Box Score

EDINBURG – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's tennis team battled with the New Mexico State University Aggies but fell 3-4 on Saturday at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
 
"As good as it feels to win, it feels just as bad to lose," Broncs head coach Brandon Stokes said. "We had solid doubles, which we are supposed to do, but in singles they took it to us at four, five and six. They outplayed us there and that put a lot of pressure on the top of the lineup. The boys fought. New Mexico State made the plays and we did not."
 
The Broncs (5-10) got things started as they swept through doubles. The team of Juan Cruz Soria and Koby Jansen beat Paul Denele and Thomas Douglas 8-3 on court one. Miguel Alvarez-Hevia and Elliot Johnstone clinched the doubles point for the Broncs with an 8-4 win over Germain Degardin and Charles Baron on court three. Ethan Ammon and Hector Ramirez completed the sweep with an 8-5 victory over Christofer Gonclaves and Patrick Pfister on court two.
 
The Aggies (6-11) opened with wins on courts six, five and four to open singles competition but the Broncs got a point back as Soria defeated Strahinja Treckov 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. The Aggies clinched the match with a won at No. 2 singles but it was Jansen who closed out the scoring with a win over Gonclaves at No. 3 singles. Jansen opened his match with a 6-2 win in the first set but fell in the second 6-7. Jansen bounced back with a 6-1 win in the third to close out the scoring.  
 
The Broncs are back in action on Sunday as they close out the weekend against Kansas City at 1:30 p.m. at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
 
Complete Results:
Doubles (1,3,2)
 
1. Juan Cruz Soria/Koby Jansen (UTPA) def. Paul Denele/Thomas Douglas (NMSU) 8-2
2. Ethan Ammon/Hector Ramirez (UTPA) def. Christofer Goncalves/Patrick Pfister (NMSU) 8-5
3. Miguel Alvarez-Hevia/Elliot Johnstone (UTPA) def. Germain Degardin/Charles Baron (NMSU) 8-4
 
Singles (6,5,4,1,2,3)           
1. Juan Cruz Soria (UTPA) def. Strahinja Trecakov (NMSU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Paul Denele (NMSU) def. Hector Ramirez (UTPA) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Koby Jansen (UTPA) def. Christofer Goncalves (NMSU) 6-2, 6-7 (1-7), 6-1
4. Patrick Pfister (NMSU) def. Miguel Alvarez-Hevia (UTPA) 6-3, 6-3
5. Liam Goldberg (NMSU) def. Nikola Crvelin (UTPA) 6-3, 6-0
6. Germain Degardin (NMSU) def. Elliot Johnstone (UTPA) 6-2, 6-2

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