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EDINBURG – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's tennis team fell to the UTSA Roadrunners 3-4 on Sunday at the newly renovated Orville Cox Tennis Center.
 
The Broncs (1-3) jumped out to a 1-0 lead by taking the doubles point 2-1. After the Roadrunners (1-1) won at No. 1 8-6, the No. 3 team of Thomas-Orestis Panoulas and Victor Alves and the No. 2 team of Felix Hasselberg and Chetan Panditi won their matches 8-5 to clinch the point.
 
The Broncs and Roadrunners split the first four singles matches to finish in straight sets, with Alves defeating Matt Mussenden 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 and Alejandro Sanoja beating Eric Buchalter 6-1, 6-4 at No. 5 to give the Broncs a 3-2 lead.
 
At No. 3, Panditi took the first set 6-2, but Tyler Brown bounced back to take the next two sets 6-1, 6-3.
 
Just like on Friday, with the match tied at 3-3, it all came down to No. 1. Panoulas beat Martin Ayala 6-1 in the first set, but Ayala came back to take the second set 6-4. In the third set, Panoulas found himself down 3-0 before taking two of the next three games to pull within 4-2. Ayala took two of the final three games to win the set 6-3 and clinch the match.
 
This Broncs conclude this three-match home stand on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. when they open up Southland Conference play against Nicholls State. Admission is free.
 
Complete Results:
Doubles (Order of Finish: 1,3,2)
1. Martin Ayala/Diogo Casa (UTSA) def. Sebastien Job/Alejandro Sanoja (UTPA) 8-6
2. Felix Hasselberg/Chetan Panditi (UTPA) def. David Kelleher/Kolby Kilgo (UTSA) 8-5
3. Thomas-Orestis Panoulas/Victor Alves (UTPA) def. Tyler Brown/Hugo Guanais (UTSA) 8-5
 
Singles (Order of Finish: 6,2,4,5,3,1)
1. Martin Ayala (UTSA) def. Thomas-Orestis Panoulas (UTPA) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
2. Diogo Casa (UTSA) def. Ricardo Hopker (UTPA) 6-4, 6-1
3. Tyler Brown (UTSA) def. Chetan Panditi (UTPA) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
4. David Kelleher (UTSA) def. Sebastien Job (UTPA) 6-0, 6-2
5. Alejandro Sanoja (UTPA) def. Eric Buchalter (UTSA) 6-1, 6-4
6. Victor Alves (UTPA) def, Matt Mussenden (UTSA) 6-1, 6-1