Box Score

EDINBURG – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's tennis team went toe-to-toe with the University of Texas San Antonio Roadrunners but fell 2-5 on Friday at the Orville Cox Tennis Center in their final home match of the season.
 
The Roadrunners (13-7) jumped out in front as they clinched the doubles point with wins on court two and three. The match on court one was tied at five before it went unfinished once the doubles point was clinched.
 
"We had some inconsistent competitiveness in doubles," Broncs head coach Brandon Stokes said. "We have to be more consistent with it. We had a couple of valleys in critical moments and against a good team like this, it cost us. We responded in singles. The boys are resilient and they demonstrated that today. There is no team that has better energy, attitude or spirit than what we have. I am proud of the boys for it."
 
The Broncs (7-11) responded with wins on court four and five to grab the 2-1 lead. Elliot Johnstone got the Broncs on the board with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Joel Rubio on court four and then Ethan Ammon followed with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Joao Ruquelme on court five.
 
Koby Jansen fell 1-6 in his opening set against Tito Moreiras. Jansen then battled back to win the second set 7-6 but fell 7-5 in the third giving the Roadrunners the advantage.
 
On court two, Hector Ramirez opened with a 7-6 win in the first set against Yannick Junger but fell in the tiebreaker in the second set before falling 3-6 in the final set giving UTSA the match.
 
Juan Cruz Soria battled the No. 82 ranked singles player in Tomas Stillman on court one. Soria fell 6-7 in the first set but answered in the second with a 7-6 win. In the third set, Soria and Stillman went back and forth before Soria fell 3-6 to close out the matches.
 
The Broncs are back in action on April 10 when they head to Chicago to face Chicago State.
 
Complete Results:
Doubles (3,2)
 
1. Juan Cruz Soria/Koby Jansen (UTPA) vs. Tomas Stillman/Tito Moreiras (UTSA) 5-5 unfinished
2. Diogo Casa/Yannick Junger (UTSA) def. Ethan Ammon/Hector Ramirez (UTPA) 6-4
3. Joel Rubio/Jake Rother (UTSA) def. Nikola Crvelin/Elliot Johnstone (UTPA) 6-3
 
Singles (4,5,6,3,2,1)           
1. Tomas Stillman (UTSA) def. Juan Cruz Soria (UTPA) 7-6 (5), 6-7 (8), 6-3
2. Yannick Junger (UTSA) def. Hector Ramirez (UTPA) 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-3
3. Tito Moreiras (UTSA) def. Koby Jansen (UTPA) 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5
4. Elliot Johnstone (UTPA) def. Joel Rubio (UTSA) 6-4, 6-3
5. Ethan Ammon (UTPA) def. Joao Ruquelme (UTSA) 6-4, 6-3
6. Diogo Casa (UTSA) def. Nikola Crvelin (UTPA) 6-2, 7-5

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