Complete Results
FORT WORTH – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's tennis team fell to the No. 36 Texas Christian University Horned Frogs 1-6 on Saturday at Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
The Broncs (6-13) picked up their lone point at No. 5 singles, where
Victor Alves took the first set from
Will Stein 6-3, and then after dropping the second set in a tiebreaker 6-7, came back to win the super tiebreaker 11-9.
The Horned Frogs (15-5) boasted two ranked singles players and one ranked doubles duo.
The team of No. 79
Nick Chappell and Stein beat
Felix Hasselberg and
Sebastien Job 8-1 at No. 1. The Broncs played a competitive match at No. 3, but
Thomas-Orestis Panoulas and Alves were trailing
Rodolfo Bustamante and
Blake Wiggins 5-6 when the doubles point was clinched.
In singles, Panoulas fell to No. 103
Arnau Dachs 3-6, 1-6 at No. 1 while
Ricardo Hopker dropped the No. 2 match to No. 119
Facundo Lugones 0-6, 4-6.
The Horned Frogs took the other three singles matches in straight sets.
The Broncs resume Southland Conference play on Monday at 11:00 a.m. when they face Oral Roberts at Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
Complete Results:
Doubles (Order of Finish: 1,2)
1. No. 79 Nick Chappell/Will Stein (TCU) def.
Felix Hasselberg/
Sebastien Job (UTPA) 8-1
2. Max Stevens/JT Sundling (TCU) def.
Ricardo Hopker/
Chetan Panditi (UTPA) 8-4
3. Rodolfo Bustamante/Blake Wiggins (TCU) vs.
Thomas-Orestis Panoulas/
Victor Alves (UTPA) 6-5, unfinished
Singles (Order of Finish: 4,2,1,6,3,5)
1. No. 103 Arnau Dachs (TCU) def.
Thomas-Orestis Panoulas (UTPA) 6-3, 6-1
2. No. 119 Facundo Lugones (TCU) def.
Ricardo Hopker (UTPA) 6-0, 6-4
3. JT Sundling (TCU) def.
Chetan Panditi (UTPA) 6-3, 6-4
4. Rodolfo Bustamante (TCU) def.
Sebastien Job (UTPA) 6-0, 6-1
5.
Victor Alves (UTPA) def. Will Stein (TCU) 6-3, 6-7 (2) (11-9)
6. Blake Wiggins (TCU) def.
Felix Hasselberg (UTPA) 6-2, 6-3