COLLEGE STATION – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's tennis team (4-10) completes a six-match road trip when they take on the No. 54 University of Arkansas Razorbacks (11-8) on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center, on the campus of Texas A&M.
 
The Broncs
The Broncs are looking for the first win during the road trip, and although four loses were shutout, three of those matches ended at 0-4 with three singles matches unfinished. The Broncs picked up their first points of the road trip at Gardner-Webb on Friday, when they won the doubles point and Thomas-Orestis Panoulas picked up a three-set singles win.
 
Scouting the Razorbacks
The Razorbacks are coming off of a 0-7 loss to No. 11 Texas A&M on Sunday and are now on a five-match losing streak, all of which has come in SEC play. Their last win was 4-3 over Purdue on Feb. 23.
 
Series History
The Broncs are 4-2 all-time against the Razorbacks in a series dating back to 1970. The Broncs last won in 1978. The teams last met in 2002.
 
Last Time Out
The Broncs fell at Gardner-Webb 2-5 on Friday in their fifth match in as many days. The Broncs jumped out to a 1-0 lead by winning the doubles point as Ricardo Hopker and Chetan Panditi beat Benjamin Kaszas and Brendan Dempsey 8-4 at No. 2 and Victor Alves and Thomas-Orestis Panoulas defeated Joao Poli and Jonathan Walker 8-6 at No. 3. Panoulas also picked up the Broncs' lone singles win, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 over Adam Knutsson at No. 1.
 
Freshmen Flare
Felix Hasselberg made his dual singles debut against Schreiner on March 2, winning 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6. Joseph Bishop played at No. 5 for the first time, winning 6-0, 6-1. The two teamed up in doubles, winning 8-1 at No. 3 in what was Bishop's dual doubles debut.
 
Awesome Alves
Junior Victor Alves got off to a hot start in dual play, going 2-1 in singles and 2-1 doubles over the Broncs' first four matches. Alves had a 4-0 weekend during the Broncs' first two home matches on Feb. 1 and 3, teaming with Panoulas to win twice at No. 3 doubles, and then picking up a win at No. 5 singles against Laredo Community College and at No. 6 against UTSA. Alves was the first to finish in singles both times. For his efforts, Alves earned Southland Conference Player of the Week honors.
 
Home Sweet Home
The Broncs are 4-2 at home this season with four matches remaining.
 
This is the most home matches the Broncs have had in a single season since the turn of the century.
 
Tough Schedule
The Broncs are challenging themselves this season and currently boast a schedule that includes eight matches against ranked opponents:
 
Division I ranked opponents (0-3):
1/16 @ No. 29 Texas Tech, L 1-6
1/27 @ No. 54 Rice, L 0-7
2/16 @ No. 18 Baylor, L 0-7
3/19 @ No. 54 Arkansas
4/20 @ No. 58 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
 
Division II ranked opponents (1-0):
3/1 vs. No. 48 St. Mary's, W 5-2
3/23 vs. No. 19 Incarnate Word
 
Junior College ranked opponents (1-0):
2/1 vs. No. 7 Laredo Community College, W 4-3
 
Globetrotters
The Broncs have eight student-athletes on the roster representing seven different countries, including the United States of America, Brazil, Belgium, Greece, India, Indonesia and Sweden. The lone American Bronc is Sanoja, who calls Mission home.
 
Next Up
The Broncs kick-off a three-match home stand on Saturday when the play a doubleheader against Incarnate Word, the No. 19 team in Division II, at 9:00 a.m. and Prairie View A&M at 2:30 p.m. at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
 
The Broncs will host a free Tennis Kids Clinic, presented by Cricket, at 12:30 p.m.