight home games to close the season after playing in 13-straight matches away from home to open it.
 
The Series
 
This is the 49^th meeting all-time between the Broncs and the Islanders in a series dating back to 1961. The Broncs have 13 wins in that time, with the most recent one coming in 2010, 4-3 in Corpus Christi.
 
Last season, they played in Corpus Christi, and the 75^th ranked Islanders beat the Broncs 6-1. Beau Bernstein recorded the Broncs' lone point, winning his singles match over James Langford in the No. 2 position, 6-4, 6-2. Bernstein also won his doubles match with Aswin Vijayaragavan, 8-6 over Laurent Montoisy and Gergo Weidinger.
 
Last Time Out
 
The Broncs are coming off of a 6-1 loss to Laredo Community College, the second-ranked team nationally among junior colleges, on Sunday at home.
 
Playing in the No. 1 singles position, Bernstein dominated the first set against Jair Assuncão Neto, winning 6-0. In the second set, Bernstein found himself down 2-1 before winning five-straight games to close out the match and get the point. Bernstein also won his doubles match, along with Chetan Panditi, 8-2 in the No. 1 position, but the Broncs (7-7) dropped the other two doubles matches and five singles matches.
 
Scouting the Islanders
 
The Islanders are 28-1 in Southland Conference play since 2008. They have won 11-straight conference matches, including their conference opener, 4-3 over UT-Arlington on March 28. The Islanders' lone loss in that time was to the Broncs in 2010.
 
The Islanders are .500 in singles, going 42-42 with winning records in the No. 2 (7-4) No. 5 (10-4) and No. 6 (8-6) positions. Peter Nagy has seen the majority of the competition in the No. 1 position, going 6-7. Aurelien Tave is 1-1 at No. 1 and 7-2 at No. 2.
 
The Islanders are 15-22 (.405) in doubles, with five wins in each position. The Islanders have used 12 different parings, including four at No. 1, five at No. 2 and six at No. 3.
 
Common Opponents
 
The Broncs and Islanders have had three common opponents this season:
 
Opponent                        UTPA Results                      TAMUCC Result
Louisiana-Lafayette        L 6-0                                    L 4-0
Prairie View A&M            W 7-0, W 6-1                      W 7-0
UMBC                                L 4-3                                    L 4-3
 
Local Flavor
 
The Broncs have a Rio Grande Valley-native on the squad. Freshman Shane Kyral is from Harlingen and was part of a Harlingen South High School team that was ranked #6 in the state, finishing as the regional runner up in the 5A school division.
 
Next Up
 
The Broncs welcome Southland Conference opponent UT-Arlington to the Orville Cox Tennis Center on Monday at 11:00 a.m.