EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's tennis team closes out their home schedule on Thursday when they host the Laredo Community College Palominos at the Orville Cox Tennis Center at 2 p.m.
 
Last Time Out
The Vaqueros (9-12) defeated the Seattle U Redhawks 5-2 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
 
After dropping the doubles point, the Vaqueros answered with five singles wins to take the match. Juan Cruz Soria picked up his 12^th win of the spring with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Ian Clare on court one.
 
Ethan Ammon beat Tanner Berkabile 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 on court two while Koby Jansen beat John Stormans 6-1, 6-1 on court three.
 
Yehonatan Kaufman snapped his losing streak with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over Michael Schoettler on court four and Elliot Johnstone defeated Connor Leahy 6-2, 7-5 on court five.
  
Scouting the Palominos
The Palominos are 5-2 on the season and are coming off of a 7-2 win over Our Lady of the Lake on March 18.
 
They have picked up wins over St. Mary's, Incarnate Word, St. Edward's, Trinity and Our Lady of the Lake.
 
The All-Time Series
The Vaqueros are 26-6 all-time against the Palominos in a series that dates back to 1982.
 
These two teams met last year as the Vaqueros picked up the 7-0 win at home on April 2, 2015.
 
Globetrotters
The Vaqueros currently have eight student-athletes on the roster representing six different countries, including the Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Australia, Spain, Israel and Argentina.
 
Next Up
The Vaqueros will next travel to Kansas City to face Chicago State on April 8 in the second WAC cluster.
 
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