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Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis Dispatches St. Mary's

Complete Results

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EDINBURG – Playing their second match of the day, the University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's tennis team beat the St. Mary's University Rattlers, the No. 48 ranked team in Division II, 5-2 on Friday at the newly renovated Orville Cox Tennis Center in a match lasting just over five and a half hours.
 
The Broncs (3-5) swept through doubles, with Ricardo Hopker and Chetan Panditi beating Brien Galon and Matt Banner 8-2 at No. 2 and Thomas-Orestis Panoulas and Victor Alves defeating Andrej Klipa and Mateo Martinez 8-2 at No. 3.
 
The Broncs made quick work of the Rattlers (3-4) at No. 3, No. 2 and No. 4 singles to clinch the match, as Hopker beat Jared Fellows 6-1, 6-2, Panditi defeated Zachary Nicholson 6-3, 6-1 and Alejandro Sanoja beat Banner 6-1, 6-2.
 
The Broncs are back in action on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. when they host Schreiner.
 
Complete Results:
Doubles (Order of Finish: 2,3)
1. Sebastien Job/Alejandro Sanoja (UTPA) vs. Zachary Nicholson/Jared Fellows (SMU) 6-4, unfinished
2. Ricardo Hopker/Chetan Panditi (UTPA) def. Brien Galon/Matt Banner (SMU) 8-2
3. Thomas-Orestis Panoulas/Victor Alves (UTPA) def. Andrej Klipa/Mateo Martinez (SMU) 8-2
 
Singles?(Order of Finish: 3,2,4,1,5,6)
1. Andrej Klipa (SMU) def, Thomas-Orestis Panoulas (UTPA) 6-7, 6-2 (10-8)
2. Chetan Panditi (UTPA) def. Zachary Nicholson (SMU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Ricardo Hopker (UTPA) def. Jared Fellows (SMU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Alejandro Sanoja (UTPA) def. Matt Banner (SMU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Carlos Olea (SMU) def, Sebastien Job (UTPA) 1-6, 6-4 (10-7)
6. Victor Alves (UTPA) def. Brien Galon (SMU) 2-6, 7-5 (10-8)
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