Complete Results
EDINBURG – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's tennis team beat the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals, the No. 19 ranked team in Division II, 7-0 on Saturday at the newly renovated Orville Cox Tennis Center.
The Broncs (5-11) jumped out to a 1-0 lead by taking the doubles point as
Ricardo Hopker and
Chetan Panditi beat
Nick Mikulcic and
Brandon Davis 8-3 at No. 2 and
Thomas-Orestis Panoulas and
Victor Alves defeated
Luke Trautmann and
Tucker Brown 8-4 at No. 3.
The Broncs clinched the match in short order, as Alves pulled off a double bagel over Trautmann at No. 6, Panditi beat Mikulcic 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3, and
Sebastien Job dispatched of
Aidan DeLeon 6-0, 6-2 at No. 5.
The Cardinals (10-4) picked up their lone set victory at No. 1, where
Leo Ivic took the first set from Panoulas 6-2, but Panoulas came back to win the second set 6-4 and the super tiebreaker 10-8.
The Broncs took the remaining matches in straight sets.
The Broncs are right back in action at 2:30 p.m. when they host Prairie View A&M at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
Complete Results:
Doubles (Order of Completion: 2,1,3)
1. Leo Ivic/Aidan DeLeon (UIW) def.
Alejandro Sanoja/
Sebastien Job (UTPA) 8-4
2.
Ricardo Hopker/
Chetan Panditi (UTPA) def. Nick Mikulcic/Brandon Davis (UIW) 8-3
3.
Thomas-Orestis Panoulas/
Victor Alves (UTPA) def. Luke Trautmann/Tucker Brown (UIW) 8-4
Singles (Order of Completion: 6,3,5,4,2,1)
1.
Thomas-Orestis Panoulas (UTPA) def. Leo Ivic (UIW) 2-6, 6-4 (10-8)
2.
Ricardo Hopker (UTPA) def. Brandon Davis (UIW) 7-5, 6-4
3.
Chetan Panditi (UTPA) def. Nick Mikulcic (UIW) 6-1, 6-2
4.
Alejandro Sanoja (UTPA) def. Tucker Brown (UIW) 6-4, 6-2
5.
Sebastien Job (UTPA) def. Aidan DeLeon (UIW) 6-0, 6-2
6.
Victor Alves (UTPA) def. Luke Trautmann (UIW) 6-0, 6-0