EDINBURG – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's tennis team closes out its two-match home stand as they host the University of Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos on Sunday at 9 a.m. at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
 
Last Time Out
The Broncs (2-9) fell to the Grand Canyon University Antelopes 3-4 on Friday.
 
The Broncs took control of the match early as they clinched the doubles point. The duo of Ricardo Hopker and Chetan Panditi beat the team of Felix Schueller and Ahmad Saleem 8-3 at No. 1 doubles. After the Broncs fell at No. 3 doubles, Alejandro Sanoja and Juan Cruz Soria defeated Nicolas Moulin and Adrian Legarreta 8-7 at No. 2 doubles, which gave them the point.
 
The Antelopes (5-4) answered back with straight set victories at No. 4, 5 and 6 singles. Sebastian Job fell against Adrian Legarreta as he dropped his first set 4-6 and then the second set 6-7 with a 13-11 tiebreaker. That match clinched the match for the Antelopes.
 
Juan Cruz Soria also took his match to three sets. After he dropped his first set to Nicolas Moulin 2-6, he bounced back with a 6-0 win in the second set and then followed that with a 6-4 win in the third. Chetan Panditi closed out the match as he defeated Ahmad Saleem in straight sets 7-6, 7-6.

Scouting the Kangaroos
The Kangaroos are 3-8 on the season heading into their match on Saturday against Grand Canyon.
 
Tomas Patino, Vinh Pham and Andrey Smirnov each have four wins in singles competition. Patino has three of his wins at No. 2 singles while also teaming up with Mike Psarros at No. 1 doubles posting a 4-7 record.
 
Pahm and teammate Conner Edwards have posted a 4-6 record at No. 2 doubles this season.
 
The Series
This is the first ever meeting between the Broncs and the Kangaroos.
 
Globetrotters
The Broncs have eight student-athletes representing six countries including, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, India, Mexico and the United States. Sanoja is from the Rio Grande Valley as he calls Mission home.
 
Next Up
The Broncs have some time off before they hit the road to face Nicholls State at 2 p.m. on Friday March 14.

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